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The Pick, the Spade and the Crow

The National Crime Agency, Book 1

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The Pick, the Spade and the Crow

By: Bill Rogers
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A single character carved into a nearby tree.

Newly promoted to the NCA's Behavioural Sciences Unit, Senior Investigator Joanne Stuart is determined to hunt down the perpetrator. Just as Jo's investigation begins to reveal links with other disappearances, there is another murder. This is no longer a cold case; she is dealing with the escalating violence of a chilling serial killer.

Stepping into a sinister world of secrets, symbols, and rituals, Jo will have to confront the legacy of her own past and the violent memories that lurk there if she is going to solve this case. But at what cost?

©2016 Bill Rogers (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Crime Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Murder Cold Case
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I was a bit put off my the narrator and for the first time I considered turning off and not finishing. It was an odd voice more suited to a ghost story, strangely like a husky whisper
Story was good if a little inflated by explanations of procedures

Good police procedural

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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

rcording of narrator/voice =unlistenable ...you cant listen to this recording. its awful

Who was your favorite character and why?

none

What didn’t you like about Anne Flosnik’s performance?

its unlistenable voice also v strange reverb of voice

What character would you cut from The Pick, the Spade and the Crow?

noon

Any additional comments?

have to return

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Really want to like this author as the books are set in Manchester. However this is yet another disappointment. Narration was poor with bad accents. Had a promising start but it dwindled into a stilted, bland narrative with no build up of intrigue. Disappointed

Stilted

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I didn't particularly like the narrator's voice but the characters were realistic and storyline was engaging.

Good story, but

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Probably the worst recording I’ve heard. Talks to fast even if I slow it down. Sounds like it’s fully computer generated with no emotion at all.

Totally unlistenable. Wasted my money.

Cannot listen to this computer generated version

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