Broken Ground
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Broken Ground
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Narrateur(s):
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Cathleen McCarron
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Auteur(s):
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Val McDermid
À propos de cet audio
Internationally best-selling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, and her gripping, masterfully plotted novels have garnered millions of readers from around the globe.
In Broken Ground, cold-case Detective Karen Pirie faces her hardest challenge yet. Six feet under in a Highland peat bog lies Alice Somerville’s inheritance, buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But when Alice finally uncovers it, she finds an unwanted surprise - a body with a bullet hole between the eyes.
Meanwhile, DCI Pirie is called in to unravel a case where nothing is quite as it seems. And as she gets closer to the truth, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her desire for justice. Or even the idea of what justice is.
An engrossing, twisty thriller, Broken Ground reaffirms Val McDermid’s place as one of the best crime writers of her generation.
©2018 Val McDermid (P)2018 WF HowesThe length of the average novel seems to have escalated from 5-8 hours audio time to a mind boggling (quite literally) 10-21 hours. Look at any series by a well- known author if you doubt this : what you'll see over the years is a climb in the volume of each new volume. Unfortunately there are only a handful of exceptions in this race for the Tonnage Gold. Sad to observe, Val McDermid's latest Karen Piri novel isn't among these valiant verbosity holdouts.
At the 9 hour mark, one's mind starts to freewheel down the road of "Is this Ever going to end?" Then, you begin thinking of ways an editor Should have tightened the writing up Rather than "what happens next". At the 11 hour mark, oxygen deprivation sets in as your brain fights off sleep or literary narcolepsy. You have hallucinations of the author stuffing words into the book binding like Baldric ramming stuffing into the infamous Black Adder goose.
Great writing , interesting characters and plot etc etc: all done in by Too Much Stuffing!
As a beleaguered reader who Wants to Enjoy books, not Drown in their repetitive minutia PLEASE cut back, cut down and cut Out the verbiage!
When Enough Is Enough?
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