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  • The Murderer's Son

  • A Jackman and Evans Thriller
  • Written by: Joy Ellis
  • Narrated by: Richard Armitage
  • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,099 ratings)

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The Murderer's Son

Written by: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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Publisher's Summary

Twenty years ago: a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer.

Now: a woman is viciously stabbed to death in the upmarket kitchen of her beautiful house on the edge of the marshes.

Then a man called Daniel Kinder walks into Saltern police station and confesses to the murder.

But DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans of the Fenland Constabulary soon discover that there is a lot more to Daniel than meets the eye. He has no memory of the first five years of his life and has a rather unusual obsession with his mother....

Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you gripped until the shocking ending.

©2016 Joy Ellis (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

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Great story, fantastic narration

This was the 2nd book that I've listed to in this series, and I do really enjoy them. Richard Armitage's narration, though, is truly wonderful. I can't say enough about how much I enjoy him. I never thought I would actually be searching out books just for the narrator, but I do that now! I will keep listening to more books in this series, because the characters and the stories have been enjoyable, certainly enough to keep me coming back for more.

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The Murder's Son by Joy Ellis

read by Richard Armiitage. Richard does a fine job of reading. he changes voices so easily accents no problem. Great reader and actor.

this story of a psychological drama is excellent. Something different from the world of detective dramas. look forward to more from Joy Ellis.

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Smart well paced story!

I wish I’d listened to this story first as it gives a little more background but doesn’t really matter. Great interesting story and of course fantastic narration! I hope all her books come out on audible!!

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Fantastic!

I took a chance and bought this audio book because it sounded interesting! What a terrific surprise. The narrator is superb. The characters are interesting and well thought out. The plot was good. All in all, a great listen!

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Not my favorite

It was hard to get into, there were some good parts but I found it hard to concentrate on the storyline

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Not impressed

An okay, fairly predictable story.
It wasn't too hard to guess where the story was going.
Not bad but not great.

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Found It Dull

I usually love a good thriller and can’t get enough of mysteries. However, this book just didn’t hold my attention. I tried really hard to stay engaged with it but I found myself drifting. Don’t know whether it was the story itself, the narration, or both, but it just never captured my attention.

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Enjoyed listening

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Happy Ending

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Lots of charaters important to follow them carefully sometimes I had to go back and start again.

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Love Richard Armitage, he has created a set of beautiful charaters that I find myself caring about second book in.

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Lots of action without to much gore, I like the mystery without the blood details. Very interesting, and hooked to the end. Moving on to Book 3.

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The book drags on and on

Although the premise of the story and the storytellers were great, the pace of the story itself left a lot to be desired. Excruciatingly slow and eventually I just lost interest.

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  • 2023-02-10

An interesting story.

The subject of nature versus nurture helped make this struggle grab the reader quickly. If you had an inkling, would you act normally. A good episode.

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