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  • A Book of Bones

  • A Charlie Parker Thriller, Book 17
  • By: John Connolly
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 22 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (461 ratings)
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A Book of Bones

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Summary

A thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series.

He is our best hope.

He is our last hope.

On a lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath a Saxon mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull.

Each is a sacrifice, a summons.

And something in the darkness has heard the call.

But another is coming: Parker the hunter, the avenger. From the forests of Maine to the deserts of the Mexican border, from the canals of Amsterdam to the streets of London, he will track those who would cast this world into darkness.

Parker fears no evil.

But evil fears him....

©2019 Bad Dog Books Ltd (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

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I was enjoying the book until it arrived in England.

I love John Connolly. He does not deserve for his books to be ruined by such a terrible English Accent. I had to stop listening and returned the book. I will go and buy a hard copy to add to my collection and read it. Such a shame. I have a mix and much of audible and paper Parker books and the previous audible books have worked. Would have worked better with an English reader for the English characters. I think the accent was supposed to be Geordie, my wife thought he was Scottish. As always Audible refunded without a quibble, so thank you. But feel I still need to give an honest review.

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Really conflicted...

I wanted to love this book I waited so long for.

It was great to have another instalment of Charlie Parker and I thought I could listen to Jeff Harding read from the phone book because earlier books have been so good.....BUT...this story has so many plotlines set in so many places that two frustrating things happen.

First we don’t get enough time with Parker, Louis and Angel. Second Jeff Harding, great though he is, is TERRIBLE at the range of UK accents he is forced to tackle. Both things were seriously upsetting to a diehard fan.

So. As I said. Seriously conflicted. I’ll keep listening, but it won’t be the highlight of the Audible year anymore, unless Parker loses his passport maybe?

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Great book but a little hard to listen too

I have read and listened to all the books by John C. The narrator normally does an excellent job but an English ear his English accents are awful. It make it hard to listen too. I also noticed a couple of anomalies in the English location. For example the lead police officer is a deputy inspector— a rank that doesn’t exist. Also the pathologist report included inches instead of cm. I will check my English written copy to see if this is just a case of the US version of the book being read.

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Love John C as an author, but...

I'm from Gateshead and as a Geordie the awful accents ruined this for me. I was excited that the setting was partly north east England, and I hate to say anything negative but the whole idea of an audio book is to get the pleasure of reading a book by listening. As such, accents are really important. This should have been so much better.

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The Geordie Accent... oh dear Jeff

This has to be the worst accent ever of people from the North East of England. Being of the region myself I couldn’t continue us listening for laughing .
The rest was great. Maybe just don’t try next time ...

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Hard going!

Found this hard going, story line going off on another track for far too long. No way near enough of Parker and co and lastly the "British" accents were dreadful 😪 shame. Still trying to finish it but close to giving up sadly.

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Nearly ruined

Great, creepy story only spoiled by a career worst performance from the awful Jeff Harding. He should not be attempting regional British accents, and his conversation between two female characters is the wrong sort of hilarious.

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Extremely Disappointed!!

I love the author and narrator - Jeff Harding is a definite favourite for me - HOWEVER, his attempt at a Newcastle accent absolutely spoilt this book for me. It was very poor, so much so that I started this book three times, but could not get through it due to the indescribable sounds of a fairly important character. This is the first time that I actually feel like asking for a refund - how on earth it got past the reviewers/recorders is staggering. I am still at a loss about the outcome of this story - apologies to Mr Connolly, I'm sure it's as good as all your other books I have both listened to and read in audio and hard copy. Shame on whoever allowed Mr Hardings' poor attempt at a regional dialect to be given the thumbs up - it definitely gets a THUMBS DOWN from me!

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The British accents are truly awful

I decided to just see the funny side - Poor ol' Jeff Harding in his booth absolutely mangling the British accents. I'm enjoying the story which I guess is what counts, but if you're a Geordie, maybe get the paperback.

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Accents are awful

The attempts at recreating the accents are so bad that it's put me off listening to the book. Terrible. Story is good however.

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