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Broken Dolls

By: James Carol
Narrated by: Julia Barrie, William Hope
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Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator. The son of one of America's most renowned serial killers, Winter has spent his life trying to distance himself from his father's legacy.

When he accepts a particularly disturbing case in London, Winter arrives to find a psychopath on the loose who likes abducting and lobotomising young women. Winter must use all his preternatural brain power in order to work out who is behind the attacks, before another young woman becomes a victim.

©2014 James Carol (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

"[Jefferson Winter is] a compulsively readable character who has the intelligence and the charisma to engage and entertain the reader." (Katherine Armstrong)
"Broken Dolls has it all. Horrifying evil, a brilliant, conflicted profiler and cracking pace and tension. I read it in what seemed like two trembling gulps." (Stephen Fry)
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Great but truly unnerving story by James Carol. I am straight off to find more as I am totally hooked by Carol's amazingly attractive anti hero. That said and by no means wishing to lessen what was a fantastic story, my biggest praise has got to go to reader William Hope. If ever I wish I could pass on my gratitude in person it would be to you. You NAILED the accents you star! I am a bit of an accent snob and nothing spoils a great audio book more for me than a bad accent. Sometimes it's only a lilt on the vowels but I find myself cringing. This time however I found myself rewinding to figure out if you were an American doing an English accent or an Englishman doing an American accent and what do I find? You're Canadian. This is me with my hat so far off that it has been deemed abandoned and is up for rehoming!

Thank you

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Gripping storyline, full of twists and turns, with a totally unexpected outcome.
Brilliantly narrated. Would recommend this audiobook to anyone!

First trial of an audiobook and not disappointed!

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

This was recommended to me, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone else. It was too staged for me. Limited solutions or outcomes made it a bit boring. Abusive.

Disturbing. Average.

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Gripping story from beginning to end. Accent a bit of a shock to start but stick with it. Good all round performance, would definitely recommend

Gripping storyline

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I was so gripped from the first chapter.. Great character development, plenty of excitement and humour. I am already looking forward to the next book in the series,

Excellent storyline, best listen in a long time.

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This book has got it all. A great plot, which never dips, an intriguing protagonist you can root for--wise-cracking, and insightful--an antagonist that ratchets up the tension and suspense, and well read by William Hope, who injects every sentence with American Noire.

For fans of Thomas Harris, and Val McDermid, this is a must.

Excellent, satisfying, well read.

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Where does Broken Dolls rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This has to rank in my top twenty. Highly addictive listening- William Hope is spot on with his narration.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The American investigator; the main character: Jefferson Winter. I want to know everything about him- warts and all!

Which character – as performed by Julia Barrie and William Hope – was your favourite?

Jefferson Winter- performed by William Hope.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could have happily spent the whole day in Jefferson Winter's world- but real life got in the way!

Any additional comments?

I can thoroughly recommend this audio book and also the first book: "Watch Me". Can't wait for the third installment "Prey"...something good to look forward to!!

I didn't want to press pause!

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Make no mistake, this is a damned good book - I own the Kindle version. And, were the narration left to William Hope, who is brilliant, I would be a very happy bunny. However, the female narration simply does not work. It makes the book sound chopped up. Not the fault of Julia Barrie who reads well, but her segments are unbelievably jarring. I have taken to jumping over her segments back to Winters’s point of view.

I don’t know who made this editorial decision, but it has made the book unlistenable in its entirety and is, in consequence, a waste of a credit. So I am annoyed it is marked as “unable to return.” I shall be taking that further. Meanwhile, I shall give up on this one. Sorry, Mr Carol, because the book is great.

Great book spoiled by second voice

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Top marks to both author and narrator . A great story told very well x

Authentic and gripping psychological thriller.

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Broken Dolls - female narrator spoils this book for me, her take on Adam the unsub's voice was grating, annoying & so unconvincing at being menacing .
The storyline, plot & Jefferson Winter were good, could have been 4 stars.

Broken Dolls - female narrator spoils this book for me

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