Good story but appalling male narrator

I quite enjoyed this book. I wasn’t keen on the end though. I thought it was clutching at straws in a number of ways and let the story down, however I realise that’s quite a personal thing. I found myself muttering “oh for goodness sake, seriously??” and rolling my eyes when the reveals came which was a shame because the tension was built nicely. Generally the story had a good feel to it and kept me listening even though I didn’t like the narration. I’m not sure I’d read another book by this author. I might try one if it had half decent narration and see. I’m not sure though. The female narrator has a voice that’s far too mature for the age of the main character, or any of the characters for that matter. It always makes me cringe when casting is done like this. Her voice didn’t fit the central character at all and she made her sound really annoying and twee. Also she read a young male character who’s born and bred in the U.K. with an American accent which was a bizarre thing to do. The male narrator was truly dire though. He wasn’t creepy he was just bad. I can’t decide what he thought he was doing. It was amateur pantomime villain time. I wanted to jack the book in every time he spoke. I realised pretty early on that fortunately he didn’t have a lot of air time, otherwise I’d definitely have sent the book back. Audible really need to do some work on their casting. There are just too many poor narrators and given the talent in this country there’s simply no excuse.

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Entertaining but...

It was a lovely listen and had some scary moments and who dunnit twists but ultimately it was a bit of a let down the knitting together the who's and why's at the end. It lacked a bit of imagination but it holds you throughout. Ideal if you like to read as little gore as possible and not too dark to be disturbing.

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Just Brilliant

i just loved everything about this book. good storyline, likeable characters and excellent narration.

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Superb, superb, superb!!!

Absolutely superb. Wow, what a story.

My first book by Caroline Mitchell and I will continue reading the books in the series. Brilliantly narrated too.
I would highly recommend this book.

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A happy accident

I mistook this for a different book but I'm glad I did. I don't normally read crime but I really liked the character of Sarah. She's a refreshing and relatable change from what I usually think of as a typical fictional detective (such as the Rebus type). The story was quite chilling and even had touches of horror (which I loved) and I'm glad the overweight character was portrayed with depth and sympathy where other writers would have made her a joke.

SPOILER ALERT I was a bit disappointed, though, to have the female detective rescued by a man at the end. That took it down a notch for me.

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Very good

At first I wasn’t sure, I’d stick with this book, but glad I did. Initially I struggled with the narration, but got then really got into the story, there were lots of really good twists along the way,
basically I wish the start and end of the story were as good as middle part which was great, only 4 stars as the ending was a bit far fetched and I felt it let down a really good story.

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4.5 - engaging!

enjoyed the slightly less-than-perfect detective & engaging past/present views. will look out for next in series!

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Midnight man

Good story line, kept me interested all the way through the book/ audiobook, have listened to a few of Carols now

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The Midnight Man

Really enjoyed the book as it held my attention. Plenty of red herrings and twists but ive detracted a star because of the ending. I got the main bad egg but to introduce a character late in the story … well it’s not cricket. Well read.

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WOW

Not my usual type of book. I was not sure about downloading it as I came across it by accident.
But probably one of the best audio books I have ever bought.
I didn't have a clue as to who the Midnight Man was.
So many twist and turns keeping you on the edge of your seat. I couldn't stop listening.
Narration was also top notch.
I can't wait for the follow up.

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