Beautifully written and performed.

I often struggle with narrative style but the writing and performance here had me hooked from the first page.
It's so much more than a detective story.
This book really made me think about other things because the way the author weaves a story within a story. He really breathes life into his characters.

I think as a consequence of listening to this book I will have a little more empathy and understanding of Aspergers and growing old.


It starts as a real who done it, but will you point your finger at the real culprit?

Highly recommended.

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Great characters….

Interesting characters, if a little cliched. Will try book 2 on that basis as this was very predictable and worked out what was happening long before conclusion, which was disappointing.

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Pretty good, easy listen

Far better than I was expecting- written like a ‘Vera’ story. I will look for more in the series

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A good story and well narrated

So pleased I've found a new detective series. Great listen all round. I look forward to listening to more cases being solved by the wonderful Detective Cross.

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George’s character.

Good story line about a detective with an unusual character who gets results. Well read.

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Highly recommend

Thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and the setting. The lead detective and the surrounding characters were interesting and likeable. Will definitely be looking for others in this series

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Interesting and compelling

My late brother was a high end Aspergers, also high functioning so I can empathise with DS Cross even if it pains me. I too have less obvious traits and spend a lot of my days masking.

I found it very interesting to read that my brother was not the only one with compulsions and obessions. It seems that DC Cross is perfectly placed to be a detective who is not destined for more senior management. Perfect.

Great story which was brought to a slow conclusion (apart from the final twist). However, the extra added chapter brought nothing to the story apart from a bit of unnecesary repitition which turned out to be a tad disappointing. The narration worked extremely well too. Now I look forward to listening to the rest of the series.

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A superb book

Milly Johnson recommended this book and I'm very glad she did. I'm delighted to have found yet another excellent detective series. I love George already and find him quirky, endearing and ruthless in finding his prey then nailing it down. I'm off to get book 2.

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Detail

Carefully detailed. Procedures and introduction to Aurtsm with a police procedural background. Plus a mystery and interesting individual.

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A detective with Asperger's works!

To come up with a new detective series, one that's different in this crowded police procedurals genre is no mean feat, but Tim Sullivan has succeeded with a detective with Asperger's (and, a Bristol setting).
Have no personal experience of the autism but having watched, enjoyed the first two seasons of TV's Walter Present's foreign language series Astrid in Paris, where a young woman with the syndrome is superbly portrayed, helped me visualise brusque DS Cross. He's an interesting character, with his OCD tendencies, need for order, routine and his unique method of working gets results. Relationships being difficult for those with Asperger's, his work partner, DS Ottey, who as a black single mother, has faced her own fair share of discrimination in the police force, has learnt to d/w his quirks. She acts partly as a buffer, guiding hand between him and colleagues, suspects & victims alike.
This first book in the series, have now invested in the next two, starts with the murder of a homeless man, a former dentist, that to all but Cross looks straightforward. It's far from that, what follows is absorbing investigation, a Cold Case, that's linked to another event in the past.

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