Starring the North Norfolk Coast!

There's a wistful feel from the very start of the book as the Detective Sargent has finally decided the time has come to retire, what with a new Inspector & all. He looks to prepare his loyal, small team of Chris Walters & Serina Butler both of whom he's been mentoring, along with friend & old hand John Murray for the post-DC era, as they work on what maybe their last big murder case together.
The body of a man is recovered from the estuary / edge of the saltmarshes; and the North Norfolk coast around Burham Overy Staithe becomes centre stage in an investigation into his murder, that brings a now reclusive late 1960's pop-star into the detectives sights.
Time & Tide is another superb police procedural, with incites into interviewing techniques and plenty of delightful dry humour from DC despite his mixed feelings about things all changing and tide & time waiting for no-one.

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Brilliant

Hope this isn’t the last one in this series as I enjoyed this book very much. From book one you get inside the characters and feel you know them but ,you never do ,so keep reading.

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Great story, as always, but the Welsh accent is bloody awful.

Great story, as always, and I usually love this narrator but the Welsh accent is bloody awful.

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Norfolk

I know the area in which the story is set, it all comes across so well. All characters are well defined. I really enjoy the sense of fun between the main characters.

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Not as enjoyable as previous

because it was hard to care about the murder victim and suspects. Despite this the detectives and procedures weee we written well

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Great.

Another great book in the Sargeant 'DC' Smith series. I am listening to the books in order and am really enjoying each one. The narration was first class.

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A tale of twists and turns.

Loved this book, as well as all in the series, so far. The narrator is perfect. The characters are just delightful.

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A pleasantly enjoyable surprise for a free with membership listen.

I’ve listened to loads of modern day free detective audiobooks just to pass the time, and I’m usually constantly having to fast forward through the badly written soft porn sections and the unnecessary bad language. This book was such a refreshing change. I actually ended up listening to it twice. The humour and characterisations kept my interest throughout and it became a proper “listen” rather than a “passing the time” audiobook. Once I got used to the narrator, I found his voice suited the part, and there was definitely a Radio 4 Robert Robinson Points of View vibe going on here!

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Fabulous character in Smith

Not my usual type of book, but loved this. Great character in Smith and a good plot, which kept me gripped.

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Wonderful series/outstanding narrator

The DC Smith series is excellent, with a protagonist who is a brilliant investigator with a wonderful, wry sense of humour. The secondary characters are well developed too. I'm so glad this narrator does the entire series. The books are well written, with some moving prose. Highly recommended.

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