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Dying Fall

The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 5

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Dying Fall

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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 Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a lot of time looking at death. But now death has found her, with the news that her long-time friend Dan Golding has been killed in a house fire.

Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion of arson when she receives a desperate letter from Dan, sent the day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery - and was petrified of the consequences.

Ruth is compelled to travel north to investigate further, alongside DCI Harry Nelson who is also drawn into the case. But where Ruth goes, so does her young daughter, Kate. This time, the risks are even higher.
(P)2013 Quercus Editions Ltd©2012 Elly Griffiths Amateur Sleuths Archaeology Cosy Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths
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Cathbad narration was dreadful. Kate’s squealing was grating. Nelson’s character changed due to narration.
Sorry to the narrator, otherwise it was fine,
Story was great.

Change of narrator was jarring in parts

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Enjoyed this continuation of the series but as most others have mentioned Clare Corbett's narration took quite some getting used to after listening to Jane McDowell for the previous books. While I have enjoyed listening to Clare narrate other books I don't think she handles the male characters in this series anywhere near as well as Jane... in fact quite uncomfortably overall. The story felt a little less 'tight' in parts than most of the previous books but successfully wove a continuation of the main characters' storylines. And I'm off to order the next in the series!

Another great read by Elly Griffiths

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I like these series where the people grow and adapt to situations… Elly has written a particularly interesting one!

Good characters

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I am unsure why Audible published 3 negative reviews about the Narrator Clare Corbett at the beginning of the Review Section. I nearly gave up on reading the Ruth Galloway series after seeing these negative and very subjective reviews.
It is true that Clare Corbett has a different narration style from Jane McDowell, but both are excellent narrators. Clare uses different tones of voice for the male characters and the young child, which though not exact in tone are very helpful when discriminating between the different characters.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series read by one of those excellent narrators. May I suggest to the few detractors that they either give up on listening to books, or develop an understanding of how many skills it takes to become a narrator.

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I really enjoy Ellie Griffiths novels. This one was perhaps a little bit flaky on the plot, but what was distracting was the voice performance, there were times when the voice adopted was irritating and not very believable when the different characters played.

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