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  • Ghost in the Machine

  • DC Scott Cullen Crime Series, Book 1
  • By: Ed James
  • Narrated by: Dave Gillies
  • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (68 ratings)

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Ghost in the Machine

By: Ed James
Narrated by: Dave Gillies
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Publisher's summary

Caroline Adamson's future is looking up...until her mutilated body is found. Her ex-husband is the main suspect. But when one murder becomes three, Edinburgh faces up to the fact that it might have a serial killer in its midst.

Could the answer lie with Schoolbook, the latest social media craze to hit the city? DCI Cullen is determined to prove himself and equally determined to find justice.

©2017 Ed James (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd
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A good beginning

Think I’ll stick around for more. The DCI being a “ blow hot, blow cold” mental case was a trial but I liked it enough overall to get the next one. I wasn’t sure about the narrator at first and that can be a dealbreaker. But the low voice for Cullen grew on me as things progressed. And his women sounded womanly. A definite plus. Oh and the mystery was interesting. 😊

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Technology has overtaken the plot

This would have been a very interesting plot 7-8 years ago when detectives were not expected to be familiar with the concept of IP addresses and when the laptop of a woman murdered at home was not automatically taken for forensics examination. The bread crumbs of technology clues would have been long solved by today’s 12-year-olds.

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Great read...Don’t miss this one!

Great characters and a thrilling ride! Ed James is a terrific storyteller and edge of your seat ending. For those who love crime thrillers don’t miss out.

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Baine

hope the character Baine is not in the following books. I found it difficult listening to the way he treated people who worked under him. I know that's just the story. but not for me.

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Bain Book

The character Bain is performed perfectly. funny stuff. kind of a crude bunch of characters and juvenile sex references.

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I hope cops aren’t this dumb

I read/listen to a lot of detective books and how a person can make detective without knowing what an IP address or having to be explained the simplest of detective skills throughout was tedious to listen to and far fetched. It was tough to get through

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Good story but the narration not so much

The story was good and I thought I had another series by this author to get into. It was all I could do to finish it as the narrator was, in my opinion very difficult to listen to. It wasn’t as noticeable when the characters were actually speaking, but you can hear every breath he takes and also there’s a odd unnatural cadence to his voice when he is just speaking, not as a character, but merely narrating the text. It has a funny breath quality like it’s supposed to be suspenseful when the content isn’t suspenseful at that moment at all. Difficult to describe, but I barely made it through it and won’t be listening to anymore books by this narrator.

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I was disappointed

Maybe the book is better but the audible one is not good the Scottish accents are too strong. It is really hard to tell who is talking. I listen to a lot of audio books, this one I would not recommend.

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Book is a decent read and it listen. Can't wait for the next book to come out



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Narration

My only complaint is that the narrator tends to drop his voice during the narration portions making it hard to hear and necessitating volume changing. Conversation potions are fine.

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