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A Place of Safety

By: Caroline Graham
Narrated by: John Hopkins
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Everyone deserves a second chance – or at least that's what ex-vicar Lionel Lawrence believes when he decides to open up the old rectory to a stream of young offenders. Lionel only wants to help these poor souls, but his good deed quickly spirals into a deadly mix of blackmail and murder.

Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is sure he knows who is behind the disappearance of Lionel's latest young charge. Will this elusive suspect prove to be the incarnation of evil itself?

©1999 Caroline Graham (P)2023 Bolinda Publishing Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction Crime Suspense
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Critic reviews

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie.' (The Sunday Times of London)
'Told in graceful prose and populated with carefully drawn characters, A Place of Safety is a marvelous treat.' (The Denver Post)
'[A Place of Safety] is cause for celebration ... Thoroughly charming.' (Booklist)
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Tried not to listen to this all at once but became so engrossed couldn’t stop myself. All the classic Midsomer Murders themes but characters so well depicted they really came to life . Great listen. Am even beginning to warm to Troy xx

Excellent

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Absolutely brilliant. My first Midsommer Murder. Best book I’ve listened to for quite a while. Wonderfully written and superb, artful narration. I shall be recommending this to my friends and family and looking for more from this author and narrator. Excellent stuff!!

A Place of Safety

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John Nettles is correct when he says the programmes do not do these stories justice. I have been listening to them in order and they get better and better and as an absolute gem of a bonus there’s a touch of social history included. The narrator is excellent. I did worry that if he didn’t sound like John Nettles I wouldn’t like it but he is similar and such a warm voice. Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tension and twists

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Having really enjoyed the earlier TV series of Midsummer Murders which. deservedly had world-wide success but failing to relate to the more recent episodes, I decided to try the original stories by Caroline Graham. What a delight. Easy to read, great characters, very evocative of time and place and not a bad story although it seemed to conclude rather abruptly. John Hopkins narrated with great ting, and different voices for each character. The Barnaby voice and phrasing is so very much like that of John Nettles he was immediately visible I side my head. In fact, Nettles introduced this, the 6th book of the series, expressing his personal enjoyment of these books.

Can be read as a stand alone.
Recommended.

"Not drowning, Troy, but drowning."

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Enjoyed this a lot. Probably the best so far (I’ve read them all). The story itself flowed rather more evenly and quickly. The narration is perfect.

Really enjoyed this one

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