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Dark Crimes

DCI Sophie Allen, Book 1

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Dark Crimes

By: Michael Hambling
Narrated by: Cat Gould
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A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath.

It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is found strangled the next morning. The case grows more complex as DCI Sophie Allen discovers that the victims had secret histories involving violence and intimidation. There's an obvious suspect, but Detective Allen isn't convinced. Could someone else be lurking in the shadows, someone savagely violent, looking for warped revenge?

Dark Crimes is the first in a series of detective thrillers featuring DCI Sophie Allen, head of the newly formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. She is pushed to the limit in her first major case as the team's head.

©2016 Michael Hambling (P)2016 Tantor Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Crime Fiction Detective

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It was an ok story but please sack the narrator she was terrible. It spoiled a reasonable story.

Not much.

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Good plot spoilt by too many mispronunciations by narrator and at times her bored tone.

Shame

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Worth a listen. Narration OK - a little robotic and almost everyone sounded the same, which got a little grating as got further through. I found the ending a little lacking but still enjoyed. Worth listening to being free at the moment.

Enjoyable

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The narrator spoiled the story for me. I was sometimes laughing so much at the awful accents that it took the emphasis away from the story.

The narrator

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I really did try, but as previously said the narration is quite bizarre, totally distracts you from what probably was a decent story, couldn’t finish

Awful narrator

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The story itself was interesting although became more absurd as it went on. The police procedure and chief inspector but a bit unbelievable in places. The narration was awful, wrong emphasis, mispronunciations, unreal accents and every word spoken separately, almost dalek like in places. Not reading it I don‘t know if it was written completely without contractions, even in speech, but nothing flowed. I wanted to hear the end of the story and found marginally better on 1.3 speed, something I‘ve never done before.

Clunky language and terrible narration

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That Australian accent could not be disguised and really took away the authenticity of the tale. Walzal????? Walsall surely!

Off putting speaker

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Oh dear, Had promise but the narrator was AWFUL. Gave up after < 1 hour as couldn’t bear to listen.

Couldn’t stick with it

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Storyline held my attention despite the narrators weird and inconsistent accents. Some innacuracies regarding police procedures.
The coincidental meeting was a disappointing means of arrest.

Horrendous accents

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Top tip to get through this book…turn the speed to 1.2 and the narrator is a lot more bearable. It’s a shame as it’s not a bad story, although the characters are very lacklustre

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