Great story

Really enjoyed this story.
Something a little different.
My favourite narrator does an excellent job again.

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excellent

great story and narrated so well, it felt more like a movie than a book.

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My favourite Mark Ariti book yet!

Entertaining and witty, fun and harrowing, vivid and endearing. Love these books for the authentic, respectful and entertaining picture they paint of small town Australia. some of the dialogue and statements made me laugh out loud - best one yet of the series. And the narrator just seems to get better and better.

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Held your interest

I did enjoy the listen.
Kept me interested to the last 20 mins or so!

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Sick of Americanisms!

This is only one of two problems I have.
The other, and if I am wrong please enlighten me, we do not have crows in Australia. They are all Ravens.

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A Great Listen

good story, related well as come from the area. YES. we have crows, our state emblem is a crow and yes we have a football team called The Crows.
listened to this book in the car going home to the south east. limestone coast. I can recommend this book. beaut narration. descriptions of area is spot on. town locals are believable. small towns have the dominant family that underneath is not what they pretend.
Oh we call flippers flippers and bathers are bathers. aka swimmers swimsuit. toggs. I enjoy the variation of the Australian vernacular. we speak English and Australian
thankyou for a book I couldn't put down.

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A Tangled Tale

I do enjoy novels where I learn something new. This novel, set amongst South Australia’s limestone cliffs, underwater caves and the tangled relationships of a small farming and fishing community explains some of the mysteries of deep sea diving, caving and aspects of livestock management for those of us who know little of these activities. The characters resonated with me as I recalled those I know in real life who share their particular language, style, physical appearance and emotional tone. The characters were not subordinate to the plot (as is sometimes the case in this genre), They rang true as did the police detective examining the cases, an intriguing man, who I would enjoy meeting again in future Hickey novels. Unlike many ‘who done its’, I didn’t guess the who(s) and I thoroughly enjoyed following the twisted threads from beginning to end.

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Good Aussie yarn

Enjoyed this book, especially the descriptive passages of cave diving and the Limestone Coast. Plenty of twists and many Aussie references, but sometimes too much.

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Couldn't stop listening, totally enjoyed it

Really good listen!!
Plot lines were great, conclusions unguessable but realistic.
The weaving together of the different murders was seamless and the story flowed beautifully.
The only criticism is that at points the narrator was making a background noise, perhaps chewing or swallowing and it was distracting. Also his voice for the main character seemed to change in places which did make it a tad disjointed at times.
Overall the small narrator issues couldn't dampen my enthusiasm for this story, totally recommend it.

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Good Aussie story

when a story is set in rural Aus, the place will always be one of the characters in the story. Therefore it has to develop at the appropriate pace. This is a great example of the art.

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