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Title: The Grave Tattoo
Author: Val McDermid
Narrator: Julie Maisey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-04-16
Publisher: Wholestory Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, old wives' tales also come swirling to the surface. For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth, who turned it into a long narrative poem.
Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the Lake District, feels compelled to discover once and for all whether the manuscript ever existed - and whether it still exists today....
Critic Reviews:
"Absorbing modern mystery." (Times)
"An irresistible combination of contemporary psychological thriller and historical mystery." (Tess Gerritsen)
Members Reviews:
Dreadful writing
I loved the last Val McDermid book I read, I almost can't believe this is by the same writer. Indulgent nonsense, a back story so dull - but obviously not to the author - it kept putting me to sleep. And it kept being repeated and laboured over by more and more characters having to explain it to one another! I don't know how any of them managed to convince one another it was even a vaguely likely rumour, it was clearly bollocks. I tried persevering but it was too stupid and dull. Find a better Val MacDermid book, she's usually perceptive and smart. Too wrapped up in her own fascination with history here to remember to think about character, plot, intrigue and suspense.
couldn't stop listening
great plot . Lots of twists and turns keeping the listener interested. Would like to hear more about Jayne Gresham...
Different approach for Val
A different perspective as the main hero is not a detective looking at the crimes, but a literary searcher. Of course well plotted and good characters. Very enjoyable.
Identity fraud?
Can this really be Val McDermid ? Never been know to fail . . . . but really not up to standard. Unsympathetic characters with carved from stone dialogue . Really had no interest in any of them and not bothered about their fates. Maybe a reissue of a very early work? Certainly reads like one
Thoroughly absorbing
Great idea, well executed. Narration of the characters voices was convincing and this really allowed you to get involved in the intriguing story.
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Title: The Grave Tattoo
Author: Val McDermid
Narrator: Julie Maisey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-04-16
Publisher: Wholestory Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, old wives' tales also come swirling to the surface. For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth, who turned it into a long narrative poem.
Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the Lake District, feels compelled to discover once and for all whether the manuscript ever existed - and whether it still exists today....
Critic Reviews:
"Absorbing modern mystery." (Times)
"An irresistible combination of contemporary psychological thriller and historical mystery." (Tess Gerritsen)
Members Reviews:
Dreadful writing
I loved the last Val McDermid book I read, I almost can't believe this is by the same writer. Indulgent nonsense, a back story so dull - but obviously not to the author - it kept putting me to sleep. And it kept being repeated and laboured over by more and more characters having to explain it to one another! I don't know how any of them managed to convince one another it was even a vaguely likely rumour, it was clearly bollocks. I tried persevering but it was too stupid and dull. Find a better Val MacDermid book, she's usually perceptive and smart. Too wrapped up in her own fascination with history here to remember to think about character, plot, intrigue and suspense.
couldn't stop listening
great plot . Lots of twists and turns keeping the listener interested. Would like to hear more about Jayne Gresham...
Different approach for Val
A different perspective as the main hero is not a detective looking at the crimes, but a literary searcher. Of course well plotted and good characters. Very enjoyable.
Identity fraud?
Can this really be Val McDermid ? Never been know to fail . . . . but really not up to standard. Unsympathetic characters with carved from stone dialogue . Really had no interest in any of them and not bothered about their fates. Maybe a reissue of a very early work? Certainly reads like one
Thoroughly absorbing
Great idea, well executed. Narration of the characters voices was convincing and this really allowed you to get involved in the intriguing story.