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Dolphin Junction

By: Mick Herron
Narrated by: David Thorpe, Emma Powell, Julia Franklin, Sean Barrett
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From the bestselling and award winning 'master of the spy thriller' comes a collection of riveting short stories.

When a man's wife leaves him under suspicious circumstances, he sets off in search for her, unprepared for the guilty secrets he's about to drag back into the light.

A man is tempted by a luxury apartment with a top-of-the-range kitchen. But there is a heavy price to pay for this glamorous new life.

And a couple with their marriage on the rocks go on a hike through the Derbyshire countryside as another way to avoid their real problems.

Hailed as the master of the modern spy thriller, Mick Herron's skill for tension, humour, and memorable twists are captured in his short stories, collected here for the first time.

(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Mick Herron Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Thrillers Espionage Mystery Short Stories Spies & Politics Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime Marriage Suspense Exciting
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i devour Mick Herron's books, but never before on audible. The narrator, while suffering blocked sinuces, attacks each syllable with relish and Dick Van Dyke level accents. It all gets in the way of the story.

Narrator gets in the way

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I have enjoyed all Mick Herron books to date but am sadly underwhelmed by the Dolphin Junction collection. None of the characters had any real depth and there was no real plots to speak of. And the narration.....Hey ho. Roll on the next Slow Horses novel!

Let down by narrators (Sean Barrett excepted)

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The short stories are really a stopgap until the new Jackson Lamb novel comes out later this year, and it worked for me. The jewel is, of course, the Sean Barrett narration of the JL story which was really enjoyable.

As for the others, they are still interesting, though I agree that the narration of them was sometimes annoying and other times OK. For me it was the high-pitched excitement style, like a new puppy bouncing around, which I found most difficult. We are all so used to the wonderful tones of SB which serve to enhance the words and pleasure of any story he reads.

However, being a narrator is a not any easy task, especially when the characters are so diverse, I couldn't speak in a male voice and I assume that men trying to speak in a female voice is equally challenging.

The story lines did enough to hold my attention, and attention was needed in a couple of them to follow the plot, they are not all a light listen.

Overall - a hit!

Patchy!

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I enjoyed most of these short stories. Mick Herron is good at an unexpected twist in a way that makes sense and ties up all the ends easily.
Wasn’t a fan of all the narrators, but nothing unbearable.
The extra Slough House story was very welcome - that series is one of my all time favourite both in audio book form and on the telly!

An enjoyable mix of stories in the main.

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Generally good narration excepting the voice adopted for one of the main protagonists in the story “What we do” which renders it virtually unlistenable.

Save your money/credit and buy something else.

Extremely variable and largely disappointing

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