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A Little White Death

By: John Lawton
Narrated by: Sara Coward
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 1963. England is about to explode. An ageing hack defects to Russia. A cabinet minister resigns. A young woman takes an overdose. A Harley Street physician blows out his brains. Commander Troy investigates. But what with the sex and the drugs, he finds that he's up to his neck in the mess, personally and professionally. The damn thing might blow up in his face, and the English can be so unforgiving of a good scandal.©1998 John Lawton (P)1998 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Espionage Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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"A haunting novel, transcending the bounds of genre fiction." ( Daily Telegraph)
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Story is too long. The beginning is just a long ramble at the start before it gets meaty and after the main mystery is solved the book could end but drags on unnecessarily for at least another hour. The voice is a bit disconcerting having the male lead narrated by a woman does not work and after listening to earlier books is very hard to get used to.

Good but a bit random

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Some readers may find the tone, pace, and mood, as well as the narrator, a little annoying, and at times too slow and introspective. But the big picture of an England, London in particular, about to burst into the tawdry bloom of “swinging” sex-crazed Britain and the Beatles, is one of the best recreations of culture, time, and place, I’ve read. Not for seekers of Bond-like action.

Slow, deliberate accumulation of details along the “axis of the sex-scandal plot”

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