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Body Language

The must-read forensic mystery set in Camden Town

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Von: A. K. Turner
Gesprochen von: Ellie Kendrick
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'Spellbinding storytelling' Val McDermid
'A first-rate crime novel . . . I loved it' Elly Griffiths
'One of the best series openers I've read in years' Jane Casey

For fans of Tess Gerritsen and Kathy Reichs comes a gripping debut thriller introducing Camden's most exciting new forensic investigator.

Cassie Raven believes the dead can talk. We just need to listen . . .

People think being a mortuary technician is a seriously weird job. They can't understand why I choose to cut up dead bodies for a living. But they don't know what I know:

The dead want to tell us what happened to them.

I've eviscerated thousands of bodies, but never someone I know before - someone who meant a lot to me; someone I loved.

The pathologist says that her death was an accident.

Her body is telling me differently.

Praise for Body Language:

'Blackly humorous, with a fabulously one-of-a-kind protagonist' Heat Magazine

'Ingenious and sardonically written' Financial Times

'[A] gritty novel with an engaging heroine' Sunday Times

'A terrific, well-placed plot' Spectator

'Cassie Raven is a lot of fun to spend time with' Big Issue

'Excellent fun, compulsive and Cassie Raven is a protagonist I want to meet again soon' James Oswald

'Cassie Raven is a blast of fresh air, striding onto the crime scene like a punk superstar' Sarah Hilary

'Move over Silent Witness - Cassie Raven is an utterly compelling contemporary forensic heroine' Isabelle Grey

'A fresh and exciting new series' Claire McGowan

'I loved it. It was awesome! Dark humour and gore galore - Cassie Raven is my new favourite character . . . it was like Silent Witness, but much more believable' Susi Holliday
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A. K. Turner spins science into spellbinding storytelling
A first-rate crime novel. Mortuary assistant Cassie is a terrific character - our guide through a fascinating, darkly humorous and sometimes grisly world. I loved it
Introduces us to a fabulously one-of-a-kind protagonist. Blackly humorous, we're so ready for more
Hooked from the first chapter and stayed up until the wee small hours to finish Body Language. What a wonderful creation is Cassie Raven! You should all go out and pre-order it right now. Excellent fun, compulsive and Cassie Raven is a protagonist I want to meet again soon. Five stars!
An immersive world with a fascinating lead, this makes for a fresh and exciting new series
What a start to a new series, full of verve and acutely perceptive on grief and human relationships. Cassie Raven is a blast of fresh air, striding onto the crime scene like a punk superstar, ready to shake things up
Body Language is a stellar example of the forensic-medical crime genre. Impeccably researched, with fascinating insights and a truly memorable, original heroine, this is one of the best series openers I've read in years
Move over Silent Witness - Cassie Raven is an utterly compelling contemporary forensic heroine
Had the pleasure of reading this little beauty by AK Turner and I loved it. It was awesome! Dark humour and gore galore - Cassie Raven is my new favourite character. The mortuary scenes were so vivid - it was like Silent Witness but much more believable
Terrific central character of Cassie Raven...beautifully rounded and believable...a complex young woman who is nevertheless a lot of fun to spend time with. Turner also deals with the sensitive subjects of death and grief with real empathy and respect.
A cracking read. When's the next one out?
A super-fresh and quirky character on the mystery scene, working in a thoroughly authentic and unsettling way.
[a] gritty novel with an engaging heroine
A terrific, well-paced plot and the tight focus on the mortuary setting works really well to ground the action...[Turner] is adept at creating memorable characters.
The writing is classy and accessible. The plot just zips along at a good pace...The characterisation is great too... it's got off to a cracking start and I can't wait for the next book in the series.
Ingenious and sardonically written...this is authoritative crime fare (Barry Forshaw)
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The story is fine, nothing too impressive but a nice quick listen with likable characters.

The thing is.... The narrator has a lisp. I listen to books at 1.8 / 2.0 which helps but when you listen to it at normal speed, it is almost unbearable. I liked her way of telling the story but the lisp can be irritating.

Story is fine but narrator has a lisp

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Although there are mystery elements, I did not find them particularly compelling. To my mind too much was overexplained, slowing the narrative down and dragging the story out. Despite being set in a mortuary, the story is neither really dark nor gritty, at times I was a bit bored to be honest. I doubt that I will follow the other instalments, there are too many other books out there which I find more interesting.

Ok, but not gripping

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