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As the Crow Flies
- DI Nick Dixon Crime, Book 1
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Rock climbers can’t afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon’s former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of something odd happening in Cheddar Gorge seconds before Jake fell.
The more Dixon learns about Jake’s life, the more he realises that Jake hadn’t been quite the man he remembered...and a lot of people could have wanted him dead. Once Dixon gets too close to the truth, those people will emerge from the shadows and kill to protect their secrets.
As the body count rises, Dixon bends the rules to breaking point to lure out a killer and unravel a conspiracy of silence that will rock the sleepy town of Burnham-on-Sea to its core.
As the Crow Flies is the electrifying first novel in the DI Nick Dixon Crime Series.
Revised edition: This edition of As the Crow Flies includes editorial revisions.
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“Damien Boyd has written a super first book around his character of Nick Dixon. The plot is genuine, fast-paced and also contains one or two twists that the reader does not see coming. Nick is a completely believable and ‘real’ character, as are all the other members of the cast”—bestsellingcrimethrillers
“The story grabs your interest right from the beginning. It doesn’t let go until the surprise ending. As the Crow Flies moves along at a pace that keeps you stimulated. The characters are realistic and believable”—Kathryn’s Shelf Full of Books
“Boyd manages to pack a lot in and as a result it is quite fast-paced. There is a lot of plot covered, with various different criminal activities involved in the storyline. The book retains the tradition of British crime novels and we have a new enjoyable police detective series here”—The Crime Scene
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- Anonymous User
- 21-03-24
Excellent!
I’m obsessed with this series, the characters, 11 books in and it only gets better!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-06-24
it's a good crime book and that it is based around the area where I live
i didn't dislike any of it I could read it all over again absolutely brilliant
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- Trish
- 05-08-24
Finally a new decent police procedural
I enjoyed the book, as much for the detective process as much as the context of the crime. The cosy crime genre seems to have overtaken traditional police procedurals of late, and it’s good to have a decent copper amongst us once more. I’ll be looking out for the rest in the series. The narrator did a great job.
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- James
- 22-08-23
Overall, good
I liked it, few books who delve into climbing and have a actual story with it but this did. It was clear however that the narrator wasn't fully up on all the gear and terms which wasn't an issue as such, just kind of bumped out of the immersiveness of it.
Not entirely convinced by the last part too, but I suppose that just made me feel something different like a book should.
I'll likely end up with the whole series and hope there's more climbing or something like it in them.
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- Norma Miles
- 16-10-23
" No stone unturned."
After reading, and enjoying, no:13 in the DI Nick Dixon series, I decided to go back to book one to see how it all began. As the Crow Flies is a quick and easy read, a police procedural, in which the detective, recently transferred from the Met to the Avon and Somerset police, investigates the fall to his death of an old friend in an apparent climbing accident. Enjoyable story, well performed by narrator Simon Mattacks.
Recommended to British crime fans.
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- Jules
- 26-04-24
Fabulous Story
As I actually come from Brent Knoll I found the story more intriguing, the writer accurately describes all the local areas, never been into murder mystery before but I couldn’t stop listening and the narration was fantastic I am now moving onto the next one
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- R_Tipper
- 22-06-24
“The End Can Sometimes Justify The Means”.
I’ve really enjoyed listening to the first audiobook in the DI Nick Dixon Crime series.
The story was entirely and had a number of twists and turns. The ending in particular was very clever, I didn’t see it coming.
The narrator was very good too. Simon Mattacks made the characters come to life.
If I had a complaint it was I wished the audiobook had been longer, that’s how good I found it. I can’t wait to listen to the next audiobook in the series.
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- LessButBetter
- 05-08-23
Very dull
The best crime novels leave me feeling like I really want to get to know more about the detective as they're characters are so entertaining and rich and usually a little bit quirky. Sadly, for me, in this one, the character, style of writing and narration was dull as dishwater and I couldn't wait for it to finish.
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- Jeraldo
- 05-07-24
Rather dull and one-dimensional
Sorry, but this just didn’t hit the spot. A simple tale with simple characters and a plodding police procedural. There was no complexity to the plot, no intriguing backstories, no parallel plot lines to add interest. Add a monotone narration and this was an all-round ‘miss’ for me.
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