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Murder on the Old Bog Road

By: David Pearson
Narrated by: Brian Walsh
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A woman is found dead in a ditch. As the list of suspects grows, a town’s dirty secrets are revealed.

It’s a cold winter evening, and rain is sweeping in from the Atlantic when a young woman, having braved the weather to visit her sick mother in a remote part of Ireland, comes across an obstacle in the road. She clears the highway of stones from a damaged bridge only to see the body of a woman in a ditch. With no phone reception, she travels to the nearest police station to report what she has found.

The local Garda waste no time in attending the scene of the crime. The woman is clearly dead, but it needs proper forensics to establish if foul play was the cause. In the meantime, is it not possible that the woman driver was in fact the culprit? She is clearly not telling the whole truth.

A game of cat and mouse ensues when the inquiry is upgraded to a murder investigation. The trouble is, when the victim is recognised as a sex worker, there is no shortage of possible suspects. And few of them, if any, are willing to tell the truth to the police. It will take all of Galway detectives Hays and Lyons’ experience to cut through the web of lies and identify the killer in their midst.

©2018 David Pearson (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Ireland

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A good story. Really enjoyed it but the narrator was poor and took a star from my rating.

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poor narration

story not too bad. the narration was poor. appreciated the accent but this was read rather than narrated and read far to quickly.

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The dreadful narration

The story would have been just about bearable but the narrators monotone voice with no change in character or expression was flat & unimpressive I almost gave up several times but hung on to the bitter end

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Great narration . Shame it ended so quickly

Good short listen to. Narration spot on . Storey just wrapped up very quickly . Would have enjoyed it more if there had been a bit more substance

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What a peculiar narrator

I liked the story and it was fast paced. But what the heck? The narration was abysmal. It was like the chap who was booked didn’t show up so they found a random male in the studio and asked them to read it. He was terrified and just wanted to get it over and done with as quickly as possible.

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awful narrator

I couldnt get further than 20 mins into the book as the narration was over excitable and unbelievable. perhaps more suited to a children's book.

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Started out well

Started out well enough and I did read it until the end, but it became very muddled towards the end as if there wasn't enough time to get it all into the time allowed.

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Reading was Ok, storytelling wasn’t

The story was relatively interesting but the reader didn’t phrase it well or give appropriate breaks between sentences

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poor

Chauvenism is strong in this one, and the narrator knows no punctuation or at times even needs to take a breath

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Disappointing

I had hoped this story would be a good introduction to the series but found it repetitive in several places and some of the characters left a lot to be desired. It wasn't worth the money even though I got it on a cheap offer. I certainly wouldn't have paid full price or wasted a credit on it.

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