
A Feast of Carrion
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barrett
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By:
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Keith McCarthy
About this listen
John Eisenmenger, a former forensic pathologist, finds himself dragged unwillingly into the case. Teaming up with solicitor Helena Flemming, Eisenmenger sets out to discover what really did happen to Nikki Exner.
Eisenmenger and Flemming find there is much more at stake than uncovering the identity of a murderer: there are scores to be settled, demons to be exorcised, and, not least, vengeance to be had.
©2003 Keith McCarthy (P)2009 Isis Publishing LtdAll the investigative work is being carried out while John is in a dead end relationship - brilliantly done and anyone who has been in this type of situation could not fail to recognise its authenticity.
The male psyche is really strong in this book and very well portrayed - the females apart from Elena and the cop's wife are pretty nasty people bereft of redeeming features but highly enjoyable for all that.
The only quibble I have is with the accumulation of mental problems in the book - the policeman's wife has obsessive-compulsive disorder, John's partner tips over the edge into something manic (this I found the least convincing) and the man who works at the museum has a rather nasty syndrome too.
I read this book after discovering a later book in the series and I wanted to find out more about John's starting point.
superbly crafted crime novel
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A Feast of Carrion
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Brilliant writer.
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brilliant!
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I have immediately started the second in the series.
Very entertaining
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If you could sum up A Feast of Carrion in three words, what would they be?
Interesting Gruesome EntertainingWho was your favorite character and why?
John EisenmengerWhat does Sean Barrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He is so good with voices and general story telling. Brings characters to life. Brilliant with women's voices ... somehow just making them a bit lighter in tone so there is absolutely no doubt that they are women but never caricatures. Can we create an award for the best narrator? No doubt in my mind that it should go to Sean Barrett! So many reviewers make similar comments about his narration I'm sure that authors must be queuing up to get him to read their books.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
NeitherAny additional comments?
I gave four stars for the story not five partly because it was a trifle unlikely (but after all it is crime fiction and that's probably what crime fiction has to be) and partly because I disagree with one of the other reviewers who thought there were no clichés or unnecessary words. I thought at times it was actually rather clichéd and some of the writing of the sexual scenes was rather obviously written to sound a bit titillating rather than because it added anything to the story. Almost as though the writer thought to himself 'what are the aspects you need to put into a crime story to be modern and have maximum best seller appeal?' Personally I thought it just sounded a little bit 'cheap' at times. Having said that I enjoyed the story (and of course the narration) and I will download another by this author. I really enjoy crime fiction and this one was a little bit different.A bit gruesome but good forensic crime novel
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good intriguing story
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The story begins with the discovery of the body of a beautiful female medical student, who has been murdered in a brutal and bizzarre fashion.
The author Keith Mcarthy is a trained forensic pathologist, and it really shows. ;the procedural methods in the book are described in graphic detail and with so much accuracy that it puts the attempts of many crime novelists to describe a crime scene or a post mortem, to shame. This is not to say that the book is clinical or cold, far from it, Mcarthy is a truly gifted writer, hes descriptive powers are vivid and his vocabulary is vast.
The authors ability to project the emotions and frailties of his characters truly allows the reader to even empathize with some of the more grotesque members of Mcarthy's cast.
I can only assume that it's some of the graphic descriptions of violence and sex that has stopped Mcarthy becoming top of the best seller list on a regular basis.
Sean Barret is as usual brilliant, his narration brings every character to life, his ability
to differentiate each individual characters voice is remarkable.
I am a massive fan of the modern crime novel and enjoy reading and listenning to most of today's top writers, I would have to put Keith Mcarthy into my top 10 favourites, I truly believe this book, the first in the series, is an absolute must read for any crime novel fan.
Superb Forensic Thriller
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This is perhaps the best forensic murder series ever and I throughly recommend them.
A Wonderful Series
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Excellent!
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