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Trick of the Dark

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon, Gerri Halligar, Multiple Narrators
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The brand new thriller from the award-winning crimewriter. 'Death is a hollow drum whose beat has measured out my adult life.' So writes Jay Macallan Stewart in her latest volume of memoirs. But nobody has ever asked whether that has been by accident or design. Nobody, that is, until Jay turns her sights on newly-wed and freshly-widowed Magda Newsam. For Magda's mother Corinna is an Oxford don who knows enough of Jay's history to be very afraid indeed...

©2010 Val McDermid (P)2011 WF Howes Ltd Crime Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Murder

Critic Reviews

"Wonderfully compelling stuff." (Daily Mail)

"A workout for the grey cells, perfectly executed." (Daily Telegraph)

"This standalone from the Scottish force of nature is a brutally clever story." (Daily Mirror)

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Like all McDermott books plots within plots - that is what is intriguing with her stories. This is no exception.
The narration is excellent

When listening you need to listen.

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The narrator was fabulous, telling a complex, twisting & turning story. Well enjoyed! Val McDermid just gets better!

Great Story, Well Told, Well Read!

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I found this book boring… didn’t like characters not a big fan of narrator…love the authors work normally

Bit boring…

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As school teachers are want to say, “could do better”. I don’t think this book is indicative of Val McDermid’s work which I usually enjoy. It was a self indulgent story loaded with one dimensional characters and the story, not at all believable. As for the narrators, we’ll let’s just say it was a chore to finish the audio, all in all disappointing.

Bit of a letdown

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Persevered till the end, but it worked as a sleeping pill rather than entertainment.

Given the number of characters and rather unappealing ‘lust interest’, the ‘perp’ was easily apparent - though frankly motivation and in some cases execution all a bit far fetched.

The narration within a narration simply irritated and meant all characters remained undeveloped.

Narrators fine. But not Val Mcdermid’s best.

Tedious

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