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Plague Pits & River Bones

The Detective Lavender Mysteries, Book 4

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Plague Pits & River Bones

By: Karen Charlton
Narrated by: Michael Page
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London, 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe. When Detective Stephen Lavender is called in to investigate a highway robbery and a cold-blooded murder, both the cases take a dangerous and disturbing personal twist.

And when Lavender's trusted deputy, Constable Ned Woods, finds a mysterious severed foot washed up on Greenwich Beach, they soon realise that these ancient bones are more sinister than they first appeared.

With Bow Street Police Office undermanned and in disarray, it will take all of Lavender and Woods's wit and skill - and some help from Lavender's spirited wife, Magdalena - to unmask the fiend behind the mayhem, restore peace and justice to the beleaguered city and solve the tragic mystery of the severed foot.

But will they do so in time to foil a plot that threatens to plunge the country into chaos?

©2018 Karen Charlton (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime Historical Detective
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No one buys a book they don't think they are going to like, but sometimes I pick up a 'random pook' in the family vernacular, or 'pot luck' in the Queen's. This was one such pook for me which exceeded my expectations, and I was sad that it had to end. I enjoyed it so much I headed back over to Audible almost immediately to get another in the series. The narrator's performance was excellent, and added that pleasing extra dimension I now expect from an audiobook. Good one.
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I found this book very hard to get into and nearly gave up on it several times. My mind would often wonder and I got to chapter 26 I think it was, before it got remotely interesting.

This was the fourth in the Inspector Lavender series and perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I'd have started from the first book but judging by this I doubt I'll bother to go back and listen to book one.

Nearly gave up on this SEVERAL times.

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i like these books and think the story lines are good but the narrator is just dreadful.. the book becomes almost ridiculous which is a shame.

ruined by the narrator

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really good book loved the way it was written and the humour will definitely read another by this author

great

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What a great book. Narrated brilliantly. Just the next book and looking forward to listening to it.

Just brilliant

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