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The Body in the Dales
- A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
An unpopular victim. An impossible crime. A murderer on the loose.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Body in Jingling Pot, this edition of The Body in the Dales includes editorial revisions.
A body is discovered deep in a cave beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Leading the investigation into the mysterious death are experienced DCI Jim Oldroyd and his partner DS Carter, a newcomer from London.
The deceased is Dave Atkins, well known throughout the village but not well liked. While there is no shortage of suspects, the details of the crime leave Oldroyd and Carter stumped. How did Atkins’s body end up in such a remote section of the cave? When someone with vital information turns up dead, it becomes clear that whoever is behind the murders will stop at nothing to conceal their tracks.
Oldroyd and his team try to uncover the truth, but every answer unearths a new set of questions. And as secrets and lies are exposed within the close-knit community, the mystery becomes deeper, darker and more complex than the caves below.
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- Mrs B A Weller
- 24-08-18
Entertaining who-dunit
On the surface an old-fashioned tale but I think that is the author's intention. I actually find it difficult to date - I grew up in the area myself but have been away for 50 years visit often and things have moved on in most ways but not in others. What has never changed is most locals' love of the area, the landscape, the small villages and market towns and the author's love comes through the writing.
All the characters are well written and rounded out as the tale continues. The main character is a local who has been educated at Oxford which cleverly gives the author the opportunity to explain his love of his surroundings and demonstrate his learning. The introduction of a new subordinate from the South allows him a chance to describe the area and the background of the inhabitants.
The problem is cleverly thought out with enough complications and suspects to confuse and although I knew the answer to the 'how" quickly having been a potholer in my youth I was never quite sure of the perpetrator. All very pleasantly enjoyable.
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- Patricia
- 06-10-18
Very enjoyable and beautifully read.
Loved the main characters and the gentle pace of the reading. Wonderfully descriptive. Leaves me with a longing to visit the area.
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- Hils71
- 23-12-18
Not as good as it promised
The storyline was okay however I worked out the solution by chapter 5 so was disappointed. The biggest turnoff for me was the narration. The voices used for characters were so similar that often it was hard to know who was speaking g. Several times I felt that the Oldroud and Carter characters’ voices were mixed up and so I lost the story completely. Will be returning the book as it is not my thing.
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- PJ
- 26-10-18
The Body In The Dales. By J. R. Ellis
A good book, not my favorite story, but I have read right to the end, so it does hold the attention.
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- howgego?
- 12-07-19
Good enough story
This story was spoiled for me by the dreadful attempt at the Yorkshire accent and the awful tremulous voice given to female characters
Overall not as good as reading a book by this author
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- San
- 10-09-23
Painful
There is nothing relaxing about this experience.
It’s painful to listen to which detracts from the story. Listening with earbuds in makes it even more unbearable.
I won’t be buying another with this narrator, sorry.
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- Rachelcll
- 12-03-23
we do not speak like that in Yorkshire.
I expect the story is more than likely to be of the enjoyable standard I have previously seen in other books by Ellis. Sadly, as a resident of the Dales, I can not get past the irritatingly poor attempt at a Yorkshire accent and the mispronounciation of keighley tipped me over the edge. The narrator would do well to do their homework before narrating in future .
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- Stephanie
- 26-06-19
Narrator let it down :-(
For a book so steeped in Yorkshire, the narrator HAS to come from there! What about Ralph Ineson??? He is a Yorkshire man who is a very skilled story teller.
Shame because the story is great with extensive research done on pot holing :-)
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- Chris N
- 22-06-20
story not bad however I haven't finished the book
the narrator was terrible the so called Yorkshire accent was so bad , I am born and bred in Yorkshire and i can assure you nobody sounds like that, it's a shame the story wasn't bad ,
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- Mrs. H. J. Washington
- 17-08-23
Terrible Narration
a reasonable story completly spoilt by a person who had clearly never been north of Watford Gap. Could NOT do accents or even pronouce town names correctly. Laughable. Would have bought the whole series of 8 if they had a narrator who could do a Yorkshire accent- a pre requisite for a series set in Yorkshire.
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