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The Ratcatcher

By: Anthony Khaseria
Narrated by: full cast
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Based on the bestselling Audible Original by Anthony Khaseria, THE RATCATCHER is a thrilling police drama for fans of Joy Ellis and Michael Wood.

It's been twelve weeks since Dresden Commissioner Paula Beyer was sent to the small town of Freidorf to investigate the disappearance of several teenagers. Now she is sitting opposite a psychologist who is tasked with figuring out whether Paula's statements about the case are true, or whether she needs to be suspended until further notice.

While Paula believes that the young people were kidnapped by someone mimicking the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, her colleagues believe that Paula is indulging in a fantasy and endangering the investigation.If Paula wants to stop the perpetrator, she has to convince the psychologist of her version of the story. But the longer the conversation goes on, the more Paula doubts herself…

Starring Ayesha Antoine, Nicholas Asbury, Rachel Atkins, Lydia Brownell, Henry Calcutt, Patrick Campbell, Gunnar Cauthery, Harry Chalmers-Morris, Saffron Coomber, Clare Corbett, Phoebe Douglas, James Dryden, Tia Dutt, Raj Ghatak, Pete Gold, Corey Graham, Derek Griffiths, Malachi Hall, Leah Marks, Rachael Louise Miller, Niamh Marie Smith, , Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Kyle McReynolds, Shogo Miyakita, Eva O’Hara, Dan Parr, Esme Patey-Ford, Travis Phillips, Nigel Pilkington, Penelope Rawlins, Enzo Squillino Jr, Annie Taylor, Cathy Tyson, Keith Wickham, Danny Horn, Emma Mills, Jon Nicholls, Evelyn Sykes, Bethany Weimers, Matthew Woodyatt and Rufus Wright.

Please note: This audiobook is in English.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

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Psychological Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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The connection to the fairly tale was well constructed.

It was an intriguing story, amd got me interested in the characters. Did not like the ending though.

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Terrific thriller

lived this book. kept me guessing. I hope there's a second book because there's definitely room for it

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Fantastic

I couldn't stop listening, once the story kicks off it draws you in. The full cast did a great job

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I loved this.

I loved the way it was an overall experience of the senses.
It was far more like listening to a TV series with all the extra actors and background noises/ music.
Great story as well.

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Enjoyable for the most part

Really liked the story, the audio was a little off at times with the background noise interfering with the story. Really odd that the story was set in Germany but all the actors had strong English accents, it detracted from the experience actually.

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That’s a wow from me

Absolutely brilliant. I hope there is a second book. So very clever. The only negative is sometimes the audio engineer didn’t quite get the balance of background versus Paula correct.

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Absolutely gripping!

Was absolutely great
What a plot, fabulous actors - I hope more like this are released

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Terrible ending

I’m hoping there is a sequel to follow. Absolutely loved the book, but it ends with too many questions.

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Confused

I thought the story was good but the voice actors left me completely confused.
It is set in Germany but with the most English and Scottish voice acting. The dialects used were completely out of place.
Why could they not use actors with at least a German accent.
This completely spoiled the immersion for me as half the time I thought I was listening to an English setting then German places and names pop up.

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