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The Drowned Detective

By: Neil Jordan
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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Jonathan is a private investigator in a decaying Eastern European city, consumed by his work and his failing marriage. Approached one day by an elderly couple, he is presented with a faded photograph of their daughter, missing for nearly two decades. Troubled by the image of the little girl, who was the same age when she vanished as his own daughter is now - he is compelled to find her.

But one night, soon after taking on the case, as he walks across the bridge spanning the river that divides the city, he encounters a young woman crouched at the foot of a stone angel - a woman who suddenly leaps into the icy water below. Without thinking, Jonathan plunges after her and is soon drawn into her ghostly world of confusion, coincidence, and intrigue, and the city he thought he knew turns strange and threatening.

Haunting and deeply moving, The Drowned Detective is an intoxicating, atmospheric exploration of relationships, lies, and betrayal - confirming Neil Jordon as a master storyteller and a vital literary voice.

©2016 Neil Jordan (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Crime Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Detective Crime

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Would you try another book written by Neil Jordan or narrated by Mark Meadows?

No, I gave up after a few chapters

Has The Drowned Detective put you off other books in this genre?

Yes, it was dull and narrated in a slow and ponderous way

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Mark Meadows?

Dan Stevens

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

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