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Hardcastle's Airmen
- Hardcastle Series
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Set against the backdrop of WWI, Graham Ison’s fourth Inspector Hardcastle mystery finds the titular detective wading through the murk of two seemingly unrelated murders; those of a low-ranking police officer and the wife of a pilot she claims was killed on the battlefield but who miraculously turns up unscathed and throws a wrench into Hardcastle’s investigation.
David Thorpe adroitly captures the dry British humor of Ison’s prose as well as the indomitable Hardcastle’s brusque rasp and no-nonsense attitude in this compelling police procedural.
Summary
In February 1915, the Great War is still raging on the Western Front, but in Westminster, at the centre of Hardcastle's bailiwick, a policeman is shot dead. At first, Hardcastle believes the murderer to have been a disturbed burglar.
But as enquiries continue, attention focuses on an antiquarian bookseller, a struggling artist, a reporter, officers of the Royal Flying Corps, both in England and in France, and the activities of Isabel Plowman, the wife of one of them and the lover of others.
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- Jack Russell s in France
- 27-02-23
Good book
Enjoyable book based in the First World War and pilots, accurate description of the class system that prevailed in that period Detective an interesting character, and for a free book very worth listening too
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- Stewart Webb
- 13-09-23
Good, But Not His Best
I have enjoyed all the Hardcastle books. Some are better than others, Don't get me wrong this is a good book, it has some historcal references, which I always enjoy. Hardcastle is as gruff as ever in his indomitable way. The story rattles along okay, but does suffer from some over long sections when i thought, please just get on with the story. It does have a twist of sorts, which fooled me (but I am easily fooled!). So give it a go, but there are much better editions in the canon. Oh, yes it is brilliantly read by David Thorpe as ever...
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- Mr. Sjb H
- 21-04-22
Good WW1 era crime story
I downloaded this thinking it was WW2 era because of the WW2 aircraft on the front cover so finding it to be WW1 was a surprise. I enjoyed it and will see if there are more in the series
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-23
Not my thing
Not my thing but go through it, good or just been a bad choice from me
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- Ian
- 11-05-22
really good police tale
really caught the era you can almost smell the smoke from the cigarettes and the the awful snobbery of the officer class. The reader did a great job of making each character recognizable while keeping the voices clear .
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- cubeydoo
- 22-12-22
great book
great story and great read .. cannot wait to get whole series ..well worth listening
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- cliffaw
- 23-01-23
A Decent Enough WhoDunnit
Lacked a certain something but was enjoyable enough. I don't know if I would bother seeking out another in the series.
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- Lizzy
- 20-01-24
Very good
Love the stories and the narration but are the rest going to be put on audio as i am losing my sight and i can not read the books any more and i do miss them
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- The Curator
- 15-04-21
Very good crime thriller set in London during WW1
I enjoyed this very much. Nice tension between civilians and military and the appalling snobbery of 20 year olds with a pip. I was slightly confused to start because I didn’t reread the blurb when I bought this from my wish list, relying on the cover instead; a cover showing an American plane of at least a generation later 🤦🏼♀️
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- Oxfordshire lady
- 09-03-23
Engaging in many levels
A mystery set against the turmoil and tragedy of WW1.
The superior attitudes of the upper classes were unbelievable.
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