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  • One of Our Ministers Is Missing

  • By: Alan Johnson
  • Narrated by: Richard Attlee
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (51 ratings)

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One of Our Ministers Is Missing

By: Alan Johnson
Narrated by: Richard Attlee
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Summary

Another fast-paced and warm-hearted thriller from award-winning writer, and former MP, Alan Johnson.

A government minister in the Foreign Office has vanished into thin air.

On holiday in Crete, Lord Bellingham had been solo trekking in the White Mountains when he mysteriously disappeared. After a vast search and rescue operation, the local police have no leads, save for a mobile phone discarded on a cliff edge.

Assistant Commissioner Louise Mangan of the Met Police is sent to assist in the investigation but soon discovers that there are more layers to this case than the local police realise.

Lady Bellingham is less than forthcoming, the family nanny is hiding something and a scandal is brewing back in London that could destroy the minister's reputation for good.

Under pressure from the powers that be, can Louise find the missing minister, or will she discover something much more sinister at play?

©2022 Alan Johnson (P)2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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A enjoyable read

I like Alan Johnson’s books, he has an easy style of writing. Nothing is forced, the character’s are believable, the plot goes forward at a good pace. This one has the added extra of being partly based in Cyprus .

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Plus ça change ...

An excellent mix of heroes, villains and anti-heroes in this deftly-plotted thriller from autobiographer extraordinaire Alan Johnson. Great summer listening!

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Enjoyable listen

Wasn’t sure what to expect but it is an entertaining, if lightweight, story, very well narrated

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A really good listen

A thoroughly enjoyable listen. I have added the next to my wish list. Good narrator.

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Enjoyable yarn

Very light weight quite predictable but enjoyable nonetheless. Crimes convoluted and intricately woven but romance a bit women’s magazine

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Very enjoyable

First class from Alan Johnson and extremely well narrated by Richard Attlee.
I look forward to the next Louise Mangan mystery.

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Good storyline

Very enjoyable including a bit of romance. Easy to listen to as my night time story.

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Pleasant enough

Was a bit boring, finished it and felt very underwhelmed. Not for me. Sorry just not my favourite.

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Good listen

Full of the cold could not sleep so it was good book on to my next one

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Much to like……

…..good characterisation and pace. Like a lot of mysteries, there were a lot of characters to keep in one’s head but it wasn’t difficult to follow. There were two separate stories really, very tenuously linked at the very end, but for much of the book it was impossible to see any connection between them. There was a lot that was easy to predict. It was, however, a good tale that on the whole I enjoyed.
The narration was a little strange, I felt: while the accents and characterisation were really good, when he was reading the events of the story he over-enunciated; it was as though he was reading it to very young children. I did find this off-putting.

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