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How the Dead Speak

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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After an explosive case that forced Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to reassess everything they thought they knew about right and wrong, both are dealing with the fallout in their own separate ways. While Tony must pay the price for his actions, Carol is conducting investigations into suspected miscarriages of justice. But when a shocking discovery is made on a construction site, and skeletal remains are found to belong to a killer who is supposedly alive and in prison, suddenly Tony and Carol are brought into each other's orbit once again....

©2019 Val McDermid (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Detective Modern Detectives Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction

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Critic reviews

"McDermid remains unrivalled...brilliant.” (Observer)
All stars
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From the usual Carol/Tony formula. I hope Val is going to write an epilogue to this series. It would be nice to have a conclusion to their relationship; and see Paula have her own elite team.
But the usual excellent story from Val.

Different

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I was excited to download this as I’m an avid fan of the Tony Hill series. I was however, disappointed with the lack of pace and depth of story. I think McDermid has churned this one out just to keep the coffers ticking over. Nowhere near her usual nail biting page turners of earlier on in the series.

Didn’t take off

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There’s no real content to this story. It just seems to float along. It starts out well but just doesn’t go anywhere. Disappointing. It’s as if the author just ran out of ideas. The narrator isn’t great either. All characters sound the same.

OK, but not great

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A fascinating story following on from the longstanding development of the two main characters and their colleagues.

The audio book should have been read by someone from the North of England or Scotland. Whoever chose this narrator made a serious mistake. The narrator spoilt the book for me.

Ruined by the narrator

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The story, characters and plot is really good, but it's let down woefully by the narration. Accents, prounounciations and voices for the different characters could be quite off at times.

Not having listened to the books in series, this storey referred back to something that happened before quite frequently, and although didn't detract from this story, was intriguing. Clearly carol is now no longer innthe police and Tony is doing time, so it's going to be interesting how the stories develop from here...

Awful narration

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