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  • Dark Crimes

  • DCI Sophie Allen, Book 1
  • By: Michael Hambling
  • Narrated by: Cat Gould
  • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (237 ratings)

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Dark Crimes

By: Michael Hambling
Narrated by: Cat Gould
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Summary

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
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Narrator truly is awful and ruins a good story

I didn’t think all the awful reviews about the narrator could be that bad. But she IS that bad. She kills this book stone dead!

The character of Sophie Allen is vibrant and energetic - quick to praise, enthusiastic when people get it right, scathing when they do not or someone is trying to put her down. The narrator would have done Dylan the spaced-out rabbit in “The Magic Roundabout” really well. She makes Sophie sound as if she is coming down off a cannabis trip - dragging voice with an Australian intonation. In fact, although I have only listened to the first chapter, she makes everyone sound the same, a bit like an engine trying to rev up and failing.

A real shame because the Sophie Allen books are excellent. But I simply cannot listen to this narrator any more. This is going back.

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Apalling Narration

The narrator was dull and drawled. She also made very bad attempts at other voices- the book was ruined.

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Story line

Great story line and setting, but not well narrated which meant story was not flowing

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Uniquely awful narration

I agree with other reviews , good story , interesting characters awful narration. The plot had the potential to be interesting but unfortunately the delivery of the story was so flat it destroyed it.

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Oh dear such an ill suited narrator

Such a poor choice of narrator , badly timed inflections and odd pronunciation coupled with a monotone voice made this almost unlistenable.

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decent book

decent novel and narration, worth a listen,bit of a twist at the end, so you don't know whats happening

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Dreadful narration

Whilst the story is good it was ruined by the awful narration. Clearly the narrator is originally Australia and the number of mispronunciations was unforgivable. Worst of all was Walsall!! So easy to check.

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Australian narrator in an English West Country based story !

The inappropriate narrator distracted from storytelling. Why was she chosen ? It was really most confusing.

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All comes together at the end

Narrator needs work on her accents especially the Irish/ Scottish not too sure .. but a good story

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Not much.

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

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