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The Red Dahlia

Anna Travis, Book 2

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The Red Dahlia

By: Lynda La Plante
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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About this listen

Detective Anna Travis is investigating the brutal murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in the Thames, brutalised and severed in half, a red flower in her hair.

With the case bearing an eerie resemblance to the famous unsolved murder case of Elizabeth Short—known as the Black Dahlia—media interest intensifies, and fears of a copycat take hold. But with almost no clues, the case is slowly going cold. That is until the killer reaches out to the press....

Determined to solve the case, Anna must keep her wits about her before the sadistic killer takes his next victim.

©2022 Lynda La Plante (P)2022 Bonnier Books UK Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Thriller Crime Scary Suspense

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Why is a DI constantly asking permission, of much junior ranks, to cary out her job and who show her rank little repect ?

.Enjoyable read but ???

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Funny, I can’t watch things like this on TV but I relish the gore and ‘jumps scares’ via audio! Lynda La Plante is such a good writer and it’s not until you listen to other authors you realise just how skilled she is at crafting a great story. One minute you’re there with Anna as she chooses her outfit and the next there’s some gross body part being excavated. Perfect to lift a dreary commute or housework routine.

Bounced from part 1 to this one and about to download part 3. Keep raving about it to people as I love the 90s aspect of it too

Another gruesome delight!

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I didn't mind the lack of plot turns or surprises. It makes the storyline more plausible (for me anyway). The narrator's voice and accents are nice to listen to, though there was a lot of yelling, which I found quite tiresome

Different angle than "normal" detective story

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The performance was either very screechy, shouty or even and calm, making a good story difficult to listen to.

reasonable plot, irritating performance.

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Great story with revolting villain but brought to vivid life by the narrator, whose command of accents and voices was superb so the reader could visualise different characters with ease.

Superb narrator

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