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The Walker
- Narrated by: Nicki Paull
- Length: 11 hrs
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Miss Joanna Sarah Clarke
- 27-05-06
Great story!!
Really enjoyed this!! Gripping to the end and you get a real feel of the sixties. The only flaw is the narrators awful scottish accent.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Leanne Abigail Condliffe
- 23-01-19
Captivated by history repeating itself.
Jane Goodall's 1st of the Detective Briony Williams books captures many aspects of a London serial killer story with a "Ripper Twist" although in a more modern setting. The narrator takes you on a journey bringing the characters to life throughout. Gripped from beginning to end.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kathryn A. Dean
- 26-06-10
Excellent
One of the best mysteries I have read for a very long time, keeps you guessing right until the end.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Rose
- 02-01-06
England Swings Like a Pendulem Do
Strange to think of a historical novel set in 60's England, but Goodall does an excellent job of recreating the feel of a time and place. A serial killer (and yes, the term was actually coined in England way before it became popular in the US) is recreating works of art in blood and bone, but it is up to the Metropolitan Police to catch him.
I've tried to find other crime novels written by this author but have failed but I hope there are more to come.
The reader is excellent by the way.
19 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Richard Bruno
- 01-02-06
Excellent mystery
This is an excellent, satisfying mystery, and it is expertly read. The author, Jane Goodall (not the primatologist of the same name)is a fresh voice and very successfully evokes London in the mid 60s. One minor complaint: The lyrics to the song "Turn, Tirn, Turn," feature prominently throughout the book, and are repeatedly attributed to Bob Dylan. The song is, of course, not by Dylan but by Pete Seeger. This would have been an easy thing to check and correct. Sloppy.
7 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Ramona
- 06-04-06
Past VS Present
Most books in this field use either "today" or a setting in the future. This one stepped back in time. I was leery about it when I first realized what it was, but by the end I was caught up and couldn't figure out the killer. The ending was a surprise and that's always a plus when reading a mystery. Part of the challenge is seeing if you can figure out who the real bad guy is before the author tells you. On this one I didn't even come close.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Dawn
- 25-03-06
very good listen
I very much enjoyed this book and also looked for others by this author.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Douglas Weller
- 12-05-19
Great story, pretty good narrator
I really enjoyed the story. I liked the narrator and unlike someone else was happy with the voice of the senior detective. But - there were times when the narrator's pronunciation jarred. For instance - talking about the "Backerloo line" to "Baker Street" Backerloo?
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- ACT1
- 02-12-14
Interesting premise
The overall premise of the book was interesting but the narration from the female perspective of a petulant, sometimes unprofessional senior police officer was irritating in the extreme. The tone of voice didn't help and all I could hear was a sulky/petulant teenager instead of a hardened professional, I would have been irritated with her as a colleague so had some sympathy with the rest of the team. Even so, the writer has promise, she just needs to give her female leads a bit more iron in their backbones - more Jane Tennyson!
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Alan G Symons
- 16-10-14
Narator is terrible!
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Nobody! Story is fine get a new narrator.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Could not even get through the frst chapter. narration is so bad. he sucking her breath as she reads is totally unnerving.