The Body in the Woods
A Cherringham Mystery 2
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Narrated by:
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Neil Dudgeon
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Written by:
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Matthew Costello
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Neil Richards
About this listen
It's Carnival week in Cherringham, but while most of the locals are looking forward to the regatta, the parade and the fireworks, Jack and Sarah are more interested in the mysterious body that's been uncovered at the archaeological dig just outside the village ... No Roman soldier - but a young man, no ID. Definitely the victim of a cold blooded murder ... from just a few decades ago. It's a baffling cold case - but one that soon heats up when a member of the carnival committee suddenly goes missing. Jack and Sarah investigate - and quickly come up against a wall of silence.
Are the two cases connected? What dark secret from Cherringham's past is being kept hidden? As the Carnival rolls to its spectacular finale, Jack and Sarah race against time to stop the murderer before they kill again ...
For fans of Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple" series, Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who" series, Caroline Graham's "Midsomer Murders", and the American TV series "Murder She Wrote", starring Angela Lansbury.
Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and - most recently - the successful crime fiction series "Cherringham". First released as eBook novellas, this is the second full-length novel. "Cherringham" is popular around the world and has been adapted as a series of audiobooks in both English and German. The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of DCI John Barnaby in "Midsomer Murders" and Jim Riley in "The Life of Riley". He is also known for his film roles in "The Nativity", "Sorted" and "Son of Rambow". In 2012 Dudgeon starred as Norman Birkett on BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Play" series written by Caroline and David Stafford.
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Another great book
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Excellent as always
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Niel Dudgeon is excellent in this recording. His pacing and emotiveness are exemplary. His American accent continues to be fairly weak, but other character voices put the listener directly in the small British village. This is some of the best work I've heard from him.
One of the biggest features of these "Cozy" mysteries is the avoidance of strong language and commitment to minimal gore. In my mind (as a more conventional mystery fan), it usually renders the genre somewhat milquetoast.. but it's not as noticeable in this story. While this one remains faithful to that pattern - it can still be listened to in the presence of people with tender sensibilities (minors.. or.. my mom) - it has a little more maturity. 'The Body in the Woods' sounds less like an extended 'Matlock' episode and more like a conventional whodunit. This is a 7.5/10 star story.
Entertaining Lighthearted Mystery
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