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Beware the Past

Written by: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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One terrible case always haunted detective Matt Ballard. Now many years later, the killer seems to be back. And this time he's after Matt.

When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught.

Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.

Then another murder happens, with some of the hallmarks of the old case. Has the killer returned, or is this just a sick copycat determined to ruin Matt's life and reputation?

©2017 Joy Ellis (P)2018 Tantor Crime Crime Fiction Murder Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Fiction Emotionally Gripping Suspense
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I am on chapter 18 and have to admit that I am only sticking with it because I want to know the ending...but the narration is not great....the women sound like 5 year old inquisitive children, so annoying. Not sure where he has pulled the voices from and what his thinking is behind it...reminds me of a Haribo gummies ad.

Struggling .

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Initially I could not get my head around the wooden deadpan narration. Little character development and very flat delivery. Halfway through it got better - both narration and story wise but in general it wasn’t my fave.

It gathers speed but…..

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it took me quite a while before I could get fully immersed into this story. The narrator sometimes made it hard to figure out who was saying what. I will be avoiding books with this narrator in future.

Narrator made it hard to get into the book

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Enjoyed the characters and the story kept me engaged. Would recommend this book. Good good good

Great read

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I’m a fan of Joy Ellis’ writing but this was a let down. It’s possible that a different narrator would have helped the listener buy into the story. The narration was awful! Tone and character intonations were all over the place and distracting rather than enhancing. I will not get another book with this narrator, ever 😳

Terrible narration

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