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Black Out

By: John Lawton
Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
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As the Luftwaffe make their last desperate assault on the city, Londoners take to the shelters once again and eagerly await the signal for D-Day. In the East End, children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bombsite. The victim is German, and it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary murder.

For Russian emigré Detective-Sergeant Troy, it is the start of a manhunt which will lead him into a world of military intelligence and corruption in high places - a manhunt in which Troy is both the hunter and the hunted.

©2015 John Lawton (P)2015 Oakhill Publishing Espionage Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Military
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Another good tale from Lawton very well read.
Good information about the history of the times.

Tale with twists.

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I just couldn't get into this story at all! Especially with Lewis Hancock's narration. It seemed that the whole story jerked along in a mist, sometimes a fog of sorts. I can only hope the next story in this series takes off. This one crashed😔.

Couldn't get into it...

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So well narrated in a style to fit the period of the story. An unusual setting of war time police action in a story I felt compelled to listen to but feel I didn't really understand. However I met some great characters in the journey and will listen again to try and get my head around the action. The Russian element and purpose is intriguing. I enjoyed a book I didn't follow. Complicated!

Wonderful characters

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The four stars overall indicates that I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Blackout. The missing stars indicate that it has some wearisome flaws. However, they do not outweigh my enjoyment and I will certainly be listening to the next Troy book.

Thoroughly Enjoyed

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Nice little story, interesting, well told, quirky characters. Excellent narration. I was settling in to enjoy the whole series. But then suddenly, two-thirds in, there was an explosive, violent sex scene involving the lead character, which objectified a woman and used vile language for women's genitals. Just awful. One minute a bland detective story. The next bordering on pornographic. It was so out of place, totally salacious and completely unnecessary. I think the author must have been working through some personal fantasy. I stopped reading at that point, it disturbed me (as a woman) so much, and that was it for me. Shame. So I won't be reading the whole series after all.

Suddenly becomes pornographic

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