Hobbes
Unhuman Series, Books I-IV
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Narrated by:
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Tim Campbell
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By:
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Wilkie Martin
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Hobbes: Unhuman Series, Books I-IV
I - Inspector Hobbes and the Blood Inspector Hobbes, a monstrous police detective, investigates grave, ghoulish goings-on. A mad pseudo vampire with the dagger of Vlad Tepes is behind robbery, and murder. It is a funny tale with a troll, human sacrifice, blood and great cooking. 'I ought to tell you, dear, he can get rather wild when he's hungry.'
II - Inspector Hobbes and the Curse Andy becomes infatuated with a dangerously beautiful woman during Hobbes's investigations into sheep deaths and the mysterious disappearance of pheasants, which are apparently connected to a rash of big cat sightings; and something horrible seems to be lurking in the woods. 'Love may be on the horizon but, beware; something wicked this way comes.'
III - Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers Unwelcome attention after foiling an armed robbery forces the Inspector away on holiday to the dangerous Blacker Mountains, where his accident-prone friend, Andy, stumbles across something shocking, before falling for an attractive widow. ‘I always knew you’d get ahead one day.’
IV - Inspector Hobbes and the Bones Trouble lies ahead for Andy. Is the apparently charming young woman who attempts to seduce him merely setting him up for blackmail, or is something even more sinister afoot? Hobbes certainly believes so, and, though he's not the sort to worry, he is getting worried. ‘I was grateful for having been born human.’
©2018 The Witcherley Book Company (P)2019 The Witcherley Book CompanyWhat listeners say about Hobbes
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- Shanan
- 12-05-2022
the best
love the books, there funny the characters are interesting the narrator is very good and the storys interesting,not predictable
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- Kindle Customer
- 22-04-2022
Sherlock Holmes meets Terry Pratchett
the story's were predictable. Hobbes aka an animalistic take on Vimes, solves crimes with his bumbling sidekick Andy aka Rinswind.
somewhat funny at times
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- Matt Petersen
- 16-09-2019
Simple fun
Thoroughly enjoyable english mystery romps. I enjoyed it immensley. The characters are full of classic English whimsy and fun.
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- doazwxrfddmxxv
- 16-11-2019
Hilarious, gentle mystery series
A rare find for me. A series of books (four titles released as one audiobook) both funny and intriguing. Blending a similar humour to the Discworld series with the quirkiness of the Rivers of London books. Whilst being adult fiction, there is nothing unsuitable for younger listeners. An excellent selection for a family road trip.
Narration is excellent, a range of voices and accents performed well. Speed of reading is spot on.
Very enjoyable.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-2022
Enjoyable mysteries
I thoroughly enjoyed the Hobbes series. I found Wilkie Martin’s writing style reminiscent of Terry Pratchett, PG Wodehouse and Arthur Conan Doyle.
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- Alexandra Syrjanen
- 31-10-2024
I tried to like it
I really did try to give this a shot. While hobbes was a perfectly fine character, Andy is awful. Pathetic, dull, useless, and a creep with women. He makes any joy or humour in this story disappear. While I liked the housekeeper character, the joke there was overused. This is the kind of book your inappropriate and slightly offensive uncle reads, enjoys, and tries to quote.
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- Ghostdog
- 27-09-2022
Couldn’t get into it
I wanted to like this series of books, but I’m struggling to finish even the first volume. Comparing them to Pratchett is doing a disservice to Sir Terry’s genuine wit and humour. I think the most difficult thing to get over is that I can feel no sympathy for Andy, the lead character. He is cowardly, shallow, lazy and unintelligent. It’s hard to care what happens to him. Hobbes is a bit more likeable, but the humour of the author seems clumsy and forced. The storyline is just okay. The narrator does his best, but even he couldn’t get me very interested.
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