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How the Dead Speak
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
After an explosive case that forced Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to reassess everything they thought they knew about right and wrong, both are dealing with the fallout in their own separate ways. While Tony must pay the price for his actions, Carol is conducting investigations into suspected miscarriages of justice. But when a shocking discovery is made on a construction site, and skeletal remains are found to belong to a killer who is supposedly alive and in prison, suddenly Tony and Carol are brought into each other's orbit once again....
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"McDermid remains unrivalled...brilliant.” (Observer)
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- Fiona Keates
- 15-07-21
Awful narration
The story, characters and plot is really good, but it's let down woefully by the narration. Accents, prounounciations and voices for the different characters could be quite off at times.
Not having listened to the books in series, this storey referred back to something that happened before quite frequently, and although didn't detract from this story, was intriguing. Clearly carol is now no longer innthe police and Tony is doing time, so it's going to be interesting how the stories develop from here...
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- Tramaine
- 16-06-21
Awful! Thank goodness it’s over
Good storylines throughout the series but (and I blame myself for sticking with it) the narration is the worst I’ve ever heard. If you can get past ‘patterrrn’ and ‘moderrrn’ and ‘didgitull’ then you’re doing well. It’s almost as if it’s read by a newsreader! Totally non-conversational, making for a stilted, unnatural feeling throughout. Female voices: plain odd, and all the characters, even the teenagers, seem like they’re in the same age range: well over 65. I’m willing to bet the narrator has never spoken any contemporary vernacular in his entire life before reading this somewhat outdated series. Not Val’s fault obvs. I mostly enjoyed shouting out and laughing incredulously through the entire series. More fool me, but once I’m in, I’m in. Sorry Saul. You’re probably a lovely bloke.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Casandra
- 31-01-21
End of the line?
A weak story and a Mills & Boon ending to the Tony and Carol saga. It feels as if Val McDermid has come to the end of the line for this pair of characters.
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- Rosielil
- 09-10-21
A lot of research was done for this book.
Also a great amount of preparation was put in thinking about this completed plot. A little drawn out but worth a read.
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- Ms. N. Brown
- 11-04-23
Terrible narrator
I can believe I fell for it again I love the author but the narrator is awful! It’s like have Godfrey off Dad’s army read a gritty crime novel. Also agree there were a few unnecessary plots.
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- Anita Donley
- 27-09-19
Narrator’s delivery is distracting.
Poor choice of narrator for a novel with predominantly female main characters and occasional regional accents. Lovely tone and pitch but staccato delivery with tiny pauses in the middle of sentences.
Regional accents were really poor and varied across Irish, Scottish and Northern for the same character in a few sentences.
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23 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-19
poor reader
the narrator was very poor.often difficult to determine which character was speaking ,.. almost gave up listening. Val Macdermid deserves better
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16 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-09-19
Found the narrator's a little annoying
Enjoyed listening to prior bks more, has narrator changed? I may now prefer Karen Pirie!
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8 people found this helpful
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- jken
- 17-11-19
OK, not as good as I hoped
Hate the reader but tolerate him because I enjoy the Jordan/Hill stories. Hope for more.
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- Marie
- 24-08-19
Complete collection not to miss! Fantastic again!
Val McDermid has done it again! Enthralling, captivating, and read by Saul Richlin who brings you into Tony and Carol's lifes of twists and turns. Absolutely brilliant!!! Always leaves me wanting the next chapter of theirs lives and professional upheaval. Thank you both!
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