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  • Trial and Retribution, Book 1
  • By: Lynda La Plante
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (490 ratings)
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Trial and Retribution

By: Lynda La Plante
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Summary

It is every mother's nightmare. Her child is missing, found murdered. Her lover is the prime suspect. 

It is every police officer's dread. A child murder. A circumstantial case. 

It is every solicitor's dream. Twelve men and women will decide the verdict. But only you can decide if justice is done for the victim.

©1997 Lynda La Plante (P)2020 Bonnier Books Ltd

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I'm going to do a review for the series as a whole and post it for each book, this is because I feel that the further along the series and especially the last book are mostly about the private lives of the detectives rather than the crimes themselves.

I do feel that of all the series of Linda La Plante's that I've read/watched this is probably the weakest as far as story and character development go.

The character of Mike Walker is not someone I like, yes he may get the job done, but he really is a dinosaur, and frankly I don't think he is that good of a detective. He guesses a lot or plays a hunch, which by luck has been proved correct, so often no more follow up is done once a case has either had a confession or thought to be proved. Finding evidence whilst the case is going through trial seems really far fetched to me and also not professional.

The character of Pat North has a lot of potential, she should have stayed well away from getting involved in a relationship with Mike Walker, and frankly that whole scenario is completely unnecessary.

The Detective Sargent character of Dave Satchwell starts off predictable, seems to move forward, and then de-evolves by the last book.

How much of all of this is due to the fact that the author was writing for television, rather than writing a "book" I don't know, but the story does seem to suffer because of it.

I won't be revisiting the tv series, and I doubt very much that I will listen to the books again.

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Great book

loved it, good pace and accurate accents by the narrator. Kept you wondering about the suspect's guilt or not until the end.

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Sadly foreshortened by audible

At the end of pt 1, you are entertained by a short snippet of part 2 but then cannot find part 2 on audible! What is that all about?

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Really good performance

The narrater was excellent in my opinion and made every character come alive. He has made it difficult to listen to anyone else.

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Great listen

Really brilliant narration, good story- loved this one! Will definitely be listening to the whole series

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brilliant

brilliant story and narrated wonderfully well, can't wait to listen to the next book, fantastic

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Let down at end

Lynda La Plante is a GREAT writer and this book was no exception. Her characters are believable (just) and her dialogue was read - with accents - in an engaging way. But the plotting and courtroom action let’s this book down. For me.
When I did jury service we were instructed to weigh the evidence and facts - not just rely on prejudice and gut feelings.Decisions took time.
This book comes too fast to an unsatisfying end and spoon fed the conclusion - despite unresolved issues. Maybe parts 2 and 3 are in progress? Maybe a later volume will remove the “so what” impression that made me feel I’d lost time unproductively.

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An Intriguing deals keeps your brain working

I really enjoyed this first book in the series it was very engaging and kept the brain working I still didn't think it was Michael right up to the very end, I thought Peter had something to do with it, narration was very good and added to the suspense

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Excellent story and narration

I was surprised that I didn’t much care for the Prime Suspect novels, so wasn’t too sure what I would make of these other Lynda La Plante works. I was pleasantly surprised! I found the storyline gripping, if a bit gory for me, and Colin Mace’s narration was superb. He has a wonderful deep and easy voice and is very good at switching character, with all of his voices and accents being convincing. A revelation! I will look out for other books narrated by him.

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Close to the best

Good story made great by the narration. Couldn’t better the performance, I’m buying the next in the series and I hope he keeps up the record of not one irritatingly bad accent whatsoever!

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