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The Calling
- DC Goodhew, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jonathan Broadbent
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Kaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. She isn't dead, or physically injured. But she is alone and very, very scared. Fifty miles away in Cambridge town centre, a deeply disturbed young woman is standing by a payphone. She knows she often feels compelled to do harmful things and is driven by a desire to make a call.
DC Gary Goodhew is one of the detectives assigned to find Kaye, and when her body is discovered, the only clue to the potential murderer is a woman's voice on his answerphone saying, "Kaye isn't the first and won't be the last...."
Alison Bruce was born in Surrey, but moved to Cambridge in 1998. She has learnt about Cambridge and East Anglia from researching her two previous non-fiction books, Cambridgeshire Murders (Sutton Publishing) and The Billingtons, Death in the Family (also published by Sutton). She is married with two small children and enjoys horse riding and dancing, when not working on her new crime fiction series featuring DC Gary Goodhew.
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- Celia Tuck
- 21-10-24
Not for the faint hearted…..
This is quite a hard listen in places - some grim descriptions of violence. However I am enjoying the series and about to order next book. Occasionally the narrator annoys - I live in Cambridge and he mispronounces the street names!
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- R. J. Gladden
- 22-03-14
Another gripping DC Goodhew book!
Another exciting story and one that keeps you on the edge of your seat right to the end. DC Goodhew is really getting his feet under the table and his intuition and intelligence is paying dividends. I listened to this book every spare minute I had and my husband started to tut about the amount of times I was sitting, standing or walking with headphones on. I'd like to say that normal service has been resumed but I've just downloaded the next book!
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- S. Murdoch
- 17-12-19
cut above the rest
I listen to lots of police dramas and this is one of the best series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-06-18
Dark and sometimes very uncomfortable
With vivid sex, abuse and death scenes this can be a very dark listen. But the story does have a compelling narrative for those willing to go the ride
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- Scottish reviewer
- 24-11-19
scary stuff
Listened to this book in a day. Really not one for the feinthearted! Nice to hear references to Cambridge and Suffolk and the dreadful A14!
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-24
Another Winning Goodhew Story
This is a marvellous series featuring Goodhew the enigmatic Cop. The series of missing Girls graphically describes their demise. Unusually the main suspect is known as such, his brutality in sharp contrast to the gentle submissiveness of his victims. With the backdrop of beautiful Cambridge, Goodhew pursues the case with the assistance of his colleagues. They're a motley crew including his Boss Marx aclver dry no nonsense character. My huge praise to Alison Bruce the author & Jonathon the narrator who is so superb & who's delivery brings it all so brilliantly alive holding the listener all the way through. Excellent.
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- mollyeyre
- 20-05-14
Depressing start - but improves considerably
The first chapter or two had me thinking - Glory, how can there me so many miserable people .... but as soon as the 'backdrop' was done the story took off and it was really compelling, holding my interest and gaining my sympathy. definitely worth a listen, very good and true narration too ( except on one character who seemed to start with an Australian accent then became British sounding! Hey Ho that could have been my misunderstanding)
A worthy use of valuable credits
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- m mackfall
- 05-11-20
Enjoyed
This was a good story / book but did loose its way halfway through it
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- Learning is fun!
- 14-11-20
Excellent storyline, if somewhat disturbing
The author chooses certainly some deep subjects to focus the plot around, and while it still isn't really credible to me that a young DC would ever be given so much freedom, nor a new, uniformed policewoman be immediately assigned to CID, it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things. The characters are well formed and the conclusion satisfying.
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- mj
- 03-06-21
Light entertainment
This is an average book. Some interesting moments but quite predictable. Ok for some light entertainment whilst walking.
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