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  • Bloodhounds

  • Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 4
  • By: Peter Lovesey
  • Narrated by: Michael Healy
  • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (299 ratings)

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Bloodhounds

By: Peter Lovesey
Narrated by: Michael Healy
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Publisher's summary

A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in Bath within hours of each other. As he investigates, Inspector Peter Diamond discovers that both the person who found the stamp and the victim belong to the Bloodhounds, an elite group of mystery lovers, who now urge Diamond to bring the murderer to justice. But there's a hitch: the body lies inside a padlocked houseboat and the only key is in the pocket of a man with an airtight alibi.

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Critic reviews

"Lovesey demonstrates that his embrace of crime fiction reaches from John Dickson Carr to Andrew Vachss as he skillfully pays homage to the old style whodunit in this thoroughly modern mystery." ( Publishers Weekly)

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terrible narrator...pompous., editorial reading to

terrible narrator... as if he's editing story as he reads... good story... could barely listen
as narrator didn't appear to be listening himself to what he was reading

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Love Peter Diamond!

Good detective story! I appreciated each character as they were well-developed. Had me guessing up to the end.

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New narrator but still enjoyable!

I was disappointed when I realized that the book was narrated by someone other than Simon Pebble. Diamond's voice was different and, initially, I felt out of sync with the story. But then I noticed that Michael Healy's narration is different but not unenjoyable. He has a style very similar to Neil Gaiman's narration. I love everything that Gaiman narrates and I found myself loving Pebble's style as well
The story itself is my favorite so far.

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Needed a different narrator

I really wanted to enjoy this book at least somewhere near as much as I had the first three. Numerous reviewers warned that the narrator ruined the book but I listened to the sample and decided to chance it. What a frustrating experience. While parts of the narration were pleasant enough, the voicing of Peter Diamond was characterless, uninteresting and usually hard to differentiate from several of the other male characters. The ending came across as abrupt and flat. Perhaps this was not Peter Lovesey's best writing but it is hard to tell with such an unsympathetic reading. Much as I would like to read all of the series, I will be skipping over the rest of those read by this narrator and hoping that the gap in continuity will not put me off the series entirely. Such a shame.

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Bloodhounds

This story is very lame its missing intensity
From the beginning.I hope the Peter Diamond series are not all like this.

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Bring back Simon Prebble as narrator

Lovesey always great but only Prebble brings Diamond to life. Healy pales in comparison. No characterization.

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Thoroughly enjoyed!

I enjoyed this book immensely, like its predecessors. I will most likely delve into all 17! Thank you for this most enjoyable series!

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Disappointing

I loved the first three novels and narration. It was difficult to finish this book because of the narrator and I’ll avoid listening to another narration by him. I feel cheated. I shouldn't even review the book, the narrator colored my perception that much. It seemed slow and repetitive.

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Oh no! The reader! I cannot listen to another word

What did you like best about Bloodhounds? What did you like least?

The reader's inflection is not remotely related to what he is saying. It is sing-song and boring

Who was your favorite character and why?

Cannot listen to enough to say

What didn’t you like about Michael Healy’s performance?

Everything!

Did Bloodhounds inspire you to do anything?

Find another book to listen to.

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Finally!

Believe it or not, I've just finished reading Bloodhounds; it took me 26 long days. I felt the book was overly long and somewhat complicated to keep the facts straight.

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