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The Body on the Island
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 6
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Series: DCI Craig Gillard, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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The Body Under the Bridge
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 5
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 9 hrs
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DCI Craig Gillard will be pushed to his limits. But will he break? It seems like a routine disappearance, a case of musician’s stage fright. As a senior detective, Craig Gillard isn’t sure why he’s even involved. Until it turns out the woman’s father is the German minister of justice, and the British home secretary is on the case, too. But nothing about the case is simple. How does a woman on a train simply vanish? What do you do when a trail runs cold and the pressure is on? Before long the perpetrator has another target: DCI Gillard himself.
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Body under the Bridge
- By Audrey R on 2021-03-07
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Bodies at Westgrave Hall
- DCI Craig Gillard Crime Thrillers, Book 7
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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A large country mansion. A locked room. A gruesome murder. Russian oligarch Alexander Volkov has invited 1,000 guests to a party at his palatial Surrey residence, Westgrave Hall. But while giving a private tour of the library, a gunman kills Volkov, wounding his ex-wife and slaying her new beau. Nothing makes sense to DCI Craig Gillard. In the blood-spattered crime scene there are no forensic traces of anyone else involved, CCTV shows no one entered or left the library, and everyone seems to have an alibi.
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body in the Snow
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 4
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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A young detective is out for a jog on a snowy winter morning. Then she sees something terrible: a murder in the park, sudden and inexplicable. A woman has been killed by a passing hooded cyclist. It’s just DCI Craig Gillard’s luck that he’s on duty. The body is that of Tanvi Roy, one of the richest women in Britain and matriarch of a food empire. With a tangled web of family and business contacts and jealousies, Gillard’s job just got even more complex. As he delves deeper into the Roy family, it’s clear that everything is not as it seems.
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Great series
- By Eveline Howells on 2021-10-23
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body in the Mist
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 3
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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A body is found on a quiet lane in Exmoor, victim of a hit and run. He has no ID, no wallet, no phone, and - after being dragged along the road - no recognisable face. Meanwhile, fresh from his last case, DCI Craig Gillard is unexpectedly called away to Devon on family business. Gillard is soon embroiled when the car in question is traced to his aunt. As he delves deeper, a dark mystery reveals itself, haunted by family secrets, with repercussions Gillard could never have imagined. The past has never been deadlier.
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Compelling Mystery with Plot Twists to the End
- By RubysMother on 2021-10-26
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body on the Moor
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 8
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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After the National Crime Agency cracks a major drug gang, junior barrister Julia McGann finds herself defending the violent enforcer Terrence Bonner. This high-profile case is a coup for her, but almost immediately things start to go wrong. Intruders break into her house, and then a young girl turns up at her door with a horrifying story to tell. Three months later, DCI Craig Gillard and his team struggle with the shocking murder of a much-respected local headmaster, found dead in his own car. The baffling crime fills the newspapers but yields few clues.
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The Body on the Shore
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 2
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Promising architect Peter Young is shot dead at his desk. DCI Craig Gillard is on the scene, looking at what appears to be a brutal and highly professional hit: two bullets, fired with ice-cold calm. Gillard knows that the most crucial question in solving the crime is one word: why? Two weeks later, on the Lincolnshire coast, another body is found on a windswept beach. In this case there is no identity for the young man, just a curious brand burned into his neck....
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Very interesting
- By Eveline Howells on 2021-10-13
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body Under the Bridge
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 5
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 9 hrs
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DCI Craig Gillard will be pushed to his limits. But will he break? It seems like a routine disappearance, a case of musician’s stage fright. As a senior detective, Craig Gillard isn’t sure why he’s even involved. Until it turns out the woman’s father is the German minister of justice, and the British home secretary is on the case, too. But nothing about the case is simple. How does a woman on a train simply vanish? What do you do when a trail runs cold and the pressure is on? Before long the perpetrator has another target: DCI Gillard himself.
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Body under the Bridge
- By Audrey R on 2021-03-07
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Bodies at Westgrave Hall
- DCI Craig Gillard Crime Thrillers, Book 7
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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A large country mansion. A locked room. A gruesome murder. Russian oligarch Alexander Volkov has invited 1,000 guests to a party at his palatial Surrey residence, Westgrave Hall. But while giving a private tour of the library, a gunman kills Volkov, wounding his ex-wife and slaying her new beau. Nothing makes sense to DCI Craig Gillard. In the blood-spattered crime scene there are no forensic traces of anyone else involved, CCTV shows no one entered or left the library, and everyone seems to have an alibi.
Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body in the Snow
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 4
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A young detective is out for a jog on a snowy winter morning. Then she sees something terrible: a murder in the park, sudden and inexplicable. A woman has been killed by a passing hooded cyclist. It’s just DCI Craig Gillard’s luck that he’s on duty. The body is that of Tanvi Roy, one of the richest women in Britain and matriarch of a food empire. With a tangled web of family and business contacts and jealousies, Gillard’s job just got even more complex. As he delves deeper into the Roy family, it’s clear that everything is not as it seems.
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Great series
- By Eveline Howells on 2021-10-23
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The Body in the Mist
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 3
- Written by: Nick Louth
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Compelling Mystery with Plot Twists to the End
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Written by: Nick Louth
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The Body on the Moor
- DCI Craig Gillard, Book 8
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- Narrated by: Marston York
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After the National Crime Agency cracks a major drug gang, junior barrister Julia McGann finds herself defending the violent enforcer Terrence Bonner. This high-profile case is a coup for her, but almost immediately things start to go wrong. Intruders break into her house, and then a young girl turns up at her door with a horrifying story to tell. Three months later, DCI Craig Gillard and his team struggle with the shocking murder of a much-respected local headmaster, found dead in his own car. The baffling crime fills the newspapers but yields few clues.
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Very interesting
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The Body Beneath the Willows
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On the tree-lined banks of Surrey’s River Wey, a decaying corpse is dug up by workmen in the middle of an Anglo-Saxon burial site. His modern dental fillings show that this is no Dark Age corpse. DCI Craig Gillard is called in, but the body’s condition makes identification difficult. One man, however, seems to fit the bill: Ozzy Blanchard, a contractor employed by the same water firm doing the digging who disappeared six months ago. But then an X-ray of the corpse throws the investigation into turmoil. The deeper Gillard digs, the more shocking truths he will uncover.
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intriguing
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Joy Ellis
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I’ve been waiting!
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-01-16
Written by: Joy Ellis
Publisher's Summary
He was never truly gone, only biding his time....
Late on midsummer's night there is a splash in the river Thames. A body is found on an island, asphyxiated and laced with strange markings. For DCI Craig Gillard it's a baffling case. The victim's identity is elusive, clues are scarce and every witness has something to hide.
Meanwhile one of Britain's deadliest serial killers is finally up for parole after a deal to reveal the location of two missing bodies. The felon has his own plans to get even with witnesses, accusers and the officer who caught him 30 years before. And who was that? A young trainee by the name of Gillard.
An explosive crime thriller from master storyteller Nick Louth, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Cara Hunter and Robert Bryndza.
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- Robert
- 2021-03-28
Bad story, poorly read - avoid
The plot intersections are ridiculous, the characters are basically unbelievable, the plot is totally unrealistic and the solution is laughable. By far the worst story I have listened to on Audible over many years of subscription. Will not buy any more of this authors books!
Avoid!
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- Lia
- 2021-06-07
Really Good But Ending Weird
Ethical concerns here. Even after thirty years, how can Neville Rollason be released on parole, he who murdered all those boys? Vigilantes vow he will not last long. Meanwhile Rollason has his own secret agenda - carefully plotted all this time is devastating revenge on all who helped put him away....
Caught up in the middle are DCI Craig Gillard and his team. Actually at the moment this is not their prime concern, mystery surrounding a corpse dumped at night in the Thames. How came the body to be so crushed?
The powerful start grabs attention. Police procedural is convincingly portrayed - the slow but sure sifting of information received, all the while homing in on the possible truth.
Overall reaction depends on how much the listener can believe in motivations eventually attributed and events described in the closing chapters. After so much ringing true, there seemed a lurch into the surreal, sequences that did not really seem to belong. I found the ending of the book unbelievable but it is fiction and I was entertained .
Thought provoking, though, is the central issue. Are some crimes so heinous that perpetrators should never be released?
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- cdigo
- 2020-12-11
Worst of the Gillard books
Although Marston York has read all the Gillard books there is something different about this reading, kind of droned on. The premise was bizarre, not even remotely realistic. So glad its over
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- Linda Hanson
- 2020-12-20
Disappointing & Very Creepy
I really like this series and so picked it up this new title right away. Sad to say I nearly returned it a few minutes in- I wish I had. It was.just too creepy & gross. I hope i can get some of the images out of my mind very soon.
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- manny rothman
- 2020-11-04
The Body on the Island
Was a great book with great characters and great action with a great story and a great ending looking forward to the next book thanks 💪🤠🍷
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- CehTex
- 2020-10-31
Great series!
A complex and intriguing mystery. Plenty of hateful villains to cheer against and a bizarre answer to a couple of mysterious deaths. The new female detective added to the squad is a great addition to the series. Keep ‘em coming please, Mr. Louth!
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-05-27
All build-up, no pay-off
This is my least favorite of the series so far. Started out with the potential to be the best of the bunch, but didn’t live up to it. If DCI Gillard is the reason you listen to this series then just a heads up, he’s in this book far less than any of the others. Almost a secondary character. I’ll move on to the next book because I still enjoy the series. But hoping this is the only bump in the road.
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- Megan O'Malley
- 2022-04-15
Terrible plot
No spoilers, but the ending was truly ridiculous. Interesting storyline that has a lazy and completely implausible ending.
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- UC
- 2021-06-19
Great Story
Really enjoy the DCI Gillard series. Fantastic narration. Please keep up the great work, with new plot twists and new characters.
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- alene mercer
- 2021-03-28
Boring
I’ve heard the entire series and loved all of them until this one. The story was very slow, the characters one dimensional and even Craig Guillard was dull.
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- BVerité
- 2021-03-23
what a way to die...
Without any spoilers, I have to say that this one was bizarre. The method of death might be the most disgusting and weird I’ve ever heard. It’s not going to give you nightmares, but it will likely make you disappointed and shocked at the conclusion.
I do like this series very much. And if there are more books in the series, I’ll be listening to those as well.,