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Killing the Shadows

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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About this listen

Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a result.

But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered, Fiona can’t help taking an interest. With the killer striking again, Fiona is caught in a race against time.

©2002 Val McDermid (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

"Dark, clever and timely." ( Scotland on Sunday)
"She is the real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no-one can plot or tell a story like she can. The hairs on my neck literally stood up." ( Express)
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I couldn't get past the awful put-on voices for the male characters. would have been much better with just a straight read

Spoiled by the cringy male voices

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Val is a Scottish author with significant parts of the book set in Scotland. Why could the narrator not take the time to find out how to pronounce words like 'bothy' and 'Kirkcaldy'. The narration was littered with these errors which distracted from what is a good book. Not Val's best - but still worth a listen.

Poor pronunciation spoiled this for me

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For a book partially set in Scotland and by a Scottish writer you'd have thought the words
Bothy and Kirkcaldy and a few others might have been pronounced properly.
and do coppers still call suspects chummy? it seems a bit stale.

OK story but not great narrator

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‘bored by the McDermid formula now, but that’s my issue, ‘well-written if this kinda thing is your bag.

Imogen Church tho : confident, creative, hugely capable & engaging narration …narration as it should be!

‘read too many of these now - but Imogen Church!…

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This was my first Val McDiarmid book. It kept me guessing without being pantomime like.

The narrator did a great job with accents & reading coded text. I'll even forgive her for how poorly she pronounced Garda Síochána.

Excellent story!

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