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White Nights
- Narrated by: Kenny Blyth
- Series: Shetland Island
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen, it seems to be a straightforward case of suicide. He recognises the victim - a stranger with amnesia who had disrupted a local party the night before his death. Yet this is no desperate act of anguish but the work of a cold and calculating killer.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-11-20
great story
narrator was perfect... and loved the development of the characters and the unique setting of the story
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- Freckles
- 19-08-19
Gentle murder mystery
An enjoyable series. Gentle but full of interpersonal interactions to keep the interest up. Looking forward to the next one.
9 people found this helpful
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- Esther
- 02-01-19
Brilliant
Another superb thriller, the background painted in words of the life of the Shetlands, another great narration. It was hard to see who had committed the crimes, it was an unexpected outcome. Highly commended.
7 people found this helpful
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- joan m.
- 26-12-18
excellent narrator
the narrator was really excellent - sounded authentic - but the story ending was a little hard to believe
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- Sharon
- 12-12-18
Convoluted
A bit long winded to the point of being a bit boring at times. I’m all for a good Whodunnit but the ending was far fetched and unbelievable. Shame. I will try the next in series to see if it restores my faith but it may be the last in the Shetland ones for me if it’s like this one.
14 people found this helpful
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- Patsy
- 14-01-19
keeps you listening
really enjoyed his book. Sll the relationships and intrigue and the subsequent plot. Excellent narration
9 people found this helpful
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- Blondie
- 28-05-19
Up to standard
Lovers of Shetland and Peter May's Lewis trilogy will enjoy this, the landscape and community are the real stars. The plot and characters are a tad 2 dimensional.
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- eddy
- 17-05-20
captivating
yet another brilliant listen. Another one I couldn't stop listening to. Once I started I was captured by the characters and the narrator. Well done all round
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- J Alexander
- 04-04-20
Another great Shetland tale read so perfectly
I listened to this all the way through a second time because I enjoyed it so much. Buying book 3 in the series now
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- Kirstine
- 12-10-19
Atmospheric slow-burner
If you like your crime novels to be a roller-coaster of cliff-hangers and false trials this book is not for you, but if you enjoyed Peter May's Lewis Trilogy I'm sure this book will be to your taste. The lives of the various characters who play a part in the story are slowly fleshed out and a picture of the beauty of the Shetlands and it's remoteness from the mainland described so that one can picture it in ones imagination. (It helps to have seen the Shetland series on TV). I felt that the solving of the crime was less important to me than the lives of the characters and the evocation of life on the islands and, if anything, I found the solution of the murders a bit far-fetched. The narrator is excellent
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- John missin
- 15-05-19
White nights
This is third Shetland novel I’ve listened and each one has been brilliant , a great story well read again by kenny Blyth, I had know idea what the outcome of the story would until right at the end.
1 person found this helpful