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The Huntsmen
- DS Royston Chase, Book 1
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Book one in the DS Royston Chase series.
When DS Royston Chase is called to the scene of a fatal road collision, his task is to identify the girl who died alongside the ex-chief constable of Wiltshire Police. Paired with the bold and strident DC Claire Laney, Chase is given the task of closing the case quickly and quietly.
But when the girl’s DNA provides a familial link to a child who vanished from her home 20 years earlier, Chase and Laney refuse to accept the coincidence. The pair start looking harder at the ex-cop’s life, at which point they encounter serious opposition. Perhaps deadly serious.
Because the establishment looks after its own, and soon it’s not only their bosses getting in the way of a thorough investigation. Chase and Laney find themselves seemingly at odds with everyone, fighting to save their own reputations as well as the case. But neither will rest until they identify their young victim, no matter what the cost....
Critic reviews
"The author is hugely talented and ranks, in my opinion, with the likes of Peter James and Val McDermid." (Maggie James, best-selling author)
"Just a word of warning - prepare to be in tears, on the edge of your seat and gobsmacked in equal measure. A triumph!" (Liz Mistry, best-selling author)
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- Orvieto
- 17-11-23
A bit long winded
On the whole not bad, I liked the 2 main characters Chase & Lainey. It started well, but then about midway things started to go haywire, which had it not been the harrowing subject of child abuse, I would have have thought it all a bit tongue in cheek, which is a bit strange, but maybe I misinterpreted it. Quite drawn out and incredulous at times .Good narration apart from the children’s voices, but thankfully it was only brief.
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- Bex
- 31-01-24
A decent start to a series
Interesting story and characters. Bizarre almost AI like narration though, which really spoiled it for me. Not sure I could listen to anything else that Alister Austin narrates.
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- Burns3y
- 28-02-24
I got caught up in the first 5 minutes
Having read all the bliss books I thought I’d known what to expect, maybe having it read to me was different but As far as thrillers go this got me start to finish.
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- G S Smthye
- 05-11-23
Close but no Cigar!
Story line initially held promise but the dialogue between characters quickly became contrived and detracted from this.. Could be in part be down to the almost AI like narration…
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- JKP
- 18-01-24
Developed nicely
Initially the narration felt a bit odd but solidified nicely. Story was a bit darned scary but convincingly became horribly possible. Characterisation of the detectives developed nicely and their character and relationship became solid and believable - to the extent that I was interested to see the development of the characters and their relationship and downloaded the next book
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-01-24
Not the best of his books. Disturbing crime.
Narration sounded so AI that I even checked my settings at one point. Think it affected the story for me.
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- Clair
- 23-06-22
loved it!
This is my first listen from this author the characters are really good and the story was amazing I couldn't stop listening narrator was good too
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- mark
- 21-01-23
Another cracking series
Tony j forder Does it again. Very gripping story and the characters are well defined.
Very much enjoyed this book. Looking forward to the next in the series
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- ruthieB
- 17-01-24
Enjoyed this book until the end ....
A strong stomach is needed to read this book all the way through. The end is like a horror story, I actually felt guilty for reading it.
The characters are good, very different to the usual, the plot was very far fetched (I hope). Wouldn't read it again. May try the next one???
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- jess
- 17-11-23
Loved it
I was surprised by some reviews saying they felt the story lost it’s way. I thoroughly enjoyed this it was excellent. The writing a little long winded in places but certainly not over the top.
The narrator did a good job for most part if a little monotonous at times. However I was certainly blubbing like a baby at the end!
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