Blood River
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Blood River
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Narrated by:
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Jacquie Brennan
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By:
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Tony Cavanaugh
About this listen
Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising.
The rains won't stop. People's nerves are on edge. And then...
A body is found.
And then another.
And another.
A string of seemingly ritualized but gruesome murders. All the victims are men. Affluent. Guys with nice houses, wives and kids at private schools. All have had their throats cut.
Tabloid headlines shout, THE VAMPIRE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN!
Detective Sergeant Lara Ocean knows the look. The 'my-life-will-never-be-the-same-again look'. She's seen it too many times on too many faces. Telling a wife her husband won't be coming home. Ever again. Telling her the brutal way he was murdered. That's a look you never get used to.
Telling a mother you need her daughter to come to the station for questioning. That's another look she doesn't want to see again.
And looking into the eyes of a killer, yet doubting you've got it right. That's the worst look of all - the one you see in the mirror. Get it right, you're a hero and the city is a safer place. Get it wrong and you destroy a life. And a killer remains free. Twenty years down the track, Lara Ocean will know the truth.
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- Sara Beeching
- 30-06-2022
confusing narrative
this story is told by a number of different narrators but as these are not introduced by the 'reader' it can be difficult to keep track of who is saying or doing what. I assume that in the printed version of the book changes of narrator are indicated in some way, such as paragraph breaks.
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- 10-02-2024
Weaves like a river, but weird start
Took a while for any flow with the story, at first seemed to jump without any apparent cohesion, but came good and was worth persisting
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- Shane Ingram
- 20-06-2024
Great Story- not at a regular who did it!
Loved the story and the narrators voice but hated how the narrator did not change her voice for each of the key female characters or alternatively introduce whose POV was being used.
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- Tania Cusack
- 05-09-2021
Fantastic Book
Best book ive read in a long time. I absolutely loved how Cavanaugh used real Brisbane history mixed with a fictional story which made it more believable for me. Ive lived through a lot of these things mentioned and that includes the not quite mentioned police force antics before and after the Fitzgerald enquiry which made it all the more conceivable. This book was so well structured and a very high quality writing with a great mix of classic and modern alliteration which came together so clearly. I loved the metaphors which did not detract from the story or slow it down. This book is a piece of skilled craft. Highly recommended. I expected nothing and was delighted with a great read.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-06-2022
Really good
Was expecting a police procedural but this was a lot more. Good story, hung together over broad periods. Nice. Raced through it.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-07-2022
Unexpected!
Not your typical murder mystery. Unexpected great listen. Love this narrator. Looking forward to more from both.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-2023
Wow
Amazing Novel....Focused around the Brissy Floods.
I Picked the Murder a few Chapters in. But really Enjoyed it till the End
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- Anonymous User
- 05-06-2022
disturbing
disturbing loss of life
in more ways than the obvious
jacquie brennan is an excellent narrator
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-2022
Super!!
A great story and very well narrated. Brisbanites in particular will enjoy. Very well constructed
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- Alice Jack
- 14-09-2022
Gripping
Well paced book and enjoyable narration. Currently searching for other books by this author it was that good!
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