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A Bird in the Hand
- Palmer-Jones, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Ann Cleeves Classic Crime—engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again
A Bird in the Hand is the first mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.
In England’s birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted–a murderer....
Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they? George Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether.
But as he and his fellow ‘twitchers’ flocked from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles, in response to rumours of rare sightings, George–with help from his lovely wife, Molly–gradually discerned the true markings of a killer. All he had to do was prove it...before the murderer strikes again.
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- gemma peasgood
- 12-09-23
Very good read.
I really enjoyed the book and performance, including Sean's narration. Ann's character's are always so well drawn and believable. The individual desires and motives so well described and the irony of the plot; that Anderson, who insigates the investigation's own son is the murderer. I will definitely listen to the other books in this series
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- AmandaJane
- 13-04-24
Excellent Narration
I love all Ann Cleeves books, and I did enjoy this. I just found there were a fair few places where was bored.
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- booklover
- 20-04-22
what do I THINK!
Did not enjoy the story that I had listened to. Voice of reader very monotonous. Can't say bird watching so seriously is one of the things I want to do or read about so won't be finishing this book. I much prefer vera stanhopfe books.
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- grandmagay
- 06-09-23
Not the best Ann Cleeves..
You,d have to be bird watcher to really enjoy this book. I found the progenitor unsympathetic.
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- Ms F Chalk
- 19-07-22
Very disappointed
I normally love Anne Cleaves but gave up on this after a few chapters. The story was interminably slow, the level of detail about twitching was tedious and the narration monotonous and boring.
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- MrsGrace
- 19-05-23
Loved everything she’s written untill now.
Expected to love this as I know the area well, but very disappointed .The main characters were flat as was the reading. Just didn’t work.
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- SACare
- 20-03-23
Not up to the author's usual standard
Way too slow going and not helped by the narration, unfortunately. The level of birdwatching details was excessive, and the minor characters just seemed like shadows.
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- Annieb
- 01-09-23
struggled to get through the first few chapters
Did not enjoy this book. In fact, i was unable to finish it, I found it quite boring all the talk about bird watching went on too long. It's put me off reading the other books in this series. 😩
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- Anonymous User
- 26-11-22
A Rather Dull Book
The only reason I stuck with this rather tedious book is the fact that I live in Norfolk and being a birdwatcher I’m familiar with the birding spots along the North Norfolk coast where the story takes place. If it were not for this I would never have listened to the end! The story itself plods along and when it finally reaches it’s conclusion the only satisfaction to be gained is from knowing that you no longer have to listen to the somewhat depressing tone of the narrator’s voice.
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- Amy
- 10-06-23
Boring and hard to listen to
Narration was so monotonous as if I were listening to a non fiction book or a lecture. Very hard to pay attention to as I kept finding myself drifting off. Found story hard to follow too, too many names, too much description of unnecessary bits and not enough description of other parts! Will give this series a miss and wait for the new Vera
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