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Broadland

British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 1

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Broadland

By: David Blake
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Broadland is the first in a chilling series of serial killer books which will rapidly convert followers of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and Damien Boyd into David Blake devotees.

When a girl’s body is found strangled, raped, and horrifically mutilated by a boat’s propeller, deep in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, newly arrived Detective Inspector John Tanner is asked to assist with the investigation.

At first, all the evidence points to a man who had a multi-million-pound reason to kill her. But when an alibi is produced from an unexpected source, and another body appears at the base of a slipway, Tanner finds himself turning to local girl Detective Constable Jenny Evans for help.

As a more romantic relationship develops between them, they find themselves facing a race against time to identify a lethal adversary, one with a lust for blood and a mind set on revenge.

©2019 David Blake (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
Mystery Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Detective Fiction British Detective

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Loved it

Can't wait for the next one. if you like Peter James' you will love it as well.

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old school

A good quick read/listen but surprised me that it was written in 2019 as the potential relationship just felt a bit tone deaf. Very much a bloke's eye view but didn't mind the story

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Great story, odd pace

This was a good, solid mystery with some tragic twists and turns as people assumed guilt where it did not lie. It was a shame that the author felt the need to shove in some sexual tension within about two minutes of the new detective joining the local force, taking an immediate interest in his much younger junior officer. It just wasn’t needed - added nothing and made him seem a bit creepy. So much was crammed into the last couple of chapters that the end result was a book which felt unbalanced. The narration was spot on for the book. The narrator sounded like I imagined the protagonist would sound.

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Love it

Oh I have enjoyed this story. Good fun a mystery and lots of gore and blood. Lovely

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Absolutely fantastic

So many twists and turns, could not put the book down. Looking forward to book 2.

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Great Read

As I have learned to expect the narration was excellent. Jonathon Keeble was the perfect fit for this book. First David Blake I have read and totally loved it.

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Excellent story Excellent Narration

The story was intriguing, interesting, well written, with an unusual ending. The narration was excellent.

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left us wanting to hear more

we enjoyed this. good story with some great twists. goodb characters. good acents. interesting location which was also different. leaves you wanting to hear more of series. but, we got to the key odf the story before the book

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Slow Burn

Covering everything you never, ever, wanted to know about wooden sailing yachts on the Norfolk Broads! Whilst the prologue detailed the initial crime, it took several more waffley chapters of back-story about the main character (and the boat he was living on) before it got going. Once it did (meaning the story, not the boat as that stayed firmly where it was moored), the plot began to pick up pace and contained enough twists and turns to maintain interest.

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Good story and great narration!

This is easy listening although a bit grissly in some parts. The characters are likeable. Plus the narration was excellent. Well worth a listen.

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