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Trick of the Dark
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon, Gerri Halligar
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder, it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college - a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride and wedding guests sipped champagne, his alleged killers were slipping his bloodstained body into the river.
Charlie doesn't know who sent the package, or why, yet she can't get the crime out of her head. But as she delves deeper, and steps back into the mysterious world of Oxford colleges, she realises that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye.
Critic reviews
"Wonderfully compelling stuff." (Daily Mail)
"A workout for the grey cells, perfectly executed." (Daily Telegraph)
"This standalone from the Scottish force of nature is a brutally clever story." (Daily Mirror)
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- Mrs. E. M. Paterson
- 11-04-23
Better than the my couple VM listened
I used to be a huge Val McDermid fan but then her books started to lack the erudition, twists and turns of her earlier work. Then the books seemed to descend into a lesbian crusade. Trouble with that was that the books became predictable as any gay character couldn’t be the ‘baddie’. This book deals with VM’s gender and gay equality priorities but she has returned to building these into a well constructed story.
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- Mr. S. M. Elliott
- 07-08-21
intricate
The story takes its time to get going, and sometimes focuses on the gay aspects to the detriment of the whole. Once up to speed the tale is intricate and we'll constructed.
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- Ms Henrietta R. Bond
- 22-12-19
McDermid at her best
I was completely gripped by this story with its powerful characters and intriguing plot twists.
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- Madgey
- 22-03-11
Different
This was a decent enough yarn; yet, falling short of what you would describe as a gripping read. It was unusual in the fact that all of the main characters are lesbians. This is fine & I had no issues with that. It was just the ?old girl? network; that I felt made the plot a tad twee. Nonetheless, I am sure that the lesbian community would welcome some main stream literature, where lesbians vastly outnumber the heterosexuals for a change. Overall, I would recommend to other readers.
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- Jantet Penhaligon
- 09-07-19
Read it and make your own mind up
Enough of your homophobic crap. This is a good work of fiction. The fact that the main characters are lesbian isn’t important. The writing and plot construction is first class. Get a grip!
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- Agsy
- 28-06-24
Not sure
Not to sure about this story, perhaps it was just me but, the voices sounded the same and I was confused as to who was with who, and who did what. The narrator should've made the voices more noticeable for me. Not one of VM's better story's.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-07-21
Really good
I can’t believe some of the bad reviews had been written about this book ??? It was brilliantly narrated, the story was clever and full of side story but all in such a way you didn’t ever get lost. Money well spent.
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- Cabaspre
- 28-03-11
An Outstanding Thriller
I am so sorry I finished this story. I tried to make it last but I had to keep listening. Exceptionally well narrated, this story was very involved and beautifully structured. It kept me guessing right to the end - a perfect thriller.
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- Jeanette
- 19-09-11
Ethically Interesting
Well read, and presented, what made this audio crime novel interesting to me was the first consistent use of the 'Ethic of Care' which arose in Moral Philosophy research in the 1980s, in response to the idea of "Ethic of Justice' being the moral framework for the whole of humanity. Since the 'Ethic of Care' was taken as being the main female way of reasoning about the moral, or ethical, quality of behaviour this becomes a very interesting account indeed. I am not sure whether I would have realised this if I had read the book, rather than listening to it, whilst doing other things. Pacing is patchy, the story in the round, very interesting (and yes, you MUST be a medic to be a psychiatrist; very few people can start a medical degree with a Psychology degree, even a first from Oxford; although you might do psychology for your final, pre-clincal year, as medics did at UCL in the 80s when I were a lass) and there are forensic psychiatrists. Recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-07-24
Glad I stuck with it
I don’t know why, but it took me a while to get into this book. I kept finding my mind wandering and almost gave up listening to it, but I’m glad I didn’t. I really got into the story and enjoyed the characters, it turned out to be gripping!
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