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The Blood Detective

By: Dan Waddell
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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 As dawn breaks over London, the body of a young man is discovered in a windswept Notting Hill churchyard. The killer has left Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his team a grisly, cryptic clue...

However it's not until the clue is handed to Nigel Barnes, a specialist in compiling family trees, that the full message becomes spine-chillingly clear. For it leads Barnes back more than one hundred years - to the victim of a demented Victorian serial killer. When a second body is discovered Foster needs Barnes's skills more than ever, because the murderer's clues appear to run along the tangled bloodlines that lie between 1879 and the present day. If Barnes is right about his blood-history, the killing spree has only just begun...

©2008 Dan Waddell (P)2008 WF Howes Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Murder
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A slow start that needed some perseverance - but which was rewarded as the narrative progressed. An unusual story, populated by characters not immediately likeable, building nicely to a satisfying denouement. Good narration, except for consistently mispronouncing genialogy as geniology, throughout the reading. Lose 1 star for that! A good listen nevertheless.

A Good Listen ...

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What a fantastic"read". Twists and turns leading to an unexpected finale. Well written and very well narrated. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Intriguing, exciting

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What a superb story, so different from many run-of-the-mill books of this genre. Characterisation is good and the reader makes identification of the different characters, through voice alone, easy. Dan Waddell skillfully weaves crime fiction with geneological research in a tale that had me guessing almost to the end. I'm looking forward to downloading his next book.

An outstanding book

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A very satisfying combination of historical and genealogical research with a contemporary crime drama. Set in Notting Hill and referring to that salubrious area's darker past.

Genealogy and detection

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A clever, well-crafted twist on the detective story - I enjoyed this thoroughly. Well-written and exciting.

intelligent stuff!

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