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Aspire to Die

An Oxford Murder Mystery (Bridget Hart Series, Book 1)

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Aspire to Die

Von: M S Morris
Gesprochen von: Esther Wane
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Lust. Ambition. Murder.

When a beautiful, wealthy student is found dead in her room in Oxford's most prestigious college, Detective Inspector Bridget Hart is called to investigate. The murdered girl appeared to have no enemies, yet was killed in a brutal and bloody assault.

Haunted and driven by her own personal tragedy, newly promoted DI Bridget Hart has a lot to prove as she leads her first murder case. Her investigation uncovers a tangled web of lies, lust and ambition, and brings her into conflict with powerful interests.

But no one can be above suspicion within the closed and claustrophobic confines of an Oxford college, where students and academics live and work side by side, and a ruthless killer waits to strike again.

©2019 Margarita Morris and Steve Morris (P)2020 Tantor Internationale Krimis Krimis Polizei
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If only one person is speaking usually one gender is represented not entirely convincing. ;-) Happened here again. Leaving that aside the hearbook was - as mentioned above - really good. Recommendation.

Really good!

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I am surprised with how much I liked it. I judged the book by its cheezy title and my expectations were really low. But I flew through it in a day, it was very easy to read. The story kept on twisting and uncovering unexpected angles and new characters, keeping me wondering who the killer was. What I liked was, that as reader, we uncover the facts together with the detective; it feels like you are in the middle of the investigation, learning how to approach solving a crime. We also learn a few interesting forensic analysis details. Finally, I appreciated that the portrayal of Oxford and the college life was not romanticised, but rather dispassionate. Even though the most famous college was chosen as the main place of action, I liked that the geography of the book was wide, and covered less obvious places like Cowley and even the little villages around Oxford. It really creates an impression that the author didn't write it after spending one day in Oxford as a tourist.

The narration was smooth too, easy to understand and with an even volume throughout.

surprisingly good

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Even though it was easy to foresee who did the killing. The atmosphere of Oxford was very enjoyable.

I enjoyed the book,

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I had hoped for more creativity and better writing. The story is put together like an episode of a low budget crime series. The speaker is rather poor, with highly irregular speed of narration and sometimes sloppy articulation . I escaped from Audble listening to Kindle reading when I could not bear the speaker anymore.

Constructed from a set of cliches

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You can listen to it and eventually you want to know who the murderer is. But there are a bit too many suspects. The characters are simply portrayed, but perhaps they will develop. I'm very spoilt by the narrator of the JD Kirk audiobooks.

Nice audiobook

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