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Winterman
- Narrated by: Frazer Blaxland
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Alex Walters is the best-selling and critically acclaimed author of the DI Alec McKay series. Winterman is a gripping serial killer thriller which will appeal to fans of Stuart Macbride and Mark Edwards.
DI Ivan Winterman is a man with a troubled past. The Blitz has left his young son dead and his wife seriously injured. He has made enemies in high places, and, with his career going nowhere, he returns to his home town in East Anglia, seeking to rebuild his life in a country gripped by postwar austerity. As the snow begins to fall, a drunken ex-clergyman stumbles on the semi-mummified body of a small child concealed in a ruined cottage. Days later, a second child's body is found in a Fenland dyke. Winterman, supported by a small team of assorted misfits, finds himself uncovering a web of secrets in the small rural community. When a further murder victim is discovered, Winterman discovers that the secrets are darker and the threat far more immediate than he'd ever envisaged.
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- Sam Hall
- 23-12-23
Interesting and a bit different
Enjoyed the story and the characters. Wasn’t keen on narrator as he kept pronouncing some words in a weird way, but it didn’t distract too much.
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- Lesjean
- 20-03-24
Only made it to chapter 17
Sorry, far too wordy for me with not much happening so gave up at chapter 17.
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- Mrs A P Kennedy
- 14-01-24
The depth of the plot and the way the story kept you interested all the way through.
The story was really good, it got me interested right from the very beginning. Towards the end when I thought I knew all the outcomes there were twists and unexpected turns. Highly recommend this and I hope I can find more books about Winterman.
The only thing I found distracting was the mispronunciation of several words by the narrator. ‘Doggedly’and ‘plaid’ out although there were several more. It seems that it hadn’t been properly edited. Apart from this the narrators read the story well and had a pleasing voice.
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- TeeJay62
- 30-12-23
OK story
Bit long winded & over-egged the story…could have been completed sooner & more effectively.
Narrator needs to learn how to pronounce words… such as
Trough…troff….not Trow and
Nous.. nowse… not noo or nous in the french style … many more too… very irritating.
Fair storyline & characters… just long winded & padded out unnecessarily.
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- Barbara
- 18-01-24
Great
Great story thoroughly enjoyed this book . Interesting the time without mobile phones or DNA . Thank you
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- Rebecca bond
- 06-02-24
An absorbing listen
I found the narrator made quite a lot of mistakes in pronunciation and emphasis but otherwise the story was good, the atmosphere of post war Britain was well drawn and the rich descriptions of the landscape and weather were very engaging.
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- STEPHANIE SAVILLE
- 08-02-24
Wonderful conjuring of the 1940s
I hope there will be more books with DI Winterman, and with the same narrator as his voice is now him.
The characters were well fleshed out and I was left wanting to know what happens to them next. The story had an unusual element to it that kept my interest to the end.
Now then....what to read next...?
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- J. Norman
- 11-01-24
Great story with sympathetic narration
Enjoyed the setting, the characterisation and the slow development of the storyline in a richly described location.
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- Claire
- 01-04-24
Terrible narration - extremely irritating!!
Liked the story but the narration - with so many mispronunciation and strange pauses in sentences - was appalling. How did this get past the ‘proof listen’?
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- Nick Moore
- 07-04-24
A mixed bag!
Whilst the story itself was not the best I've read, it wasn't bad by any means. However, it could have been elevated beyond the ordinary with a better narrator. There were times when the narration was downright irritating, a lot of everyday words completely mis-pronounced, as if English was not the narrator's first language. Also, there were times when Frazer 'swallowed' whole groups of words, as if he couldn't wait to get them read out. Some of this has to be down to the editing, 'what editing?', I hear myself ask.
I would probably listen to another story by the author but definitely not another by this narrator!
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