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Slow Burn
- The 17th Spider Shepherd Thriller
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Series: Spider Shepherd Thrillers, Book 17
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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- mike duxbury
- 27-07-20
Outstanding writing
again this spider shepherd epic story continues this guys life trying to do good, with the world but using violence to make the world a better place. Since the first book (hard landing) dan sheperd has lived through tragedy, loss and hard decisions whilst being well trained in his Military career. The writer simply brings the guy to reality unlike others who try and make the leading role a super hero, i love these books and recommend them to anyone but read them all.
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- Dan
- 16-11-20
Bad editing!
Narrator kept making gross swallowing sounds between sentences. Made me feel sick, this should have been edited out in post production. Lazy editing
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- Ian
- 25-10-20
Not one of the best - disappointed
A stumbling drawn out story with all of the 'action' at the end. never really gripped me as previous books have.
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- MR KJ SMITH
- 14-09-20
Swallowing between lines becomes annoying
Paul Thornley is an excellent narrator. I enjoy the Spider stories and how Paul accents characters in a consistent, believable and meaningful way. But on this recording, between each line, Paul swallows saliva, which can be heard very clearly and after a while becomes extremely annoying. So much so, I've had to give up listening. I would imagine this is down to the engineer and the mic set-up. A real shame on this particular recording.
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- dave &.
- 24-11-21
another great book
always a good book with spider GR8
start another 1 very soon cannot wait
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- Dave
- 07-09-21
OK but not up to usual Leather story level.
Narrator's Mike is too sensitive and picks up disconcerting throat and belly sounds. Story OK but weak compared to others in the series.
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- Frances
- 06-07-21
lost its charm quickly
started well but lost its charm at least its finished. Great narrator again 👏 exceptional
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- Jonah
- 28-03-21
Slow Burn
Superb again from Stephen Leather, always several storylines running simultaneously to keep the listener hooked right to the end. Paul Thornley as good as ever.
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- Mrs. Vicky Duman
- 05-03-21
Great read
I love Dan Spider Shepherd books and this audio version didn't disappoint. Go read it!
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- chris h
- 28-02-21
Top notch again !
loved it. stephen leather continues to be my favourite author along with peter james. class