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The Crow Trap
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Series: Vera Stanhope
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
Publisher's Summary
Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie’s Cottage on the North Pennines to complete an environmental survey.
Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman hiding plenty of her own secrets.
Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, where she discovers the body of her friend, Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael refuses to accept.
When another death occurs, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope enters the picture....
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-21
Pleasant surprise
Great story and good clear narration. I have seen some of the tv episodes about Vera Stanhope and they are fine but I enjoyed the book more.
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- Chantal Noordeloos
- 09-11-20
Goes on a bit too much
This book did not have me gripped. There was a little too much ‘tell’ and not enough ‘show’. The characters were somewhat on the dull side. The story is okay, but could use a serious amount of editing. There is not enough plot or character development and I struggled to keep concentrating.
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- mrs
- 17-08-18
Excellent story as always from Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is always brilliant at weaving together a plot and I didn’t guess the murderer.
As often happens the overall rating is let down by the reader. Although the voice of Vera was okay, the voices of all the other female characters sounded like five year olds. Fortunately, Ann Cleeves’ descriptions and dialogues gave me a sense of their true characters.
18 people found this helpful
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- K Levan
- 21-08-18
Irritating narrator
I can't help thinking that a better narrator might have made this story easier to follow or even believable.
15 people found this helpful
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- Katherine Lewis
- 07-08-18
took a while to get into.
i was not to keen on the narration and it got off to a slow start. When Vera entered in part 2 it picked up pace. as ever a great ending.
18 people found this helpful
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- Diane Day
- 30-08-18
Spoils
Good storyline spooky by dreadful reading. Voices are all wrong: women too twee and weak and men with unbelievable accents and unconvincing voices.
15 people found this helpful
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- Graham Keene
- 26-02-19
Not good
I am at chapter 12 and nothing has happened, not what I expected. Returned unhappily.
5 people found this helpful
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- Carol Lambert
- 28-08-18
Boring. Dreadful Narration.
The lead in to the main landscape of the story was far too long, and incredible tedious. The Narrator would be more suited to a childrens' book. I stuck with it, but it was a credit wasted.
10 people found this helpful
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- nell
- 15-08-18
Awful
Usually a big fan of Ann Cleeves but this was irrirating piffle . Annoying voices and I kept losing my place and rewinding which I never do ! Waste of a credit .
10 people found this helpful
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- Cybercat
- 04-06-19
Long Winded and Boring
I was very bored for at least two thirds of this book but kept going because Ann Cleeves is a well respected authoress and this was my first book of hers. The final third got a lot better and I was drawn to it, until the ending which was weak and poor. The writing is detailed which was good, but it was all too long winded and dull.
4 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Annie
- 11-02-19
The Crow Trap, Loved The Book, But Not The Reader!
I enjoyed the book, though as I wasn’t well, I listened to it twice, straight off, to ensure that I caught the whole tale. I was annoyed, to say the least, with the reader, many of the cast appearing to be under 5 & whinging children!
As it happens, I also watched the TV film, which I love, especially Vera, but much of the plot & cast were missing.
I am now looking forward to the next one!
6 people found this helpful
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- Fozzwick
- 28-06-20
Excellent!
Really enjoyed this book and it kept me guessing until the end. Already bought the next one in the series. I thought the narrator was fine (other reviews commented negatively on this) and I would listen to other books read by the same lady.
1 person found this helpful
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- DebManning
- 16-10-19
Enjoyable but...
it was so slow to get started it got very boring, but I ploughed on and it got better about half way through. Ended up being quite good.
1 person found this helpful
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- Sue
- 21-02-19
Great story with a few twists and turns along the
Ann Cleeves understands people and how they tick. her characters are interesting and believable and her stories captivating
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 12-09-19
Good but hard to follow
Good story but I found there was too many accents and that was story line was hard to keep up with
2 people found this helpful
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- JacT
- 14-07-21
Mundane
The story and performance just didn't hold me. Not a patch on the Shetland series.
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- Julie Greenhalgh
- 31-05-21
Loved it
As a fan of Vera the TV series, this is the first Ann Cleeves book for me. And won’t be the last.
The story really held my attention and the Janine (the narrator) performed brilliantly, with a easy listening voice and playing different characters superbly.
I will definitely be purchasing another book with this combination of author/narrator!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Blossominoz
- 02-01-21
Be prepared to pay attention
A very convoluted and difficult story to follow. So many characters to remember. The first half of the book is dull, but gives background to the story. The second half, when Vera comes along, is more interesting. I love the TV show, but won't listen to any more of these novels.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Marnie Owen-Jones
- 08-10-20
Will try again
A good story, but annoying that there was only an off handed remark, when Vera was reminiscing about a case when she was a young WPC, that linked the murders. Are all her books like this? I'll give her another go to find out. Lovely narration.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Ineke
- 28-06-20
The Crow Trap
The narrators voices really annoyed me when she was in speaking mode!
Story line was ok but not suspenseful enough for me
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-19
sooo boring
struggled to get as far as I did boring bland had to stop listening. rubbish
1 person found this helpful