
Broken Homes
Rivers of London, Book 4
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Narrated by:
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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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By:
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Ben Aaronovitch
About this listen
Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a dash of the supernatural.
A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common or garden serial killer? Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load. So far so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?
Full of warmth, sly humour and a rich cornucopia of things you never knew about London, Aaronovitch's series has swiftly added Grant's magical London to Rebus' Edinburgh and Morse's Oxford as a destination of choice for those who love their crime with something a little extra.
Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Kobna is a Film, Theatre, Television and Radio actor. His television credits include Little Britain, Saxondale, Pulling, Taking the Flak, Star Stories and Sirens; his theatre credits include lead roles at the National, Tricycle, Young Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bush and Shakespeare's Globe theatres and he has also been in numerous BBC radio plays. He has voiced audiobooks by Alastair Reynolds and Ben Aaronovitch for Orion.
©2013 Ben Aaronovitch (P)2013 Orion Publishing GroupGreat, again!!
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My new addiction
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Thoroughly enjoyed
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Peter and Leslie are on the trail of the Faceless Man and a killer. How they are connected and what a local housing estate has to do with them is the puzzle. Throw in Leslie’s new face and you have a complicated story.
The dialogue between the characters is easy to distinguish because of the great narration.
It takes me a while to want to come out of these books, but they are so easy to fall into.
Really!
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Entertaining
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Would you consider the audio edition of Broken Homes to be better than the print version?
I have only listened to the audio edition but I am sure the book would not be as good as Kobna Holbrook-Smith really brings Peter Grant to life! Not to mention the other characters.What other book might you compare Broken Homes to, and why?
I can't really compare it to anything as this is the only book (aside from Ben Aaronovitch's other books) I have read in this genre.Have you listened to any of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I have listened to all Ben Aaronovitch's books which are all read by Kobna Holbrook-Smith and he has done a brilliant job in everyone. He brings the characters too life without them being "cheesy" or too contrived.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I did.....!!Any additional comments?
You will not be disappointed. This book is funny, intriguing, interesting and slightly shocking. I could not encourage people enough to read this book.Harry Potter for Grown Ups!!
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Maybe the best since no 1
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Brilliant stories brilliantly read !
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Urban Fantasy Done Right
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Never disappoints
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