The suspense set in 1950s

This was a very new and original story line which I found very enjoyable. It was written in a part of the country I remember as a child which added to my interest. The suspense continued to the end. However the narrator did not qualify for 5 stars because of his poor pronunciation of Welsh words! For such a good narrator that was a shame as it caused a lot of annoyance! I hope there is a follow up story.

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good insight to police procedures

interesting story with a little humour thrown in too. Quite enlightening to understand just what can be revealed in lab tests. Well worth a listen

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A enjoyable book I

I enjoyed this book, well read and good caricature’s the story is entertaining and no bad language

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Great story, well worth a listen

I tried this as it was free, glad I did.
An engaging story about two doctors and their staff in a new business providing forensic and pathology services around the area.

Told by the great Jonathan Keeble with multiple voices (his local accents are worth listening to on their own!). Must admit I've got probably a dozen books or more he has narrated so I knew the presentation would be excellent.

The story sweeps you along and there's twists you don't quite expect as in any good story. How do you identify a body that's been out in the open for a couple of years and is missing its head and soft tissue..... ? Find out from this book.
Set in mid 1950s its well worth listening to. Went through it in a couple of days.

Loved it so much I purchased its sequel that I am listening to now.


10/10 - worth listening to.

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good story.

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I enjoyed this story describing what forensic tools were available in the 1950's and the lifestyle of that period of time.
as Bernard knight was a pathologist at that period of time he should know what he is writing about making it authentic. it is explained that the characters are all fictional but the area in which the stories are set factual.
Jonathon keeble did a good job of performing the book.
looking forward to the next book.

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Rather slow to start and a bit long winded afterwards

Brilliant narrator as always, a master of his art but bring back the Crowner series please

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Excellent

Great story, brilliantly narrated . A little long on technical details occasionally but that doesn’t detract from the overall enjoyment?

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Very enjoyable!

Thoroughly enjoyed this story. Took me back to my childhood - Severn Ferries etc. Live in this area of South Wales and found it refreshing a book should be set in the area, however have always wondered why newscasters, narrators etc., cannot learn the pronunciation of Welsh place names when they seem to be able to pronounce every other country, district in the whole world. Jonathan Keeble was another reason to choose this book, he’s such a good narrator but even he let me down a bit with his pronunciation. All that said reading about the start of forensics made this a great read in my opinion.

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Pretty good but laboured in places

This is set in a 1950s small town and is very refreshing. The details of everyday life rang true and the actual pathology and forensics were clearly done without being burdensome. It was a good mixture of scientific procedure and police investigation and I thought that was all well done.

Where it lost me was in the rather clumsily inserted passages about the potential love lives of the characters. The pathologist is sharing a house with his business partner and it is platonic but the author puts in passages where they each wonder about the other in a rather half-hearted way before getting back to the plot. The partners have two young attractive female employees so the author tried to build some romantic tension between them all which was unconvincing and, I felt, unnecessary. It always improved when they were all concentrating on their work.

I have listened to just one Crowner John novel by the same author and this is much better done in that the main characters have expertise and are quite likeable.

Jonathan Keeble as ever reads it very well.

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The era setting…

I enjoyed the story line very much, it was interesting to imagine how things were back then when we are so accustomed to the facilities and science available to today’s society. The older I get the more I find I’m turning to fiction set in days gone by as current fiction doesn’t seem to provide the escape from life I need.

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