The Gilded Nest cover art

The Gilded Nest

Crow Investigations Book 9

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Gilded Nest

By: Sarah Painter
Narrated by: Kate Rawson
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

The ninth instalment of Sarah Painter's incredible Crow Investigations series.©2025 Sarah Painter (P)2025 W F Howes Ltd Fantasy Mystery Women Sleuths

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Night Raven cover art
The Ward Witch cover art
The Secrets of Ghosts cover art
The Language of Spells cover art
The Lost Girls cover art
Doing Time cover art
The Very First Damned Thing cover art
Grimoires of London 1 cover art
The Stranger Times cover art
Witch Slap cover art
The Accidental Alchemist cover art
What Happened in London cover art
White Silence cover art
The Librarian of Crooked Lane cover art
Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-3 cover art
The Witches of Scotland: The Complete Series, Books 1-8 cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Story line pushes ‘believable’ boundaries. Which in a ‘magical’ world is saying something. I enjoyed the return of the characters, and the twists and turns of the story line. I can’t wait for the next one.

Welcome return

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Loved the whole series from start to finish.the characters are really good and the narrator is nice to listen too.

Great listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Things carry on being tricky balancing magic and crime. Good fun books with likeable characters and Corvids. One thing I don’t understand is why fairly graphic scenes of violence are allowed but our heroine can’t utter a swear word. I’m guessing it’s a thing readers prefer but it’s really rather stupid.

Continues in good form

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

At long last, the newest book is out. 5☆ writing once again and the same for the narration too. We are left with a cliff hanger, which has left me longing for the next book

Finally

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I've enjoyed the series so far but this one adds nothing to the story line. Lydia's loss of her powers just weakens her contribution to the extent that her being the leader of the Crow family has to be repeated a few dozen times too many.
Unfortunately the narrator's voices for men are very poor, so that the DCI sounds like a petulant and slightly stoned teenager.
Sorry for the very negative review, but I found this very hard going and I think it's the last one for me.

Rather pointless

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews