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The Devil in the Marshalsea
- Narrated by: Joseph Kloska
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2014.
Longlisted for the John Creasey Dagger Award for best debut crime novel of 2014.
London, 1727 - and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels, and coffeehouses to the hell of a debtors' prison. The Marshalsea is a savage world of its own, with simple rules: those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort. Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol's rutheless governor and his cronies.
The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the Captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.
Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. Soon, Tom's choice is clear: Get to the truth of the murder - or be the next to die.
A twisting mystery, a dazzling evocation of early 18th-Century London, The Devil in the Marshalsea is a thrilling debut novel full of intrigue and suspense.
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- Steve
- 10-02-16
Poor editing let this great book down
An unusual story that was performed really well was let down by very shoddy editing. Lines were repeated throughout, sometimes two or three times, performed in different ways. How any editor listened to this and gave it the OK is unbelievable. I would be furious if I were the author.
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- VPN
- 17-04-18
Why the ‘music’?
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I am still listening to this story and enjoying it too. It is, however, being somewhat spoilt for me by the so-called ‘music’ at the beginning and end of each chapter. I suppose the clanging of chains, keys turning in locks and creaking of doors etc is supposed to enhance the listening experience but, for me, it is doing the exact opposite and I find it annoying and time wasting.
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- Phantom
- 30-01-18
Excellent story, poor editing.
Loved this tale, it gives a real feeling of the period. The narrator is perfect , but he, like the listener is let down by sloppy or non existent editing. Where an (inevitable) occasional mistake in the reading occurs, it is left in, with the line being repeated and on one occasion we even get the readers “sorry” before he tries again! Clearly no one listened to this before it was released. Other to this one small but significant niggle I highly recommend this and it would have gained five star ratings all round.
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- George
- 17-03-18
gripping
This was gripping and interesting. Tells what life was like in the Marshalsea prison. great
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- SJW
- 16-04-18
Needs editing!!!
Story: 10/10
Narration: 10/10
Production/editorial: 2/10
So poorly edited, it really spoils the enjoyment of listening to this audiobook (particularly when the actor even apologises for saying a line wrong and re-reads it). It's really distracting, especially when there are a few long paragraphs that ended up being read in full twice through. Audible, please, please: Sort this out for future listeners?!
That said, I'm really looking forward to the next Tom Hawkins instalment. If you're in to historical fiction (with some real life characters thrown in), you'll love this. Lots of twists and turns to keep the reader/listener guessing too.
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- Kitty
- 10-01-16
Enjoyable
I really enjoyed this as its not my normal type of book. I loved the real factual history twisted into the plot so going to give book two a go
Only disappointment was the narrator - not the best on the block but the story made up for it- l've listened to much worse
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- S Fyst
- 21-08-17
Sleeeepppp
Great book well delivered. just a warning to people who listen to books before sleeping, there is about 40 seconds of music between chapters which has the ability to interrupt your dose!
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- Jennifer F Rice2
- 20-02-16
Fantastic story
This is a wonderfully written and enjoyable book. Memorable characters and more plot twists than I could keep up with. Joseph Kloska reads beautifully and with just the right tone of amusement and humour when needed. There were several editibg issues however, that were irritating and should not have got through, which is why I have only given 3 stars overall.
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- Julian Summer
- 17-01-16
Great tension
This is a very good book, great pace and very tense. The reader is also excellent. And to my surprise, it was written by a woman. By this I mean that the male characters were highly plausible to myself, unlike a great number of female writers, such as JK Rowling for example.
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- The Curator
- 08-04-19
Entertaining
I bought the hardcover book of this a few years ago and never finished it because I just couldn’t get into it. I didn’t realise that when I got the audiobook but in the end it turned out to be a decent story. I do have to criticise the recording. At least one passage was repeated, the narrator started a paragraph again (with apology) and there were terrible mouth noises. A decent editor should have sorted those.
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