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Title: The Dreaming Detective

Author: H. R. F. Keating

Narrator: Sheila Mitchell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Imperial Hotel, scene of the brutal murder of the Boy Preacher over 30 years ago, is about to be demolished, and the Chief Constable wants Harriet to take one last look at the scene. Seven people had waited outside the ballroom where the Boy Preacher was to begin his sermon shortly before he was found brutally strangled.

Now, with the use of DNA, the suspects' clothes are to be scientifically examined. The Chief Constable is intending to close this case once and for all.

As she waits for the DNA results, Harriet decides to interview the suspects and make up her own mind about the boy's killer. But when the results fail to tally with Harriet's own mounting suspicions, the Hard Detective fears that this time she will not be able to give the Chief the answer he needs.

Members Reviews:

surprisingly good

I really enjoyed this book, having previously read another of this series, I did not think I would like it. It was a lovely surprise that this book was one that kept me turning the pages until I finished it, which was long into the night.

It certainly is a series the improves with each book - really kept my interest.

This book was provided to me in return for an honest and unbiased review

Series Continues

DS Harriet Martens is back ... and she has a new Chief Constable who obviously does not like her and wants her to fail miserably. Maybe it's jealousy that he wants the best detective on board to look like a failure.

Whatever his thoughts and beliefs, he charges her with finding the killer of a young preacher .. a crime that has been unsolved for 30 years. And he wants it solved within the next 2 weeks. The hotel where the preacher was murdered is being torn down at that time.

But being the 'nice' guy he is, the Chief Constable is giving her a helper .... a man who has suffered a mental breakdown and is 'all better' now.

Martens certainly has her hands full; no wonder that this case is finding its way into her dreams ..or nightmares.

There are plenty of suspects. Seven people were at the hotel at the time of the killing. Some had motives ..some didn't. Some are still alive ... some aren't.

Martens must now depend on forensics that weren't available at the time, but who knows what kind of shape the physical evidence is in. Hopefully DNA will point at the killer.

Martens is determined to save her job and solve the crime ... or die trying.

I actually like Harriet Martens better in this book than in The Hard Detective. She becomes more of a likeable person while showing her softer side in the relationship with her husband. Although she has problems with her assistant, she seems to interact with him in a less than volcanic fashion as she would normally.

In the real world of course, a superior officer would not be allowed to play these kinds of games with the detectives under his umbrella .. and especially would not hinder the abilities of the well-known reputation of the best detective around. But this is fiction .........

Many thanks to the author / Endeavour Press / NetGalley who provided a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

So-so

Not explaining his motives, the new Chief Constable of Greater Birchester Police Newcomen assigns Detective Superintendent Harriet "The `Hard Detective" Martens with solving a cold case homicide. Taken slightly aback by the hostility in her superior's voice, Harriet has no idea who Mr.