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  • The Last Word

  • By: Elly Griffiths
  • Narrated by: Nina Wadia
  • Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (319 ratings)

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Summary

A cosy, twisty mystery that reintroduces the glorious characters we met in the bestselling The Postscript Murders - shortlisted for the Gold Dagger.

Natalka from Ukraine has quit her job as a carer and joined up with retiree, Edwin, to run a detective agency on England's south coast. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation such as murder to come the agency's way. She is now living with dreamer, Benedict, who continues to run his coffee shack. Life gets complicated when her Ukrainian mother, Viktoria, joins them from her war-torn country - three's a crowd. Viktoria invades the tiny flat, cooking borscht and cleaning things that are already clean. To add to Natalka's irritation, Benedict and Viktoria get on brilliantly.

Edwin is a big reader of obituaries, so when a local obit writer, Dan Haynes, dies, Edwin decides to look further, only to discover a series of unexpected deaths. Are the clues in the obits themselves? Edwin decides to write an obit to see what clues it throws up. Then he disappears.

The chase to find him takes the team to London and back to the south coast, where the solution lies remarkably close to home.

©2024 Elly Griffiths (P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited

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Excellent narrator

I enjoy Elly Griffith books and this one didn't disappoint. The characters draw you in and the story is interesting. Nina wadia is a fantastic narrator - I'll be looking for other audio books she narrates. She is easy to listen to and puts just enough differentiation into the different characters voices to let you follow who is speaking.

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Can you guess who did it

Love the characters the twists and turns and an easy listen . Elly Griffith at her best

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Enjoyable yarn

Likeable characters with complex backstories. I enjoyed the story and would be happy to continue to follow them on their next exploits.

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Murder mystery about writers

Good whodunnit. Very good performance except the Ukrainian accents are very over done! Would have liked more of Inspector Kour.

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Nasty crimes Gentle handling

I liked the pace and the performance
To my mind not as engaging as some of

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great characters who you care about

If you don't like the people nothing can be interesting. this was really good. the interplay between generations lovely

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Another good read

Elly Griffiths yet again manages a very readable whodunnit with endearing characters who make you want to smile. Pure escapism.

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So beautifully read by Nina Wadia

This was so beautifully read by Nina Wadia. The story wasn’t quite as good as the first book but we still enjoyed it and can’t wait for another one.

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Love.

A thrilling detective story which was all about love. Kept me guessing till the end, but it’s the love of the different relationship that I enjoyed the most.

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The reading ….

. . . of a quite complex , lightly amusing , ‘different’ sort of detective story, with a difference !! Most enjoyable 👍👍

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