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Outstanding!

Revisado: 02-02-25

I have never enjoyed a boxed set quite so much before. Lightweight mysteries with lots of laughs, you become quite invested in Rex Harrison and his human, Albert Smith. Don’t know what to listen to next as Rex has accompanied me on so many walks of late. He’s the kind of pup I would love to have my back!!!

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Enjoyable

Revisado: 02-01-23

Beatrice quite grew on me as the books progressed. One or two huh? Moments in book 1 but she grew through the books and I wouldn’t mind listening to more with her amusing mixed metaphors.

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Should have a warning

Revisado: 05-22-22

Not a fan of lesbian love scenes in the middle of a police procedural. The main character was not really believable - she would have been out on her eat well before she got to rank.

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Some irritations

Revisado: 04-15-20

I think that might be the first time ever that a Detective Constable has been promoted straight to. Chief Inspector. I struggled with the story throughout really. Listening as I was walking it was sometimes hard to follow the time frame, the internal monologue of the characters and the general lack of connection which didn’t really build to a crescendo. Thus it was necessary to have a discrete epilogue which revealed all - to no end really.

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Utterly brilliant!

Revisado: 09-02-19

This was quite one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The story was gripping, funny, horrific and it’s not cool to be working out at the gym with tears running down your face as you come to grips with the story of Maddie and Juile. I came to know them and loved them both. The narrators were fantastic - I don’t generally like female narrators but these characters just sprang to life under their care.

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Gripping

Revisado: 02-07-19

One of those stories which hooks you in and won't let go until the last page.

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Where is the phone book?

Revisado: 07-23-18

I have a pathological aversion to narrative written in the present tense but Richard Armitage could read me the phone book and I would be happy. This isn’t my usual genre and it’s not a type I would probably return to but it’s interesting to see just how explicit mainstream chick lit is these days. The plot premise was good and without all the steamy bits it would have been a short story but it was a nice bit of escapism.

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Unexpected enjoyment

Revisado: 12-21-17

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this book, in fact it was so long after I bought it and I began to wonder why I had bought it at all, not my usual genre. However, it gripped me from the start and I certainly did not find my mind wandering as I read it. It was a simple enough story with the layers peeling off one by one, each gently gripping as it peeled away. I would like more from this author.

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Not as good as usual

Revisado: 10-30-17

Felix is unfortunately not in the same class as the original Dick Francis. Latterly the stories have contained too much important fact and that gets boring. The trademark Dick Francis was "catch them with the first sentence" followed by action, short sentences and a thrilling climax. This book had a lot of academic information which was quite convoluted and somewhat boring. The narrator irritated me beyond measure, she was too little girl prissy for a woman heading into her 40s with a responsible medical position, I cant imagine her kicking anyone anywhere but I guess she had to try. But, I generally dont like female narrators, they have difficulty with male voices (as did this one).

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Must listen to the sample

Revisado: 08-04-17

Very mediocre which was a shame as I had listened to the author on a local radio program and it was set close to my home.

First bugbear and it was my own fault - I cannot stand stories written in the present tense. They grate on me so much that I cannot get past the tense and into the story with ease.
I don't much like female narrators either, especially when they properly read every word and are somewhat prissy into the bargain. This one wasn't great at male voices and her accents, especially the Scots, were haphazard.

Beyond all that, the premise of the story was interesting - was she missing or was she dead? The main female lead was far too emotionally flakey for a middle level police officer and she stepped over the line with her emotional entanglements with players, witnesses, on the fringe of the story line. I wanted to smack her several times.

Of course one had to tick all the PC boxes - the lesbian relationship, the gay relationship, the heroic villain and the good black person. It'd be nice to read something without the "gay is normal and widespread" mantra being thrust down ones throat.

It was well over long, I think the author sought to enlist the aid of every descriptor known to man (or woman) - it could have been reduced by 1/3 and no one would have noticed.

I still ask myself why I bothered with it - apathy and no other good yarns on my iPhone at the time but I won't be getting the next in the series where the flakey, now DI, seems to have got herself knocked up. This book really irritated me - I don't usually write reviews!

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