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  • Death Knocks Twice

  • By: Robert Thorogood
  • Narrated by: Phil Fox
  • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (309 ratings)

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Death Knocks Twice

By: Robert Thorogood
Narrated by: Phil Fox
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Summary

The new Death in Paradise mystery

Two dead bodies. A family of suspects. One grumpy detective.

Reluctantly stationed on the sweltering Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, Detective Inspector Richard Poole dreams of cold winds, drizzly rain and a pint in his local pub.

Just as he is feeling as fed up as can be, a mysterious vagrant is found dead in the grounds of the historic Beaumont plantation. Immediately assumed to be suicide, DI Poole is not so convinced and is determined to prove otherwise. Never mind that the only fingerprints on the murder weapon belong to the victim. Or that the room was locked from the inside.

Before long, death knocks twice and a second body turns up. The hunt is on to solve the case - despite the best efforts of the enigmatic Beaumont family....

©2017 Robert Thorogood and Red Planet Pictures Limited (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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Critic reviews

"Very funny and dark with great pace. I love Robert Thorogood's writing." (Peter James)
"This second Death in Paradise novel is a gem." ( Daily Express)
"Deftly entertaining...satisfyingly pushes all the requisite Agatha Christie-style buttons." (Barry Forshaw, The Independent)

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Better than on tv

I love the series death in Paradise, but the book is so much better. The characters are still the same, but much more interesting. I can't wait to find more of these books.

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Lightweight fun

Easy listening with excellent narrator and characters as expected from TV series. Plot twists also kept me guessing right to the end.

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love it

just like the TV season. love this team wish they had more than 1 season together but these books give us more.

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Superb

Love the series and was unsure whether an audio book could do it justice: I’m happy to say I was wrong. Loved it. Can’t wait to start the next one.

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Richard Poole is doing the business

Richard is brought to life by Phil Fox brilliantly, I loved the blend of a stuffy English DI on a tropical island supported by Camille, Dwayne and Fidel.

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Nice story, but dialogues could be better.

I enjoyed the book and the series, but I thought that in this book the dialogues were written a bit sluggishly. The phrase “what’s that?” (which in my view carries very little substance) was totally overused and got a bit irritating towards the end of the book.

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really enjoyed it

just like the series, this was good fun, pretty cosy with no gruesome details of the murder. I loved the ending. the narrator was good and did the accents well.

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excellent story

lots of twists and turns, I did not work out the murderer. read very well

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Fun crime novel

Love this series. Really good story excellently read. A great escape when listening to it.

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Excellent couldn’t stop listening

I have now listened to all the Robert Thorogood Death in Paradise books and although they are all great stories this one is by far the best a fascinating plot that keeps you guessing all the way through
Phil Fox does a wonderful job of narrating making you really believe you are listening to the characters you already know from the TV series
I hope to find more from Robert and Phil soon thank you

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