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Killer by Nature

By: Jan Smith
Narrated by: Angela Griffin, Robert James-Collier, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Thomas Turgoose
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What’s in a label? Are we the product of our upbringing or do we have a natural propensity towards good or evil? The eternal question of nature vs nurture is at the centre of Dr Diane Buckley’s world. A talented freelance forensic psychologist who has never quite found the key to engaging with people on a casual level, she is drafted in to examine a grisly murder – a body found in a children’s playground.

The murder carries all hallmarks of one of her most famous incarcerated clients, ‘The Playground Killer’ (aka Alfred Dinklage) – namely the location of the body and the tongue being ‘forked’ like a snake with scissors. Buckley has a race against time to unpick the facts and delve into Dinklage’s often manipulative, complicated mind to understand his past to understand the present events – whilst striving to prevent further murders...as someone out there will stop at nothing to complete what they see as Dinklage’s work.

Featuring: Kathryn Anderson, Shaun Aylward, Rob James, Collier, Angela Griffin, Lara Hutchinson, Christopher John-Slater, Katherine Kelly, Simon Kent, Damian Lynch, Will Mellor, Gray O'Brien, Bhasker Patel, Jeremy Swift and Tom Turgoose.

Please note this contains violence and adult content and language.

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Well made and very enjoyable

A well-made well written audio drama. The only issue I had with this was telling some of the voices apart with the male police men but I would definitely listen to another one made by the same people and author. Definitely worth listening to.

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great production!

An easy listen, fantastic production and narration. Good characters and storyline....thumbs up for this one!

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fantastic audio drama

loved it, brilliant British crime drama with excellent voice acting and clever soundscaping, engrossing plot and character development. as good as it gets, v recommend!

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Excellent production!

Usually don’t like these type of audio books - full cast narrations. The music and sound effects are usually intrusive and characters hard to understand. But this one was perfect. The production added immensely to the story. Loved it

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what on earth just happened?

I'm glad this was a freebie can I get a refund on my time though?

it went nowhere, none of the characters were even remotely likeable or interesting.

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