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Some Danger Involved

Barker & Llewelyn Series, Book 1

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Some Danger Involved

By: Will Thomas
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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An atmospheric debut novel set on the gritty streets of Victorian London, Some Danger Involved introduces detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, as they work to solve the gruesome murder of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto. When the eccentric and enigmatic Barker takes the case, he must hire an assistant, and out of all who answer an ad for a position with "some danger involved", he chooses downtrodden Llewelyn, a gutsy young man with a murky past.

As they inch ever closer to the shocking truth behind the murder, Llewelyn is drawn deeper and deeper into Barker's peculiar world of vigilante detective work, as well as the heart of London's teeming underworld.

Brimming with wit and unforgettable characters and steeped in authentic period detail, Some Danger Involved is a captivating novel that introduces an equally captivating duo.

©2004 Will Thomas (P)2016 Tantor Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Dark Humour Mystery

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Lots of Victorian history and character development, unusual & enjoyable. Some of the narration (accents) was a little off but didn't distract hugely.
pretty decent for a freebie 😊

Loved it

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Sadly this is completely spoilt by the narrators terrible accents. Scottish is bearable but the Irish is terrible and the German sounds straight from the shores of the West Indies. I enjoyed the first book, but I can’t complete this one.

Don’t

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I came across the list book whilst searching for historic fiction. Very enjoyable book and creates a definite atmosphere of Victorian England.

very nice surprise

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I really wanted to enjoy this. I like the partnership between the detective and the assistant, and the moments of humour between the characters. I feel like eventually the assistant might develop into less of a naive child and start to be interesting.

Unfortunately, the storytelling is patronising, like a really condescending history teacher, and the narration will make your head explode.

Wasted potential

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While I didn't find "Some Danger ..." compelling reading, to the point where I couldn't wait to pick up the threads every day, it was nicely read, inoffensive and more entertaining than I had expected. And now I discover that it's only part one, and there are a further eleven books in the series, all of which are ' Included in ... my Membership.' Oh Audible, what are you trying to do to me ?! I find I HAVE to stay with these two characters for at least another couple of books, even if only to watched learn how their relationship / partnership develops ... Life really is too short for this !

"Some Danger Involved"

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Without gory bits but enjoyable listen.
Didn't guess who 'baddie' was for a change.
Surprisingly easy mystery holding my attention.

I liked it

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Where does Some Danger Involved rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It ranks somewhere in the middle, not good enough for me to rave about or recommend to all my friends but good enough for me to give the second book a go.

What did you like best about this story?

It moved quite quickly and was an old fashioned who dunnit which I enjoy

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Antony Ferguson?

Almost anybody else. It's not that Mr Ferguson is a bad narrator it is that he is just plain awful at accents.. every one be it Irish Scottish Italian or Jewish sounded Caribbean... While it only vaguely irritated me I can see why it would ruin the book for others.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The new Sherlock

Pleasent enough story

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Enjoyed every minute of it... Very Sherlock Holmes. well written. well narrated. Busy downloading next one.

loved it.

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Ok, so right off I will say this book, while worth a listen, clearly wants to be a Sherlock and Watson book. It's almost a carbon copy, Victorian London, an eccentric independent detective with exotic tastes, a friendship/mentorship between the 2 main characters, this book copies them all. The story is engaging enough and the back story of the characters interesting but to me the main appeal was a good old "who done it?" and it delivered. It might not be Sherlock but it is still an ok book.

The bad stuff though...the language in it was a little offensive, "The Jew", "The Chinaman", it just seemed rude. The author tries to show the beautiful side to both cultures and this is accurate to how people spoke back then but it seems wrong to hear the kind of language this book uses. I will keep this book but probably not the rest of the series.

Not a bad book if you have a spare credit

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Enjoyed listening to this tale. A bit long winded in places but understood why for background of characters. An unlikely duo but a nice change to see a down and out getting a leg up.

Pleasantly Victorian

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