Dark Crimes
DCI Sophie Allen, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Cat Gould
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By:
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Michael Hambling
About this listen
A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath.
It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is found strangled the next morning. The case grows more complex as DCI Sophie Allen discovers that the victims had secret histories involving violence and intimidation. There's an obvious suspect, but Detective Allen isn't convinced. Could someone else be lurking in the shadows, someone savagely violent, looking for warped revenge?
Dark Crimes is the first in a series of detective thrillers featuring DCI Sophie Allen, head of the newly formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. She is pushed to the limit in her first major case as the team's head.
©2016 Michael Hambling (P)2016 TantorWhat listeners say about Dark Crimes
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-02-2023
Great thriller
Characters, story and plot were great. I would definitely listen to more of this series. Bring English and from the midlands I was quite distracted by the Australian’s English dialects and speech speeds,
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- TOC
- 27-03-2023
Stick to kindle for this one.
The narration was a big problem here although to be fair I did persevere. It was brave of the narrator to attempt British regional accents but probably not wise. Not one of the characters had an accent I could identify with an actual place or person. It made me stop paying attention to the story and start wondering about the audition process! But regardless I wasn’t very convinced by the writing either.
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- Anne Sinclair
- 16-11-2023
Narrator let the story down
Good story but let down by the narrator. Strange pauses, uneven speed and sometimes the characterisations/accents changed. This particularly disrupted the story as I had to check who was speaking.
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- Douglas H Oliver
- 05-08-2024
Terrible narration detracted from the story
Really not sure about the actual story as the narrator was so terrible that her voice detracted from it and didn’t do it justice . The characters’s accents sounded more Bondi than Dorset. The mispronunciation of Walsall in the Midlands was very annoying. So I’m joining the chorus of reviewers who all thought the same.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-01-2023
interesting
I didn't see the twist at the end It was an ok story although found the narration annoying in places
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- Ngaire Harris
- 13-10-2023
Good story but….
An engaging story that kept you guessing, but the narration wasn’t good at all. Even though the story was very good, and I’m sure the series would be worth listening to I wont be buying any more with this narrator.
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- MichelleJ
- 01-06-2024
Was easy to listen. It lacked real substance but had an interesting plot.
I didn’t like the narration of this book, it lacked the suspense and didn’t hold the story well
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- Sue
- 15-05-2018
A nice comfy crime read
An enjoyable book. You know you are in safe hands with a Michael Hambling novel.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-03-2023
Enjoyable storyline.
This is the first time I’ve ‘read’ (listened to) this author and tbh I think I would have enjoyed it more as a book. The narration was unconvincing and tough to listen to at times. It was a good storyline though.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-09-2023
Poor narration
The story was ok but the narrator was terrible. I wouldn’t choose another title with the same narrator.
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