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The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Nina Wadia
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About this listen

 A cosy, twisty mystery that reintroduces the glorious characters we met in the bestselling The Postscript Murders - shortlisted for the Gold Dagger.

Natalka from Ukraine has quit her job as a carer and joined up with retiree, Edwin, to run a detective agency on England's south coast. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation such as murder to come the agency's way. She is now living with dreamer, Benedict, who continues to run his coffee shack. Life gets complicated when her Ukrainian mother, Viktoria, joins them from her war-torn country - three's a crowd. Viktoria invades the tiny flat, cooking borscht and cleaning things that are already clean. To add to Natalka's irritation, Benedict and Viktoria get on brilliantly.

Edwin is a big reader of obituaries, so when a local obit writer, Dan Haynes, dies, Edwin decides to look further, only to discover a series of unexpected deaths. Are the clues in the obits themselves? Edwin decides to write an obit to see what clues it throws up. Then he disappears.

The chase to find him takes the team to London and back to the south coast, where the solution lies remarkably close to home.

(P) 2024 Quercus Editions Limited©2024 Elly Griffiths Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller England Murder

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Critic reviews

The characters show real light and shade and there are ample comedic one-liners. I hope Elly brings the foursome back to our pages very, very soon
Elly Griffiths' latest is outstanding and hugely entertaining
Twisty
Elly Griffiths' latest novel is cosy crime of a superior order
With a twisty plot to draw the reader in, this mystery will have you hooked
Kept me guessing to the end
All stars
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I’m a long time fan of the Ruth Galloway novels and when the Harbinder series began I had high hopes. I found the happy bunch of amateur sleuths a bit saccharine this time and got the sense that Griffiths might be tying off some loose ends there..? I’d welcome more of the series focussed on Harbinder. Not as complex as Ruth Galloway, but I liked some of the self deprecation she expressed in the first couple of books and some more hard-hitting crime would be welcome. To be honest I find the theme of a small group of quirky amateurs a little overdone these days.
If, as seems likely, there will be no more Ruth Galloway novels, it would be nice to think that Griffiths had at least one more solid detective series to offer.

Excellent narration, book itself a bit disappointing.

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Always love Elly Griffiths and this series is being a favourite! The narration is perfect as each and every character is brought to b life!

Fab

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I know the characters from the previous book and I'm really pleased that they have maintained their original personalities.
The story does require a level of concentration and a memory for names of the individual players, so it is definitely not one for listening to with only half an ear, but you'll be rewarded. I certainly didn't see the culprit.
Well worth listening to.

An utterly absorbing story

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There were too many characters for my liking but the reading, the different accents and voices , the wonderful expressive narrator ! Thank you !

Brilliantly read !!!

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Have read so many of Ella Griffiths’ books, featuring all her charming and diverse characters. Perfect detective fiction for listening to on long walks. And here she’s given us more of what we love about her work.

Classic detective thriller with satisfying twists

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