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The House Sitter

By: Peter Lovesey
Narrated by: Steve Hodson
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About this listen

 Winner of the Mystery Readers International, Macavity Award for Best Novel, 2004.
Shortlisted for Audible's Listen of the Year, 2006.

A woman is found strangled on a beach in Sussex. It takes the police 12 days to discover she was a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty. Why was she killed? And why is the NCF thwarting Detective Peter Diamond's efforts to unmask her murderer?

©2014 Audible, Inc (P)2014 Audible, Inc Crime Fiction Mystery Crime Fiction Suspense

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Critic reviews

"The writing is as smooth as polished steel, and the small touches that reveal character, especially the memorable Hen, approach genius. This is Lovesey at his best." (Publishers Weekly)
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I enjoyed this and found it well-written and quite gripping. However, it is not difficult to work out who the murderer is as there are not enough credible suspects. Worth the download if you are a subscriber, I guess

Entertaining, but not a whodunnit

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Considering the unexciting location and uninspiring characters this book will keep you guessing until the end. Easy going, not too indepth, it makes a great holiday read. All things considered a good book, but don't expect the greatest masterpiece you have ever listened to!

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well this book is brilliant. one I couldn't stop listening to. Also one I didn't want to end.
Well worth a listen

brilliant

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The House Sitter was really excellent. It was full of twists and turns and had some really good characters in it. They were described in colourful detail and the relationship between them developed and wove together as the story progressed. I really enjoyed it and would say it is the best book that I have downloaded so far and I have been a member for about a year or so. I would definitely recommend it.

The best so far !

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Very entertaining listen due to the characters in the book. I enjoyed it a lot. The only disappointing point that the path to the murderer was a relatively easy one in the end, which should have been figured out early in the investigation. Technically it was my first download from audible and the speed of the narrator varied substantially which was annoying at times.

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