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  • The Body in the Dales

  • A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 1
  • Written by: J. R. Ellis
  • Narrated by: Michael Page
  • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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The Body in the Dales

Written by: J. R. Ellis
Narrated by: Michael Page
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Publisher's Summary

An unpopular victim. An impossible crime. A murderer on the loose.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Body in Jingling Pot, this edition of The Body in the Dales includes editorial revisions.

A body is discovered deep in a cave beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Leading the investigation into the mysterious death are experienced DCI Jim Oldroyd and his partner DS Carter, a newcomer from London.

The deceased is Dave Atkins, well known throughout the village but not well liked. While there is no shortage of suspects, the details of the crime leave Oldroyd and Carter stumped. How did Atkins’s body end up in such a remote section of the cave? When someone with vital information turns up dead, it becomes clear that whoever is behind the murders will stop at nothing to conceal their tracks.

Oldroyd and his team try to uncover the truth, but every answer unearths a new set of questions. And as secrets and lies are exposed within the close-knit community, the mystery becomes deeper, darker and more complex than the caves below.

©2017, 2018 J. R. Ellis (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Are there real narrators out there?

The story may be more better than the narrator makes it sound. The narrator seems to force the voices, reminds me of the way Captain Kirk speaks on Star Trek, very forced and disjointed. I had been looking for a new series to listen to - it won't be this series.

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An alright mystery

Got this audiobook strictly due to who was narrating it. He did all the accents perfectly and made me think there were a few people narrating!

The mystery itself was not all that complicated but still fun to listen to. I'll be checking out book 2 at some point.

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Not enough finesse

I'm sure I would like this book if I were a teenager. Unfortunately, it lacks finesse in its writing. The plot is okay, but all the rest is very coarse (characters, dynamics between them, etc.). I don't recommend this.

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