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The Kellerby Code

By: Jonny Sweet
Narrated by: Jack Davenport
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Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends' needs – fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It's a noble effort, really – anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away.

But the chink in his armour is his painfully unrequited love for Stanza. When he realises Stanza and Robert are an item, Edward is pushed too far. His little acts of kindness take a sinister turn, giving way to the unspeakable brutality Edward fears is at his core.

Are there limits to what he will do for his friends? Are there limits to what he will do to them?

©2024 Jonny Sweet (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing Crime Fiction Dark Humour Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Exciting Feel-Good Heartfelt Scary Witty

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Critic reviews

'A deft, razor-sharp debut that effortlessly bestrides crime and comedy. Jonny Sweet is annoyingly talented.' (Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said/She Said)

'Fresh, frightening, bittersweet and brutal. The Kellerby Code is wonderfully witty and delightfully dark.' (Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End)
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An unpredictable narrator, class conflict, violent trauma and unrequited love…there’s a lot to enjoy in this dark and pacey debut. I certainly polished it off in a couple of days.
However, the writer was let down by his lack of equestrian knowledge which really strained the plausibility of the plot for me, which was already straining the suspension of my belief.
Also - trigger warning to West Midlanders - Mr Davenport’s attempt at Brummie is terrible!

Dark page turner not without its faults

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Compelling story telling and terrific narration. Darkly funny. Enjoyed very much and will recommended to others.

Quality of narration and unexpected story.

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Fab narration. Good story lots of twists. Dark but funny at times. I Enjoyed it

Good read

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Beautifully written great story. Cannot fault this book. Amazing and I never write reviews but felt moved to.

Phenomenal

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This took a while to get going, and I nearly gave up, but I finally got engaged with the story after the first couple of hours narration. The main characters are not likable in the slightest - but I guess that's the point. Edward is particularly irritating, and I am sure if I had been reading a hard copy, I would have been flicking over the paragraphs where he waffles away about his unrequited love blah blah blah.

I enjoyed the narration, which suited the style of the story.

Dark story about very annoying characters

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Gripping story with well developed characters, and a plot that I didn’t expect! Great narration too.

Better than Saltburn

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This was quite disturbing to read, and I was never quite sure how I felt about Edward, as he got sucked into deeper and deeper trouble. The story was very cleverly developed and the writing was excellent… capturing the settings, the tensions, the ambiguities beautifully. I’d definitely come back to this author. Jack Davenport was, as you would expect, utterly brilliant in bringing this to life.

Really unusual and very engaging

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great plot, story and characters - beautifully written, excellent, well paced narration - thoroughly enjoyed listening to this

Great story, beautifully written

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Flawed young actors and hangers on, a grand house, the in crowd and the outsiders who wish they weren't. Slight flavour of Brideshead and Saltburn, but brilliant in its own right, feels more modern. The thing I loved about this book was the writing, I was repeatedly transported to posh London, Oxford, private schools, but the longing and the anger of the main character throws it all into a minor key, sickly lighting effects.
Please write more books Jonny Sweet!!!

Briiliant story, characters, narration.

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Reminds me of Horowitz. And that is not good. Better than Horowitz, just. Too clever by half but not very interesting. That’s the problems. You can be clever as you like. The point is to be entertaining. It’s not. I think.

Too clever by half

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