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Silent Predator

By: Tony Park
Narrated by: Mark Davis
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In a luxury private safari lodge in Kruger National Park, Detective Sergeant Tom Furey has just woken to a protection officer's worst nightmare. The VIP in his charge, British government minister, Robert Greeves, has been abducted. Knowing his career is on the line, Furey vows not to stop searching until Greeves is found - dead or alive. He and his South African counterpart, Inspector Sannie van Rensburg, go against official orders and start the hunt for the kidnappers through the outer limits of the national park, to the coastal waters of Mozambique. Increasingly drawn to Tom, Sannie can't resist involving herself in his dangerous mission, even risking her job to help him.©2008 Tony Park. (P)2009 Bolinda Publishing Suspense Thriller & Suspense Africa Fiction

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Kruger National Park in north-western South Africa is the beautiful and explosive setting for Silent Predator, Tony Park’s thriller of kidnapping and exotic adventure. Australian actor Mark Davis provides the swarthy voice that carries the listener through the big game park all the way to the dangerous waters of Mozambique. Park, who in real life maintains a tent with his wife in the Kruger, knows his territory well.

The story focuses on Detective Sergeant Tom Furey and his high-stakes search for a kidnapped government official. He is joined in the hunt by Sannie van Rensburg, a sexy and driven inspector who is drawn to Furey with a fury. Together, Sanni and Tom must fight predators from the human to the reptilian and more.

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, it was an interesting story

What was one of the most memorable moments of Silent Predator?

sadly a negative one, the narration is terrible, in particular in the grasp of the South African accent and place names. Rather stick to an english accent, than try a South African accent that is so false.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Absolutely no grasp of a typical South African accent. I cringe every time i hear the narrator attempt it.

Did Silent Predator inspire you to do anything?

no

Any additional comments?

If a book is written in a specific country, and includes characters from that country, get an english speaking narrator from that country to present the book.

Good book, terrible narration

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Good story line and I did listen to the end but if one lives in South Africa the mispronunciations of places and some of the accents are extremely Grating. The Afrikaans accent is real with some Afrikaner’s but when it was also used for a black officer, I couldn’t believe it. And the speech for the main female role sounded like a man with a truly rough accent which simply didn’t lend itself to a female. My suggestion would be to rather read this one!

Enjoyable once you can get past the performance

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I really enjoyed the book... but the reading unfortunately was not good. The accents were a disaster! The "afrikaner" accent was not convincing (to an ex-South African)and many afrikaans words, place names, etc. were not correctly pronounced. Also the fact that black africans had the same accent as afrikaners shows a completely lack of understanding...
Despite all of this, I really enjoyed the book and would have probably given it a rare 5 if the reader had not detracted and distracted. Pity they could not have found a reader familiar with the various South African accents.

(By the way his Scottish accent was not convincing either...and he mispronounced certain regular english words too..)
Tony Park if you want me to listen to another of your books please change readers, though I am not sorry I listed to this one.



Great book, enjoyable, despite the poor reading

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Being a South African I found the pronunciation of the Afrikaans words cringe worthy. It grated every nerve.

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This was my first Tony Park book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The narration was lively. The storyline held my attention and took a number of unanticipated twins. A bit predictable as each new twist on folded but overall good characterization, interesting plot, and good narrator.

Lots of twists and a realistic African setting

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Great listen for those who enjoy a thrilling ride of ups and down. Danger around every corner.

Great listen! Very thrilling

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This was an outstanding book. The story is captivating and never boring. Tony Park needs to write more.

An outstanding listen.

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I'm keen finishing the book but in many years of listening to audio books, I'm not able to ignore the poor narration. If you live in South Africa, you won't recognise the Afrikaans accent and the miss pronunciation of countless words. The author, not being South African, would probably not have picked up on this either.

I'll rather buy the printed version

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I really enjoyed the book, as positive criticism please find a Afrikaans and Xhosa speaking person to help the narrator with pronunciations of the ingenious languages, overall the narrator was very good

Brilliant

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I was on the edge of my seat for most of this book, as with all the others. I loved all the Kruger scenes the how he brought these beautiful true life locations to life in Silent predator.
Mark Davis has a great voice and is an excellent narrator, but I do wish that he could have been trained a bit in afrikaans prononciation of the names and phrases used. Still, I was spellbound.

Another thrilling read

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