The Cardiff Killings
DI Jemima Huxley Crime Thriller, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Eleanor Winters
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By:
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Gaynor Torrance
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MEET DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JEMIMA HUXLEY IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS.
An isolated manor house. Shallow woodland graves. A troubled female detective facing the biggest case of her career.
The call comes early in the morning. David and Helen Tremaine have discovered a body buried in the grounds of their large Victorian manor house, Llys Faen Hall, just north of Cardiff.
DI Jemima Huxley and her partner, DS Dan Broadbent, race to the scene to discover that a second body has been unearthed in a shallow woodland grave. And the forensic team working the site believe this is just the start.
Jemima knows this is the biggest case of her career. But it couldn't have come at a worse time. Struggling to get pregnant, she is a woman on the edge, a woman who self-harms just to make it through the day. And with no one reported missing, no apparent motive and no obvious suspect, the investigation is anything but straightforward.
Eight graves. Eight dead women. All with pomegranate seeds placed inside their mouths.
When Jemima makes an unexpected breakthrough, she enters a desperate race against time to prevent more women dying.
Listeners of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.
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I understand a main character should be fleshed out, and perhaps be flawed. But Jemima Huxley was a nightmare, I could not engage with this character at all. The first couple of chapters revealed more than I wanted to know about this woman. At one point I wanted to block my ears and not listen anymore. But I persevered, hoping that maybe, there'd be something to like about her.... that at some point, she might redeem herself. We got to chapter 35 and I thought she was going to have a break through regarding her behaviour... but alas, no. This character was not likeable at all, I'd go as far to say she was horrible, very self-absorbed. Yes, she had big problem, but she should also be expected to behave professionally. I would not want her solving a murder of someone I cared about.
At the beginning of the story, Jemima doesn't talk to her husband about an issue, and tell him what's bothering her. In fact, she actively hides the issue from him. Then later in the story proceeds to blame him for not understanding her. There was just too much filler about Jemima's personal life issues, poor psychology, (mental health disorder) and it was way overplayed. I thought the other characters were better written, especially those helping to solve the crime.
The Crime and it's resolution were interesting, and why I gave the story 3 points. However, I did not like some of the final events, and the way the story ended. I can't go into any more detail, as I don't like to provide spoilers in my review.
Is it worth a read or a listen, maybe. You might appreciate the writing style better than I did. I won't be listening to anything else from this series... I may need therapy to get over this one.
7.5hrs of my life I won't get back~
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Terrible story, poor narration
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