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Black River
- A Jess Bridges Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Claire Wyatt, James Lailey
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
The River Thames always gives up its dead…
There’s a killer picking off victims from the wild swimming spots on the upper reaches of the Thames. The case takes Detective Inspector Leo George into the path of Jess Bridges, a private investigator who lives life close to the edge.
Their enquiries lead them to author, Jago Jackson, whose book on secret wild swimming spots has turned him into a social media celebrity. Is Jago’s book the blueprint that the murderer is following? If so, does that make Jago a target or the killer himself? Either way, the duo find themselves swimming in some very dangerous waters …
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Praise for the Jess Bridges Mystery series:
‘It makes your veins thrill with adrenaline!’ 5* Amazon reviewer
‘One of the most exciting female characters I’ve met this year!’ 5* Amazon reviewer
‘Be prepared to be on the edge of your seat.’ 5* Amazon reviewer
‘Chilling, mind baffling, and gripping’ 5* Amazon reviewer
‘Incredibly addictive!’ 5* Amazon reviewer
‘Entertaining, action-packed and well written’ 5* Goodreads reviewer
‘I did not want to put it down.’ 5* Goodreads reviewer
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- Lulu M
- 06-11-20
Enjoyable
I enjoyed this book on the whole. Interesting characters and a good mystery, however I would say it was more for the 30-something audience. I’m 50-something and found some of it a little immature. It’s also billed as Book 1 in a new series but one of the main characters refers to past situations which I believe must be in the earlier book ‘Don’t Trust Me’ by the same author.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- incubroz
- 28-08-21
An ‘acerbic’ review of this relationship drama
I’ve never reviewed a book without finishing it before (bear that in mind when considering my review), however; there’s no way I’m going to make it through this one.
Narration is split been a male and female, the latter I found slightly nauseating, not unlike she’s reading to young school children, only the occasional profanity or mention of adult theme breaking the illusion.
You would hope that a proof reader or even friend of the author might have picked up on the overuse of the word ‘acerbic’ and offered an alternative to use now and then, thinning it’s use out a bit. Instead, it’s the authors word of choice for anything spoken with a hint of negativity and I’ve ditched the book with it already used, I think six times and beginning to grate on me.
Reading like a relationship drama, the fact that somebody has lost their life is almost incidental.
Perhaps there’s a brilliant twist and change of tone later in the book and this is why I came across the high review score that lead me to give it a shot but, I’m not prepared to suffer any longer, waiting for it.
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- Chris
- 28-08-21
Awful
Nothing like a detective novel. More like a diary of relationships and suchlike. Slow rambling
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