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Peter Pan Must Die

Dave Gurney, Book 4

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The daunting task that confronts Gurney, once the NYPD's top homicide cop: determining the guilt or innocence of a woman already convicted of shooting her charismatic politician husband. Gurney quickly finds himself waging a dangerous battle of wits with a thoroughly corrupt investigator, a disturbingly cordial mob boss, a gorgeous young temptress, and a bizarre assassin whose childlike appearance has earned him the nickname Peter Pan. But the identity of the villain at the mystery's center turns out to be the biggest shock of all....

©2013 John Verdon (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

"It's always a pleasure to watch a keen mind absorbed in a difficult puzzle, which is how Dave Gurney distinguishes himself in John Verdon's tricky whodunits." (New York Times)
"Verdon's cleverness again shines in Peter Pan Must Die." (Associated Press)
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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook, kept me entertained throughout, I felt the ending was a bit of a disappointment, I honestly cannot believe the killer would have been caught this way, I won’t spoil it for future listeners

Excellent book

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Yet another great story made all the more pleasurable by the brilliant narrator. unexpected ending.

another great listen!

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I have enjoyed the Dave Gurney novels so far and I really like Jeff Harding’s narration, even though he is so firmly identified with the Jack Reacher novels, but in this one there were a couple of things that I found irritating.

The big one was the change in Hardwick’s voice which also completely changed his character for me. In previous books it’s true that the voice characterisation made him seem much older that the stated age in the book (39 I think), but the new voice makes him sound far less of a trustworthy and dependable rough diamond which is how I had pictured him.

The other thing that grated on me was the character of Dave Gurney’s wife, Madeline, who is so utterly wet and predictably prissy that sometimes I just wanted to slap her. In previous books there was a glimmer of hope that the relationship between her and Dave may become more collaborative, helping Dave to solve the mysteries using her great intellect and insight rather than continually whinging about everything.

Lastly, I am even more unhappy about changing the narrator completely in subsequent books and so I’m not sure I’ll listen to any more.

Minor irritations make this one only 4*

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His first book was excellent, every subsequent one has been even better. The quality of writing & brilliant plot puts him amongst the very best. Thanks.

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We have found this series of books to be extremely well written, with excellent plots and believable characters, and of course with an excellent narrator. It is with great regret, therefore, that the next in the series changes the narrator; does the publisher not understand that, after four books, Jeff Harding IS the voice of the main characters? Alas therefore, we will be saying goodbye to these books now.

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