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Little Bones
- Cat Connolly, Book 1
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Series: Cat Connolly Series, Book 1, Cat Connolly, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Niamh Dermody
- 15-07-19
Give it a chance!
The first hour or two I was a little lost as to what was happening. There were so many characters I couldn’t make head nor tail. However it all started to come together and it was bloody brilliant! Already have the next book in the series downloading. I live very close to where this book is set so it’s very eerie for me but I loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-04-19
Excellent
I have purchased all 3 and all 3 have been immensely enjoyed. I'm just on my 2nd listen. I pray there's going to be more. One cares for all the characters and I feel they can be taken much further. Thank you for a very pleasing listen x
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- Rachel
- 31-08-18
Sam Blake hits a blinder!
Fantastic audiobook! The characters were real and the book captured me from the beginning. The best praise I can give a book is is how quickly I finish it. This outstanding book was finished in two sittings. I only stopped to sleep! I read mainly detective thrillers, and this one of the best! Coming to Ireland from the States 35 years ago, I thought these brave people were amazing to actually do the majority of their job without a gun! They have an amazing ability to calm situations with just talking. This book has given me a little more insight to how things are handled in the big city.
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- Kevin J Weir
- 10-04-18
Great story!
loved the Irish accents and didn't predict the storyline which is always good. would recommend.
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- Charlotte Hall
- 03-02-22
Brilliant performance
I love Aoife McMahon’s performance, she could read a shopping list and it would be enjoyable. This book was much better than a shopping list you’ll be pleased to know. The story was a little long winded and exasperating at times. I’d guessed parts before the main characters had and the to and fro took a little getting used too. All in all it was a good book and a good listen. 8/10
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- TonyofCornwall
- 05-07-21
New author: very impressed
First time listening to this author. Impressive. Believable story, good characters, nicely paced, great narration. Kept me entertained and engaged. Will be purchasing the 2nd book
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- Kyle
- 14-06-21
Didn't hold my interest
Great performance but a pretty dull and meandering story. I think the main problem was with the characters - Most of whom were very stereotyped and unlikeable. I held no sympathy for the one dimensional helpless heroine Zoe or the typical do gooder Emily. The only female character who appeared to have the slightest depth was Kathy and even she was a bit of a stereotype on the tough female cop front.
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- Rosaleen Fitzgerald
- 13-04-21
Worse book ever
kept waiting for something to make sense of it all...grand finale...anything. Chapters were hard to pull together...still dint get it.
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- Marge
- 31-03-21
Loved it !
Thoroughly enjoyed this book . Originally ordered because of my love of the narrators talent , l now have a new author to look out for too. Following audibles by Sam Blake already in my library .
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- Paba
- 28-03-21
Great book, was the ending missing from my read!
I loved this book, found it fascinating and a really good read,. Twists and turns, unexpected happenings, really good, could not wait to find out what happened in the end ... oh wait there was no ending, can't bear that, I need the full story.
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- sidhecat
- 24-08-18
great story!
Loved the many parts of this story! And the narrator is fantastic! Found this book by searching the narrator, and am downloading the next in the series now!
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- Georgia Girl
- 26-12-19
Amazing Suspense and Character Development!
This is the first time in a long while that an author so utterly pulled the rug out from under me with a truly clever plot twist! These characters are made for TV (and I mean that as a sincere compliment)...the players have layers of depth that can be teased out for many novels to come. Thank you, Sam Blake, for a true escape into the world of the Irish Guarda (or Guardi??). And as always, Aoife McMahon was brilliant in her narration...she truly brought your characters to life!
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- Joyce Bacoccina Comstock
- 06-03-19
Don't waste your time
The author has tried too hard to be clever. There are too many characters in little mini plots. All eventually tie together but it is poorly done. Does not create suspense, only confusion. I found the book pretty boring.
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- Janet
- 22-12-18
Not a conclusive book
I found this book to be a bit annoying. The main character is pregnant and a kick boxer.. she workouts out kick boxing but is afraid of running while pregnant... And she can't think straight because she is pregnant... and she can basically control her vomiting... Vomits only when convenient.
The accents are not well done.
And this ends like the first section of a book, not like an entire book... the story doesn't conclude, not even close. So I don't think it is worth starting.
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- Kara O'Rourke
- 20-05-21
Okay Story
The book was okay and performed good but it skipped throughout the playing of the reading.
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- Graham
- 09-03-21
AWFULL!!!!
I got to chapter 24 before I finally decided that I had had enough. I should have bailed out at chapter two.
Boring story, boring characters. "You will not be able to put it down" the cover said. I should never have picked it up.
One of the very few books I will be requesting a credit for.
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- natalie
- 30-10-20
dumb, soapy, melodramatic and ends on cliffhanger
also, this is not this book's worst offence, but oooof, the accents are borderline hate crime.
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- Dee
- 25-07-20
Kept me on edge
Twist and surprises throughout great listen characters were throughout and believable looking forward to the rest of the trilogy
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- Dale C. Farran
- 11-04-20
Clumsy and irritating
I really wanted to like this book but finished only because I am self isolating due to the coronavirus. I am a fan of other crime writers whose work is set in Ireland but this was such an unsophisticated example of the genre. Listening as I walked outside, I nearly yelled a few times about obvious questions that should have been asked, steps that of course would have been taken and other actions that seemed merely plot contrivances to make things come out the way the author wanted. The heroine, Cat Connolly, is simply not believable as a mid 20s year old champion kick boxer who also almost lost her life defending another policeman, who is already a detective and who is now pregnant from a one night stand. Way too much time spent on the pregnancy, followed by a surprise reveal at the very end as to who was the father. It is not fair for an author to strew so many red herrings!. Several plots all going at once that conveniently come together in a way that strains credulity. The narrator was good but she had little to work with. I cannot recommend this series.
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- Mark Erickson
- 01-03-20
Terrible Ending
Love the narrator and the plot. However, there were far too many loose ends and unresolved plot lines. I get it, this is the first book of an eventual series. Ending the book in this way forces the reader to crave the next book in the hope of getting some answers. But for me, it had the opposite effect. I feel duped as there was no payoff for the reader of this book; therefore, I can’t trust the author to deliver on the next book. Finally, although the plot was good, stylistically there was too much “telling”. As we’ve been told by all of our writing teachers and professors, at least when it comes to fiction: “show, don’t tell”. Far too much telling compared to showing in this book.