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A Fatal Obsession

Ryder and Loveday, Book 1

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A Fatal Obsession

By: Faith Martin
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
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A gripping, twisty cosy crime novel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and M.C. Beaton.

‘A brilliant book! The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of genius.’ Clare Chase

Oxford, 1960. Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday is smart and enthusiastic but always underestimated. To keep her out of the way, her senior officer assigns her to assist Coroner Clement Ryder as he reopens the case of a young woman’s mysterious death. Trudy can't believe her luck – she is finally going to be working on a real murder investigation.

Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy investigating a series of threats and murders in the local community, and Clement can't help but feel it's all linked.

As Trudy and Clement form an unexpected partnership, can they catch the killer before more lives are lost?

‘Absolutely loved it… The characters were some of the best I’ve read in a long time.’ Angela Marsons

©2018 Faith Martin (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Murder Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense
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Easy listening and a story with a few twists and turns. Kept me listening all the way through.

Great story

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I'm much the same as other reviews I read - I enjoyed this story without being blown away by it. The character is established well and she makes an appealing protagonist, the plot is fine and moves along well. Ultimately not overly thrilling but totally fine and enough to make me consider reading more from the series. As an establishing story, it works well without being a total "home run".

A strong series debut

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I liked how the plot was as twisted as the relationships between some of the characters.

The main characters had such clear personalities

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The story was not totally convincing nor very gripping. Narration seemed very girly. Constant self deprecation of the young police woman was annoying.

Unconvincing

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A convovulated plot thadt delivered an en d ing I did not expect, at least with a character and reason I did not expect. Love an author wnho can do that for me.

EXCELLENT

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Found it be a good read. storyline had a couple of twists .Enjoyed the narration Enough to keep you to interested

Good listen

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The reading was spot on. The story was intriguing and kept me engaged the whole time.
The plot and the paths it took were not obvious, so it was a real pleasure listening to this.

well done

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This well plotted story kept me engaged throughout. I loved it. I even got used to all the unnecessary adverbs at the end of every second speech line. At first it grated, but after a while it seemed to add to the charm of the story.

The reader was excellent. Her voice mirrored (in one's imagination) the voice of the main character exactly.

Gripping and most enjoyable

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Thoroughly enjoyable story, and fabulous narration. Looking forward to listening to the next installment (s) of the Ryder and Loveday series by this great Author.

Great book.

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First book by Faith Martin I have listened to, throughly enjoyed the easy listen and classic crime. A nice change from all the other crime novels that seem to be full of confronting and nonessential deaths of children that I feel has infiltrated this genre lately.

Classic Clean Crime

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