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The Ness Deception
- Mysterious Scotland, Book 2
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
He’s in awe of its history. He thinks it's beautiful in the rain. But he’s not ready for what’s stirring below the surface of Loch Ness.
When you’re the editor of a successful investigative journal, you don’t dash around Scotland chasing after loch monsters. But Gill McArdle didn’t believe in unicorns either, and speaking honestly, he was fortunate to walk away from that one.
He’s a scientist, and not one of the wild-eyed optimists spending their days, scanning the loch for a creature. And here’s his problem. With every passing hour, evidence mounts that something is stirring. Far to the north, an unusual animal carcass is discovered in Caithness. In the west, the disappearance of a fishing boat remains unexplained. And as Gill follows the data, his investigations lead him, reluctantly, to the banks of Loch Ness. Still skeptical about the increasing sightings below Urquhart Castle, he reopens an old archaeological site in his search for answers. In a crushing realization, he is forced to admit that danger lurks in the Great Glen’s deepest waters.
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- Mair
- 04-07-24
It’s a loch not a lock! Loch!
If I shouted it’s a loch not a lock once I must have shouted/thought it a thousand times. For a Scottish story, based on Scottish myth, and set on the banks of Scotland’s most famous loch you’d think they could get the pronunciation right. I don’t know if Stewart Crank is actually Scottish. Most of the time his accent sounded fairly genuine. But it’s loch not lock! It’s so basic, so fundamental, and so lazy not to make the effort. It nearly ruined the book for me. The plot is great, lots of twists and turns, the characters are super. But it’s loch!
I would also suggest that Tormod Cockburn leaves his blatant Unionist propaganda out of future novels. Had his jibe about a United Kingdom been any less cheesy (it was so obvious it made me laugh out loud) or if it had occurred earlier in the book I would probably not have finished it, Perhaps as a pro Unionist Mr Cockburn is okay with Crank’s abysmal pronunciation of the Scots word loch but most Scottish readers will find it as jarring as I did.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-03-24
Enjoyable listen
Love the narration and am enjoying the story lines in this series, a bit different to my usual listens. Looking forward to the next book.
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- Cathryn B.
- 25-05-24
Another excellent book
These books aren't my usual genre but I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed the 1st 2 books in this series. Totally gripping.
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- Lily V.
- 12-04-24
Loved story
The fact that narrator repeatedly mispronounced a word made me not enjoy it as much as I could have!
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- Andrew Cockburn
- 04-03-24
The character growth and the supernatural aspect
I real like Gill the min character and the mystery biker.I so want to know who he is and his back story!
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- Natalie Wood
- 23-02-24
Loving the link to mystery and myths
Absolutely loved listening to this book! Can’t wait for the next installment! Great narrator and fabulous stories book 1 and 2!!
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- Elspeth
- 15-02-24
Interesting
I loved the first volume of this series, and this pleased me too. Only criticism was the narrator. Excellent tone, good range of 'voice' but the mispronouncuation of loch as lok constabtly irritated. Looking forward to third volume.
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- Mairead Tagg
- 10-04-24
Great story!
I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The thing that spoiled it for me was the Scottish narrator’s apparent inability to pronounce the word “loch”. He kept referring to the body of water under discussion as a “lock” which has an entirely different meaning and was quite confusing . It was a constant irritation throughout an otherwise enjoyable performance.
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- Elaine Gribben
- 20-02-24
Brilliant series!
I really love this series. It takes you to many intriguing places across Scotland and blends geography with science and folklore. The characters are well drawn with interesting backstories and the narrator does a brilliant job of bringing them to life. I just wish he could pronounce loch in Scots rather than lock - there are a lot of lochs in Scotland.
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- Jaqi Wright
- 14-04-24
Brilliant writing and narration
Enjoyed the continuing story and look forward to listening to the next one. Keeping the same narrator was paramount and really hope he does future books too , really enjoyed this , thank you
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