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Harm Done

A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 18 (Unabridged)

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Harm Done

By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
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Two young girls disappear then return home unharmed some days later. Chief Inspector Wexford is concerned about a pedophile who has been recently released back into the community but cannot foresee a series of serious crimes waiting to happen.©2009 Ruth Rendell (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense

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Spellbinding

As usable a great story impeccably read. Truly worth listening to, from start to finish.

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prescient

loved the complexities of this novel the subject matter must have been quite new when Ruth wrote it. I am sure it would have been a help to the women's refuge cause.

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Dodgy Sussex accent

My first Wexford story. My biggest problem was with the inspector's supposed Sussex accent, which was miles away from Midhurst. I think I'd have preferred a bit more character development and a less busy plot but it was an OK for a day's listen.

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Excellent

Another excellent Ruth Rendell novel superbly read. A difficult topic - domestic abuse - but skilfully handled as ever.

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Interesting.

An intricate Wexford mystery with some sub plots making a very interesting book. The narration by Nigel Anthony was very good, as usual, with all his character voices.

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Brilliant

Brilliant Nigel Anthony narration good story line full of twist and turns . Story within a story

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Great story

Loved the twists and turns. Another amazing tale . The narrator did an excellent job. Such excellent listen .

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Twisty and Turny

The best narrator, good expression, visualisation and pacing. Builds the story and suspense beautifully.

RR gives the plot, social context and police procedure, all sprinkled with insights into Wexford’s family background and relationship with Burden, organically and cleverly interwoven in her inimitable style.

Enjoyably shockingly brilliant.

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Wonderfully narrated

Brilliant. Great story. Beautifully read. Wexford sounded just like George Baker, who played him in the series.

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A Book of Two Halves

I nearly gave up on the story early on as I did not find it interesting and the reader made some of the “working class” voices too shrill and irritating. The second half concentrated on a different plot and was much better I thought the author wrote it very well although it was surprisingly dated in some places and forward thinking in others. Harrowing stuff on the theme of domestic violence. Mr Wexford is an intriguing and believable character, however his daughters usually come across as spoilt and overprivileged. In this book the author allows the elder daughter to take a more mature role in the proceedings.

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