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Sympathy for the Devil
- Breen & Tozer, Book 4
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Series: Breen and Tozer, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction
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Summer of love
She made a profit from her youth. She's not beautiful anymore - but she will be young forever.
Called away from his pregnant girlfriend, Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen knows the sight of the murdered prostitute will be with him all his life. But this is what he does: he finds killers. Helen Tozer, more than most, understands why.
Summer of death
The girl they called Julie Teenager had a client list full of suspects, all rich, powerful - and protected. Someone warns off the beat coppers; someone disturbs the crime scene. Breen begins to fear that this is more than the murder of a prostitute. It's political.
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- Mark
- 10-11-2019
Breen and Tozer continue through the sixties the
Breen and Tozer continue their relationship and investigations with the death of Brian Jones and Rolling Stones concerts in the background and Tozer pregnant. The murder of a prostitute brings Breen into contact with the Secret Service and Tozer is attacked by a serial killer. I put this book in the top tier of my library.
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- meyerbeer
- 30-12-2018
Not enjoying Book 4
I really enjoyed the first 3 books, I have tried and tried with book 4 but the change of narrator has ruined the book for me. Will be sending it back unfinished
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- Mike
- 13-01-2018
The change of narrator was a mistake
The usual gently compelling story with well drawn characters and satisfying storylines marred by a narrator whose grasp on accents varies from poor to dire. Never have so many English men sounded so Australian! The main protagonist is Irish, or English, or a bit Welsh...
The original narrator was much better
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- Sean Acer
- 01-08-2020
Good story
Did not like the narrator Roger Davis as he gave Bream a bit of an irish accent and yet he had never been to Ireland. Much preferred Cameron Stewart in the first books.
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