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How the Dead Speak

Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series, Book 11

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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…

“McDermid remains unrivalled . . . brilliant.” OBSERVER©2019 Val McDermid (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Detective Genre Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Suspense
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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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Without giving anything away, I didn’t know how this would work but it did. After a couple of bumpy books (still enjoyable but seemed to go against what the characters would do or how they would behave) I think this was back on track. Another excellent author/narrator combination.

Didn’t know what to expect

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