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Booked for Murder

Lindsay Gordon, Book 5

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Booked for Murder

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
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Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared – it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book.

Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer.

While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead?

©1996 Val McDermid (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Murder

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Critic reviews

“Funny and scary by turns; always sharp.” (Daily Telegraph)

“The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.” (Times Literary Supplement)

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I got confused by who the largely female cast were and found the narrator's grasp of accents laughable. Quite well plotted but I felt I really didn't care about the characters or how the story turned out.

Not her best

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I have listened to the majority of her work. This series is my least favourite. The narrator is shocking at accents

Not the best Val McD book

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At times I was squirming listening to this - the narration was so distracting. The attempt at accents was just awful. I enjoy a Val McDermid novel, but will avoid those by this narrator.

Terrible Narration

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The narrator's broad Scottish brogue attempting to do other accents is horrible. AArh - Liverpool accent that sounds part Irish, the Cockney with rolled 'rrrs' the American that sounds like nothing on earth. I bought this book two years ago and sadly it's too late to return it. The story is a bit dull too, by comparison to others I've read.

Don't bother

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Please don't try to do accents again, Caroline G. So distracting. Worse than my ex-husbands awful impressions.And that's pretty bad.

ruined by awful narration

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This is not one of Val's best stories but it was thoroughly spoilt by the atrocious accents of the narrator.
I did make it to the end but honestly felt the narration took away from what was an OK story.

Accents by narrator ruin this

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I loved the increase of this story line and the way the characters were brought to life by the narrator, it was really interesting and I would read again.

A real twisted story line

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the only negative I have is that the narrator has a problem with accents causing me to lose who was saying what line.
other than that it was totally absorbing

Good story

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Usual great storyline and quality of writing from Val Mcdermid but the narrators attempt at accents were very distracting. in her favour, her intonation and punctuation was good, so story still flowed in the way the author wrote it

Great book, narrators attempted accents lamentable

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This was my first Val McDermid book and I’ll definitely be reading/listening to more.

Really enjoyed it!

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