Blind Spot (A John Handful Novel Mystery)
The John Handful Mysteries, Book 1
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Blind Spot (A John Handful Novel Mystery)
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R.E.Harter
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R.E.Harter
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Andrew Hixson
About this listen
When a body is found at the foot of a cliff, the local Suffolk Constabulary calls in their consulting lateral thinking detective to help. There are many unanswered questions. Why did a man with impaired vision use a dangerous path as a route to work? If he did use the path every day, no matter what the weather, how come he suddenly fell? With plenty of red herrings and twists to keep the listener guessing.
Blind Spot: A Bell Rings - A Rope Breaks - A Man Dies.
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enjoyable book
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I am afraid though the choice of narrator did make it hard for me to listen to it. Nothing against R.E. Harter but his voice did not fit the character for me yet I can think of plenty of other books he would be fantastic reading. Although no age was given for the main character it was implied he was at most middle-aged but most likely younger and to me the narrator's voice made seem as if he was a man in his 6s/70s but I, of course, could have picked it up wrongly and maybe he is older than I assumed.
I would love to listen to more of Johns adventures as a PI but whether I will unless a new narrator is chosen for this series I am unsure. Would I be willing to buy another, maybe I will relisten now I have done so once and see if I can fit voice to the character better.
I was given this book by the author for free so I know I should not complain but to me, a review should be truthful no matter how the book was obtained.
So to sum up - I loved the authors work but to me, the narrator was the wrong choice.
Nice quick listen
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A great start
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☺
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John Handful has been called in to consult when a body is found on the beach. The dead man worked for John's finance and is quickly identify when she calls John worried about her visually impaired employee not turning up for work. She knew he liked to walk on the cliffs and he had never missed a day before. Was he pushed or was it an accident?
I didn't really like the narrator. He was to gruff and just didn't have enough range of voices for the characters, this meant they all tended to sound very similar.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Blinded
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The narrator is horrible, he should not be allowed to narrate books
Good but not great
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For fans of the kind of low key British police procedural this will feel right at home, and makes for a fun listen on that basis.
Unfortunately the production has its own problems which can really distract.For some reason the narrator cannot say quay right, which as much action takes place or, near or by a "kway" gets super annoying. There's a few other similar issues, which just don't inspire much confidence in the production and can take you out of the story.
The story itself also felt a little unsatisfactory. It's hard to explain without spoiling the mystery, but in my opinion it felt like the type of story that should be at least the third or fourth mystery in a series not the first, where we're expecting to be wowed by the main characters detection prowess, and instead I left underwhelmed.
However it was an entertaining tale, and I'll probably pick up some future stories for something a bit quick and light hearted to listen to. If you like a cosy mystery style piece, this does that job pretty well.
A short but engaging tale
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I solved the main mystery much quicker than John Handful though so I kept waiting for him to catch up. Also, there was too much description of the sky & sea than was necessary as well as the completely unnecessary cookery lesson detailing how to make breakfast. That seemed like nothing more than space filler and I half expected to be told about the pattern on the plates and how many mouthfuls of scrambled eggs they each ate.
I have to wonder why John's girlfriend is always introduced as Kimberley Ashlyn Gere. Is it ever normal to introduce people with all their first names? Surely just Kimberley Gere would be more natural. Nobody introduces the Black Widow actress as Scarlett Ingrid Johansson or the Game of Thrones star as Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke do they? I actually thought it was a hyphenated surname at first.
I'm not too keen on the narration much as the performer often seems to be shouting his conversations for no apparent reason and while one character states he's not yet an octogenarian, the performer often sounds like exactly that. Also his pronunciation of some words made me cringe, such as Quay should be pronounced KEE not KWAY and Zoe is pronounced ZOH + EE not ZOH, at least in British english. Maybe it's a regional thing but it's not normal.
I'm still keen to try other books in the series as I've checked that other, hopefully better, narrators are used.
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Worth a listen but needs a better narrator
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A interesting and well written plot. The main character works well .
This book has good characters and a good plot. An old fashioned mystery who done it.
mystery
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I wasn’t drawn to the main character but some of this was down to the narrator, unfortunately his voice and delivery didn’t appeal to me added to that he mis pronounces several words, soco (scene of crime officer) vanilla and Peugeot.
Okay story
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