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An Inspector Lynley Novel, Book 21

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By: Elizabeth George
Narrated by: Vivienne Rochester
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Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from Sunday Times best-selling author Elizabeth George.

A Nigerian-born detective sergeant working for the Metropolitan Police is found unconscious in her own flat and ends up in hospital, where she dies of her injury. The post-mortem reveals that the subdural hematoma is the result of a blow to her head. DI Thomas Lynley, DS Barbara Havers and DS Winston Nkata are called in to investigate a case that touches upon not only the work and the life of the murdered detective but also upon a controversial cultural tradition that damages and often destroys the future of everyone it involves.

©2022 Susan Elizabeth George (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense Detective
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Bought as a Lynley mystery but I got about three chapters in and I think he’d appeared once. Maybe everything comes together eventually but it’s not gripping enough at the beginning for me to persevere till it does. Shame. I was looking forward to this one.

Misleading

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I was eagerly awaiting the next book in the remarkable Lynley series, but was extremely disappointed with it. Although I stuck with it to the end, the story was slow moving and the whole needed a really, really good edit. A plethora of side issues encompassing too much detail detracted from the story. In some respects it was a brave attempt at highlighting an issue which often gets swept under the carpet of political correctness. But I’m not sure that the issue was dealt with properly. The actual production was uneven - some technical difficulties- and it may have been better to have had two narrators - one to do the Nigerian voices - which were excellently performed- and another to perform the plummy male voices of Lynley, Simon etc. which were poorly performed.

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Another great story from Elizabeth George but I really didn’t like the narrator. Her characters voices weren’t always great - women often sounded like a whining child, Lynley’s voice was all wrong and some of the African voices were also off. In addition, there were some “phone conversations” where one side was “missing” - just patches of silence. This happened in a particularly important part in Chapter 22.

Great story but didn’t like the narrator

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As others have commented there is missing audio - especially in the last chapter - which makes the last chapter hard to comprehend, especially after 16+ hours of listening. Very disappointed in this long and disjointed story. I’ve read every Lynley and Havers book but found this one extremely disappointing. I cannot recommend it.

Disappointed with latest Inspector Linley book

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Story was good but it was way too long and the voice was awful most of the time I thought all of them were in Nigeria couldn’t tell who was who and Inspector Lyndley was so off it was horrendous

Too long narration terrible

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Frustrating- I have no idea of the final conclusion due to important dialog missing

Missing dialogue ,especially in the last chapter

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Enjoyed the story and the presenter. The frustration was that when someone spoke on an intercom or phone that side of the story was left blank so there were key sections missed especially in the last hour of the story.

Good book but sound issues

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story was good but severely disappointed in that it appeared that voices in conversations have been omitted, especially towards the end if book. leaving silences when people should be speaking

narrator issues

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Entire parts of dialogue missing in several places. Volume levels unevenly recorded so parts are too quiet while alternating with ear blistering loudness. Not read very well either. Story however captivating as always by this author.

Badly recorded

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As usual Elizabeth George writes a cracking story and I enjoyed her usual twists and characters. But the narration with the faux accents was appalling

Strange accents

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