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  • DI Nikki Galena, Book 1
  • Written by: Joy Ellis
  • Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (318 ratings)

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Crime on the Fens

Written by: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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DI Nikki Galena: A police detective with nothing left to lose, she's seen a girl die in her arms, and her daughter will never leave the hospital again. She's gotten tough on the criminals she believes did this to her. Too tough. And now she's been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she's out.

Her partner, DS Joseph Easter, is the handsome, squeaky-clean new member of the team. But his nickname, Holy Joe, belies his former life as a soldier. He has an estranged daughter who blames him for everything that went wrong with their family.

Their adversary is a ruthless man who holds DI Galena responsible for his terrible disfigurement.

©2016 Joy Ellis (P)2016 Tantor

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Disappointed

I thoroughly enjoyed the Joy Ellis Jackman and Evan's series and could hardly wait to start the next one but I found this book quite boring. I believe the narrator was the major reason. Her inability to vary her voice enough, made it very difficult to follow which character was speaking and made it hard to follow the story

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Good books - and a suggestion!

I have been listening to this series, after really enjoying the Jackman series read by Richard Armitage. The stories themselves are good, despite sometimes being a bit overly complicated. I saw in the reviews that some people had a really difficult time with the performance by Henrietta Meire, and said that they were deleting them. I had a difficult time adjusting to Ms. Meire's voice, after the rich tones and consistent accents of Mr. Armitage. Her voice is a bit shrill, she reads quickly, and her grasp of the accents and different tones of the characters is good at times and a bit off at others. I nearly stopped listening, but then used my musician brain and thought to try to adjust the voice. I slowed the recording to 0.8x and it made a HUGE difference. It takes the shrill tone out of her voice most of the time (if it it really bothersome, try 0.7x) and is simply much easier to hear. Since then (book 2) I have listened to the series in order and have enjoyed them. The voices are not always perfect, but overall it is a very enjoyable series.

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Great narration

I always enjoy Ms Ellis’s books and this was no exception. The story was simple yet engaging and the excellent narration was the perfect compliment. The narrator did a very good job with every character. I would recommend this book. There wasn’t ever a lull.

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A tight police procedural

Joy Ellis started her Fens series with a bang. This is a straight forward mystery with wonderful character development that held my attention from the beginning. I can't wait to read or listen to the rest of the series.

The narration by Henrietta Meire is excellent.

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did not enjoy narator hard to understand ,

would not order another book with this narator, to hard to understand always going back, rated 2 out 10zz

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Crime on the fens by Joy EllisLove Joy Ellllis

read by Henrietta Meire
Great story keeps moving Joy Ellis is fantastic and really knows how to build a plot.

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Possibly decent story but awful narrator

Glad this was free or I'd be requesting a refund as the narrator ruined it for me. The accents were a bit off and inconsistent but, far worse eas the monotone used for male voices. it was irritating to the extreme.

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Disappointing narrative but good story

I persevered thought disappointing narrator because the story was interesting. She missed out on the voices of a number of characters so much so that they were hard to listen to and believe that they were cops Good story and I’ll listen to more with a different narrator

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Nice easy listen

Surprisingly enjoyable. I was a bit dubious in chapter 1, with the cliched character build of the lone “avenging angel” police officer. And yes, it is full of the familiar trope of <troubled cop seeking justice for all>, but it is well written, excellently performed and I am looking forward to listening to more books in the series.

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Brilliant plot and believable characters

I liked everything about this novel and I hope to read more by Joy Ellis

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