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Treacherous Strand

An Inishowen Mystery, Book 2

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By: Andrea Carter
Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
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The majestic Inishowen Peninsula shore—home to dangerous and unpredictable currents

A woman's body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen Peninsula. Partially clothed, with a strange tattoo on her thigh, she is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area. Solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O'Keeffe is consumed by guilt: for the second time in her life Ben has failed someone who needed her, with tragic consequences.

When local sergeant Tom Molloy dismisses Marguerite's death as the suicide of a disturbed and lonely woman, Ben cannot let it lie. Ben uncovers Marguerite's strange past as a member of a French doomsday cult, which she escaped twenty years previously, but not without leaving her baby daughter behind. Disturbed by what appears to be chilling local indifference to Marguerite's death, Ben pieces together the last few weeks of the French woman's life in Inishowen.

What she discovers causes her to question the fragile nature of her own position in the area, and she finds herself crossing boundaries—both personal and professional—to unearth local secrets long buried.

©2016 Andrea Carter (P)2022 Tantor Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction
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I don’t know why this series hasn’t got more great reviews! Really enjoyed this book and the previous one. It’s easy to listen to but not because nothing happens. The characters are well built up and the story has all the detail you need to follow the plot and lots of twists and turns. My new favourite.

Brilliant again

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I’ve listened to two audiobooks by this author so far and I’ve found that I’ve enjoyed the stories and the narration is very good.

However, the one thing I’m unable to get past is the way the author describes larger people. Every chance she gets she’s reminding the listener that certain characters are heavier - the bookshop owner is the prime example of this. Comments about how her outfits make her look like “a giant piece of fruit”, every time she performs any action she’s noted to be breathing heavily, chairs and ladders are “straining” under her “immense” size. It’s not just that one character either, but any character who is described to be larger. It takes away from the story and comes across as if these characters are caricatures of people, rather than fully fleshed out characters. It gets old pretty fast, I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.

Good story, poorly veiled dislike of larger people

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I really enjoyed this audio book and the rest of the series. As a local resident of the area, it was particularly great to hear stories where I could visualise the characters journeys and actions in the landscape. Also, the suspense kept me guessing all the way through.

My only niggle was that the narrator kept pronouncing the Isle of Doagh as Doke with a hard gh. That would be the Ulster Scots pronunciation more appropriate to Antrim and Ards peninsulas, but in Donegal it should be pronounced as Dough like bread (a soft gh as used in Ulster Irish). And Inis Eoghain is pronounced Inishowen again a soft gh.

Apart from that the narration was great.

fast paced and gripping

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