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The Woodcutter

By: Reginald Hill
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Wolf Hadda's life was a fairytale - successful businessman and adored husband. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, Wolf retreats into silence. Seven years later Wolf begins to talk to the prison psychiatrist and receives parole to return home. But there's a mysterious period in Wolf's past when he was known as the Woodcutter. Now the Woodcutter is back, looking for truth and revenge...

©2010 Reginald Hill (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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A strong story with a great mix of characters and great plot but the narrator Jonathan Keeble well kudos to you this is possibly the best you’ve ever narrated
Honestly I’ll tell you now that I’m all in on a good narrator and Jonathan Keeble’s performance in this audible book was SUPERB 5star
I will definitely listen to this again and have no hesitation in listening to anything Jonathan Keeble reads
Thank you

Great Story Fantastic Narration

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Couldn't stop listening, wishing there was another 100 chapters!

So well read by Jonathan Keeble! Could listen to his voice all day :)

Utterly enthralling!

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A great story that keeps the listener wanting more, beautifully narrated and very well written.

Intriguing

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This is a modern day fairy tale about Wolf Hadder (the woodcutter) and Imogene (the upper-class beauty). Wolf's fairy tale life was just that for fourteen years but then it all fell apart. He was sent to jail, confused and bitter. It starts off a bit slow and I found it hard to keep track of the different characters, but about half way it all seemed to fall into place and I then began to enjoy the book. It's a good story and I definitely recommend it.

Once upon a time...

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I'm not sure what the audio equivalent of a page turner is, but it applies to this. Dodgy Scottish accent aside, the narration is pretty good too.

A tale of necessity

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Well written, good story, great narrator. really enjoyed this book.

exciting, always wanted to find out exactly what the truth of the matter was - as set up in the first chapter right until the end.

narrator was the best of any audible book so far for me, really made the difference

excellent

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Listened to it, will go back now and read it. So good from every point of view in my 3P's : Place Plot People. What sucked me into Reginald Hill was On Beulah Heights, and this one is on a par. Lake District settings around Wasdale and Pillar were very familiar, and place/setting often takes priority for me. But in this case I was already into it.
More to Reginald Hill than just Dalziel and Pascoe, they are great, so...... !

One of his best!

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confusing start but gets better felt empathy with main character Keebles narration is top notch

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worth a listen

worth peservering with

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