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Murder at Roaringwater
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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Murder at Roaringwater is the inside story of a young Frenchwoman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier. In this notorious and unresolved crime, the victim seemed to have a premonition of her own terrible end.
Ever since she was violently killed outside her holiday cottage in the remote West Cork countryside just before Christmas in 1996, mystery has surrounded the unresolved case of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
For six years, author Nick Foster has been painstakingly piecing together her life and death, developing an ongoing ‘friendship’ with the Englishman long-suspected of her murder, Ian Bailey, and his partner, Jules Thomas.
The story follows Foster in Paris and Ireland as he leaves no stone unturned in his quest to reveal the young Frenchwoman’s killer and understand the motives behind such a terrible crime.
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"A true-crime tour de force. Foster delivers a forensic and exciting account of this international murder mystery." (Donal Macintyre)
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- Breeze
- 09-01-23
great listen very interesting case still unsolved?
loved everything about this book,its timeliness its narrative and would recommend it to any sleuth
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- Lisa B
- 11-02-22
Irritating Pronunciations
Overall an interesting book and the story does reveal some information not in the tv documentaries or the West Cork podcast so for that I give it 4. The author seems to over-egg his discoveries somewhat but I still enjoyed it.
The narration however was incredibly frustrating with hugely incorrect pronunciation of Irish place names like Schull and the word Síochana which as you can imagine are used very frequently. It really grates after a while. Also the narrator changed the way he says Schull half way through the book to another different but wrong way. All in all on this occasion I would prefer to read the paperback.
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- donal hand
- 04-01-22
Great insight
At last something that puts this horrible saga in context I now believe he dine it too many people give statements for them all to be lies.
Clothes in the bath, claiming he did not know her scratches on the arms to name a few .
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-01-23
Terrible pronunciation
Good listen except for the pronunciation of the narrator which ruins the entire book. He has obviously never been to Ireland and it’s a shame he never took advice on same.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-24
Learn the name of the places in the story
The narrator is woeful, I suggest peer review before publishing. Also why is there 15 word minimum.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-22
Poor narration
Compelling story but not helped by a really poor narration. Pronunciations inconsistent and inaccurate for some core elements.
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- LeylaRose
- 05-12-22
Excellent and thorough book
I am an avid follower of this case and this book brought me a few surprises. It has also changed my mind again about who is responsible for Sophie’s murder. Nick Foster is smart, thorough, reflective and insightful.
The minus stars are because of the reader’s pronunciation. His voice and general performance are great. But good god why does he pronounce ‘Jules’ the French way and why does he insist on pronouncing Schull as ‘school’. The translation to English of Schull’s full name is ‘Mary’s School’ but ‘School’ is not the name of the town. It’s Schull, pronounced ‘skull’. It’s really grating! His other pronunciations are a bit ambitious as well.
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- Ross Jameson
- 24-07-23
Insightful and riveting
I thought I knew a fair deal about this intriguing and desperately sad unsolved murder, but Nick Foster provides depth and surprises along the way and I was hooked. His very human reactions alongside his painstaking journalistic work make for a riveting slow burn reveal to his his final conclusion. Would highly recommend.
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- Shane canning
- 25-09-22
fantastic
loved every bit off this didnt mind the guy doing the audio as well very very good
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- Anonymous User
- 17-02-22
The performance is not great
The book itself is excellent, a comprehensive account of the entire story of the Sophie Toscan Du Plantier case. It has good sources and is well set out to chronologically take the reader through the entirety of the case.
However the performance is poor, the narrator ignorantly pronounces many key words incorrectly such as “Schull”, “Dermot Dywer” and “Síochana”. You would think that someone narrating a book with those names and words appearing so frequently would go to the trouble of researching pronunciation. Apparently not. Unfortunately, this takes the gloss off of an otherwise very good book. As soon as you are really starting to get into it there is another incorrect pronunciation which gets very annoying.
Overall I would recommend.
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