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  • British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 1
  • By: David Blake
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (232 ratings)

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Broadland

By: David Blake
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Publisher's Summary

Broadland is the first in a chilling series of serial killer books which will rapidly convert followers of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and Damien Boyd into David Blake devotees. 

When a girl’s body is found strangled, raped, and horrifically mutilated by a boat’s propeller, deep in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, newly arrived Detective Inspector John Tanner is asked to assist with the investigation.  

At first, all the evidence points to a man who had a multi-million-pound reason to kill her. But when an alibi is produced from an unexpected source, and another body appears at the base of a slipway, Tanner finds himself turning to local girl Detective Constable Jenny Evans for help.  

As a more romantic relationship develops between them, they find themselves facing a race against time to identify a lethal adversary, one with a lust for blood and a mind set on revenge.

©2019 David Blake (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

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Slow Burn

Covering everything you never, ever, wanted to know about wooden sailing yachts on the Norfolk Broads! Whilst the prologue detailed the initial crime, it took several more waffley chapters of back-story about the main character (and the boat he was living on) before it got going. Once it did (meaning the story, not the boat as that stayed firmly where it was moored), the plot began to pick up pace and contained enough twists and turns to maintain interest.

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A great story to listen to

Some unexpected twists & turns from a couple of detectives with wry senses of humour. Most enjoyable.

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Great Disappointment

After reading the reviews I was looking forward to listening to this book. However, it lacks the sophistication and suspense one might expect of a well written crime story. Characters are linear and the story is predictable.

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Presumptive drivel

I wanted to listen through to the end to give it a chance but really struggled. The narrator does a good job but the characters are one-dimensional and the plot struggles. I may have watched too many Silent Witness and NCIS etc shows but procedurally, it doesn't ring true. It's not a terrible read (listen) but many of the characters, particularly the women, are written as cliches. I really struggled to listen to this drivel. I even googled the publication date - 2019! I think anyone who has an interest in this genre would be better looking elsewhere.

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Weak plot.

Annoyingly this was not all it was cracked up to be. The narration was good. The story weak and unbelievable at times.The police duo had feelings for each other right from the start. No development of that relationship. A blustering boss, a resentful colleague and idiotic policing.

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Great story, odd pace

This was a good, solid mystery with some tragic twists and turns as people assumed guilt where it did not lie. It was a shame that the author felt the need to shove in some sexual tension within about two minutes of the new detective joining the local force, taking an immediate interest in his much younger junior officer. It just wasn’t needed - added nothing and made him seem a bit creepy. So much was crammed into the last couple of chapters that the end result was a book which felt unbalanced. The narration was spot on for the book. The narrator sounded like I imagined the protagonist would sound.

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Boring

Boring, obvious plot, cliché and stereotypes. I was waiting for some twist, any twist... I do not recommend this book.

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Good story and great narration!

This is easy listening although a bit grissly in some parts. The characters are likeable. Plus the narration was excellent. Well worth a listen.

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Loved it

Can't wait for the next one. if you like Peter James' you will love it as well.

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enjoyable

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to more in this series. great characters and well narrated.

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