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Dead Girl Walking

By: Christopher Brookmyre
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies, Sally Burnett
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Dead Girl Walking is the latest thrilling novel from one of Scotland's most treasured crime writers, as well known in his native country as Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, and Denise Mina. In Dead Girl Walking, Brookmyre has written his most accessible book yet - a thrilling story of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and murder.

Life is dangerous when you have everything to lose. Famous, beautiful, and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then, one day, she simply vanishes. Meanwhile journalist Jack Parlabane has lost everything: his career, his marriage, his self-respect. A call for help from an old friend offers a chance for redemption - but only if he can find out what happened to Heike. Pursued by those who would punish him for past crimes, Parlabane enters the secret-filled world of Heike's band, Savage Earth Heart, a group at the breaking point. Each of its members seems to be hiding something - not least its newest recruit, Monica Halcrow, whose alleged relationship with Heike has become a public obsession. Monica's own story, however, reveals a far darker truth. Fixated on Heike from day one, she has been engulfed by paranoia, jealousy, and fear as she discovers the hidden price of fame. From Berlin to Barcelona, from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands, Parlabane must dredge up old secrets to find Heike before it's too late.

©2015 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
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Obnoxious Narration

Upon previewing the story, I thought I might find the narrator’s fake accent endearing. A few hours into the book, all I can hear are hints of a bad Italian accent coming through and find myself distracted from the story because of it. Suffice it to say this missed the mark for me. Gonna have to pick up a print version to finish it!

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Great listen…

Live the Scottish narrators and an excellent story all around. I rarely listen to male Authors but Christopher really nailed it.

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Accent

The narrator’s accent is so thick that attempting to make sense of his speech removes any pleasure from listening. Audible should make note of non native English speakers as narrators.

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caricature accent makes almost unlistenable

Matthew Lloyd Davies (who isn't Scottish and who is otherwise good) insists on using a cartoonish over the top Scottish accent that is terrible. I'm American but have visited Scotland and listened to close to 50 Scottish audiobooks and this is atrocious. It's hard to listen to. I'm reminded of Groundskeeper Willie combined with every bad stereotype Aberdonian accent I've ever heard. This would make one of Ian Rankin's masterworks awful. This is my first exposure to Brookmyre and it's really hard to even judge the story since I hated the male performance so much. It is also distracting and odd to have a female read every other chapter, but I'm just so glad to get off the MLD voice I appreciate the change. I think she does a good job.

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