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The Long Call

The First Novel in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Series to Feature Detective Matthew Venn

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The Long Call

Von: Ann Cleeves
Gesprochen von: Ben Aldridge
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Meet Detective Matthew Venn. From Ann Cleeves, the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Vera Stanhope and Shetland's Jimmy Perez, The Long Call is the number one bestselling first novel in the Two Rivers series.

Read by Ben Aldridge, star of ITV's hit TV adaptation.

'Clever, compassionate and atmospheric, with a great cast of new characters to love' – Elly Griffiths, author of The Frozen People

North Devon. Where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too.

Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose.

A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.

Finding the killer is Venn’s only focus, and his team’s investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there.

'Stunning' – David Baldacci, author of The 6:20 Man

'Another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story' – The Times

'One of Britain's best crime writers' – Daily Express

The Long Call is the first entry in the Two Rivers series. Continue the mysteries with The Heron's Cry.

This audiobook is an updated recording by Ben Aldridge.

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As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves’ latest. She easily exceeded those expectations with The Long Call. Matthew Venn is a keeper. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter (David Baldacci, author of The 6:20 Man)
Had me hooked — a promising beginning to another fine chapter in the Ann Cleeves story
Clever, compassionate and atmospheric, with a great cast of new characters to love. I am already a Matthew Venn fan (Elly Griffiths, author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries)
A triumph that cements Cleeves' status as one of Britain's best crime writers
Brilliant, thoughtful and deeply engaging (Sara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author of the V.I. Warshawski series)
Brilliant - a page-turning and sensitively told tale, with a vividly evoked North Devon setting, a powerful emotional heft and a new detective hero in Matthew Venn who you will want to follow for book after book. Wonderful! (Chris Ewan, bestselling author of Safe House)
Ann Cleeves’ new series gets off to a terrific start with The Long Call – her native Devon is wonderfully evoked, and Matthew Venn is a very appealing new detective. Another sure-fire hit (Martin Edwards, author of Gallows Court)
Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot
The troubled Venn is a great protagonist, and Cleeves may well have created her next top TV cop
A traditional mystery of the best sort
Unputdownable series debut! With an evocative setting, a gripping plot, and beautifully drawn characters, The Long Call is a terrific read—and Matthew Venn is my new favorite detective (Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author of Garden of Lamentations)
Who knew there could be a third detective as compelling as Vera and Jimmy? Matthew Venn is a triumph of Cleeves’ particular blend of compassion and toughness and I already love him (Catriona McPherson, national bestselling author of Strangers at the Gate)
Ann Cleeves has done it again! A new detective, a new series, another terrific puzzle of a story that won’t let you go until the very end. Matthew Venn quickly earns his place beside Vera and Jimmy in a debut you don’t want to miss: The Long Call (Charles Todd, bestselling author of The Black Ascot )
In The Long Call, Ann Cleeves builds a prism of a world, multi-faceted, complex, and as brilliant as a diamond. Fans of Vera and Jimmy will love Matthew Venn (Lori Rader-Day, author of The Death of Us)
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der Sprecher keine Rollen spricht. Er liest einigermaßen lebendig vor, aber immer gleich. Es ist fast unmöglich für mich, so zu wissen, wer spricht. Man müsste sich die vielen Namen aufschreiben und Notizen dazu machen, und das habe ich nicht gemacht - einfach durchgehört und am Ende war irgendjemand schuldig. Die Geschichte ist bestimmt sehr gut und treu im Stil von Anne Cleeves.

Schwer zu folgen, weil

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As usual with Ann Cleeves it’s a well written crime mystery with a good plot. And I like the new team. It’s not a stereotypical detective duo, but something fresh and interesting dynamics and it speaks to Ann Cleeves writing that all of her series have very different detectives. I am looking forward to getting to know the characters better in the next books. Very surprised to read that some people thought the book confusing or involving too many characters. It’s really not in any way more challenging than any other book meant for adults and not little children and you wouldn’t want little children to listen to this due to the themes of murder and other horrible crimes (I am vague to avoid spoilers). The speaker is decent, though not outstanding. I think they hired the actor of the tv series (I haven’t seen it) and he does a decent job, but it’s not quite on the level of truly outstanding audio book speakers,

Great start for a new series

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Tolle Geschichte, ungemein einschläfernd gelesen. Mit der düsteren, depressiven immer gleichen Stimmlage kam ich nicht zurecht. Abgebrochen. Schade um das tolle Buch!

Geschichte top, gelesen flop

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Ich habe mich leider über die gesamte Dauer des Hörbuches nicht richtig in die Geschichte einfühlen können. Für meinen Geschmack waren es zu viele Charaktere. Obwohl der Sprecher eine angenehme Stimme hat, fiel es mir schwer die Charaktere, die er sprach, zu unterscheiden, wodurch ich immer wieder den Faden verloren habe.
Der Plot an sich hat mich auch nicht überzeugt.

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