Good story but appalling male narrator

I quite enjoyed this book. I wasn’t keen on the end though. I thought it was clutching at straws in a number of ways and let the story down, however I realise that’s quite a personal thing. I found myself muttering “oh for goodness sake, seriously??” and rolling my eyes when the reveals came which was a shame because the tension was built nicely. Generally the story had a good feel to it and kept me listening even though I didn’t like the narration. I’m not sure I’d read another book by this author. I might try one if it had half decent narration and see. I’m not sure though. The female narrator has a voice that’s far too mature for the age of the main character, or any of the characters for that matter. It always makes me cringe when casting is done like this. Her voice didn’t fit the central character at all and she made her sound really annoying and twee. Also she read a young male character who’s born and bred in the U.K. with an American accent which was a bizarre thing to do. The male narrator was truly dire though. He wasn’t creepy he was just bad. I can’t decide what he thought he was doing. It was amateur pantomime villain time. I wanted to jack the book in every time he spoke. I realised pretty early on that fortunately he didn’t have a lot of air time, otherwise I’d definitely have sent the book back. Audible really need to do some work on their casting. There are just too many poor narrators and given the talent in this country there’s simply no excuse.

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Entertaining but...

It was a lovely listen and had some scary moments and who dunnit twists but ultimately it was a bit of a let down the knitting together the who's and why's at the end. It lacked a bit of imagination but it holds you throughout. Ideal if you like to read as little gore as possible and not too dark to be disturbing.

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Just Brilliant

i just loved everything about this book. good storyline, likeable characters and excellent narration.

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Superb, superb, superb!!!

Absolutely superb. Wow, what a story.

My first book by Caroline Mitchell and I will continue reading the books in the series. Brilliantly narrated too.
I would highly recommend this book.

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4 people found this helpful

i enjoyed most of it

Good book, i found some bits not as good, on the whole it was very engaging

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Good story, though lots of jarring American grammar and terms for no apparent reason

This was good, although the answer to the mystery was a bit disappointing and contrived as it includes a whole lot of new information and characters not previously mentioned.
I also didn’t understand why a lot of Americanisms, including grammar, randomly pop up in what otherwise appears to be a British story.

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Worth a credit…

The narration is good by both Emma who leads the story and Elliot as the Midnight Man.
Sarah got on my nerves a bit, I tried to read the next book in the series but she’s such a wet blanket I had to return that book as I couldn’t get through it.
The supernatural element to the book was appealing to me, though it’s not a ghost story.
There’s not much gore, abuse or swearing as there are in most books these days so it will appeal to people who don’t like to read such things.
I’ve given the book 5 stars for the narrators the story itself isn’t bad either, but Sarah will probably get annoying. To say she’s supposed to be a DC, she’s scared of her own shadow and just wanted to give her a slap, lol.
If it’s been sitting in your wish list and you’re still not sure, it’s worth a credit.

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Best audiobook in a long time

Rarely leave reviews but this might be one of the best audiobooks I’ve listened to in a long time. The narration is first class in every way & the story is gripping, brilliantly paced, chilling & devastating in equal measure. I can’t wait for the next 2 in the series & do hope the author is working on more Slayton novels.

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Superb narration & storyline!

I don’t normally review but this book kept me gripped to the end. The key part to an audiobook is the narration (if you don’t like it you won’t try it!) Emma Gregory & Elliot Fitzpatrick nailed it!

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A happy accident

I mistook this for a different book but I'm glad I did. I don't normally read crime but I really liked the character of Sarah. She's a refreshing and relatable change from what I usually think of as a typical fictional detective (such as the Rebus type). The story was quite chilling and even had touches of horror (which I loved) and I'm glad the overweight character was portrayed with depth and sympathy where other writers would have made her a joke.

SPOILER ALERT I was a bit disappointed, though, to have the female detective rescued by a man at the end. That took it down a notch for me.

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