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Simisola
- A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 16
- Narrated by: Christopher Ravenscroft
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexford's new Doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter, Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case.
Melanie, just down from university but unable to find a job, disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office and the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came. According to her parents, Melanie was happy at home. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend but, until now, there had been no cause to worry about her. And no one liked to voice the suspicion that something might have happened, that Melanie might be dead...
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- Katie
- 18-10-17
another twisting turning thriller
excellently performed and a mystery until the end. ..at times fasted paced but overall a slower burning novel with race and discrimination at its heart
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- Anonymous User
- 19-02-24
Weird Wexford
Not one of her best. Wexford voice is strange. Story is laborious. So many murders in Kinds Markham!!
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- Tanya
- 13-07-22
Wonderful Wexford Story
The storyline is wonderful but the narration of Wexford’s voice was a fly in the ointment
Well worth a listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-09-22
Very enjoyable book.
I can’t understand all the griping about racism in the book. It depicts an accurate representation of the problem.
Why not worry about the unemployment that is portrayed as well.
Virtue signalling again from a very unique cohort.
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- Katharine Kirby
- 09-10-22
Huge cast and odd voicing of Wexford
I have listened to so many of these Ruth Rendell books revisiting them from reading them decades ago. This narrator is ok but his way of portraying Chief Inspector Wexford is very different from others. It as if he is holding his nose as he speaks as him and uses a strangulated accent of no recognisable derivation. Others give him depth and character, a kind of gruff yet friendly way that is appealing, reassuring. The story itself is so wide ranging I found it very hard to keep hold of it. Ruth Rendell loves to give her creations wildly unusual names that I have never heard before. The geography of Kingsmarkham is intricately plotted with scrupulously, meticulously thinking. It is the backbone of the Wexford books the hook on which all hangs. This one majors on racism intentionally or unintentionally meant. Unconscious bias, ingrained ways of thinking are examined and weighed in the balance. The eventual reveal exposes the way class, professional expertise can exist alongside uncontrollable urges that end in disaster. Glad to have got through this and looking forward to hearing Reg as I imagine him!
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- Nicola
- 14-01-22
Excellent
This is really topical given the difficult discussions around racism etc. One of the best Wexfords.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-22
Captivating
Inspector Wexford came across as I imagined he spoke.
I enjoy the series and look forward to the next audiobook.
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- Ali M
- 06-08-22
A gripping but sad story
I enjoyed this book more than some of the earlier Wexford novels. Ruth Rendell seems to have decided to address the issue of race and modern slavery, perhaps addressing her earlier sometimes unfavourable descriptions of ethic minorities in her stories.
I find there are often too many characters in the Wexford novels which makes it more difficult to grasp who’s who when listening to an audio book, but the narrator made a good attempt at all the different characters and accents.
Listening to the story now is fascinating, as Ruth Rendell describes the changing face of the UK through the eyes of a small town in Sussex.
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- yvonny
- 17-09-23
Another great Wexford mystery
Great twists and turns and a good narrator . I love this voice to go to sleep to
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- Shopaholic
- 27-04-16
Simisola
I love inspector wexford, this all started from a missing black girl, but turned out to be a lot more sinister, the storyline, is quiet, distressing, if you're going to listen to it, I advise you to do it during the day
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