
The Low Road
The McLaren Mysteries, Book 16
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Narrated by:
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Callum Hale
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By:
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Jo A. Hiestand
Former police detective Michael McLaren arrives in Scotland, ready to immerse himself in the fun of the Highland Games and to enjoy a holiday with Melanie. But the old saying of plans oft going awry rears its ugly head: Simon Shaw, a member of McLaren's folk group, dies. Murdered a year to the day following his uncle's death.
McLaren is determined to find out who killed Simon. Needing justice for his friend is only half of his incentive. He also needs to appease his guilt for suggesting the group sing there in the first place.
As McLaren becomes immersed in the investigation, he wonders if the two deaths are linked, or have to do with the family or their clan. Perhaps Simon's former wife killed him, bent on revenge more powerful than mere divorce. Or was the killing tied to an old hunt for diamonds? After all, diamonds aren't only a girl's best friend. Sometimes they birth greed and murder. And entrap the innocent.
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Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but in the heart of Scotland, they also lead to murder. In the latest McLaren mystery, we get to travel to Scotland in time for the Highland Games. I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery. The mystery flows at a great pace with intricate descriptive narration. As the list of suspects grew, I was gripped. The ending wrapped everything up nicely. If you love mysteries, you’ll want to listen to this one.
Narrator’s overall voice –
Callum Hale is one of the best narrators I’ve heard and trust me, I’ve heard plenty. His voice creates the descriptions needed to follow the story.
Does the narrator fit the characters?
Callum uses different dialects for each character which is beneficial while listening. Callum also invokes emotion while reading.
Narrator’s reading style –
Callum’s reading style is the perfect tempo, allowing the listener to be fully immersed in the mystery.
Narrator’s impact on reading experience –
Callum makes this an enjoyable listen. Everything from his pacing to the intonation in his voice to the recreation of the characters to the emotive effect on the listener all combine to make this a great performance.
Narrator’s pacing –
Callum’s pacing is lingering in parts, quick in others, on pace with the natural ebbs and flows of the story.
Audiobook flow –
The flow of the audiobook is right in line with the pace of the story.
What makes this audiobook unique –
A solid performance by Callum. He becomes McLaren and Jamie plus all the other characters.
Would I recommend this audiobook –
Yes. Fans of British mysteries will enjoy this one.
My Rating: 5 stars
You'll want to listen to this one!
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Fantastic!!!
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Callum Hale. Again Brilliant. Perfect. His narration, including voices for individual characters enthralled me, as he changed voices between gender, age, even between Scots Brogue and Irish lilt! This amazed me as he stayed true to form throughout the entire work. His pace engaged me immediately. His instincts for tone and inflection was spot on. Many times I felt I was in the cottage with a cup of tea or a scotch participating as a character myself. It was that warm and inviting nature of his voice which carried a reader from the part of a reading enthusiast to feeling as being a part of the story. Sort of a thinning of the veil, eh? In a totally different way than I have experienced before. Bravo to Jo Hieland and Callum Hale. I do not let go of my five stars so easily, but these two creative collaborators earned this!
Bravo!
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Outstanding story!
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Engrossing
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I’ve tried to give you a simple picture of how many characters might be involved in this narration, the band members, McLaren’s family, McLaren’s “soon to be” significant other, members from the Games, etc. Somehow this narrator, Callum Hale, seems to be able to distinguish them all with only a slight inflection of his voice.
As he began to help me know the characters, I could picture them. That “visual” becomes very important when I listen to an audiobook. I tend to lose my concentration unless I can have a sort of scene drawn in my mind. I have to be entertained. Often, narrators seem to drone on and basically put me to sleep.
This narrator’s ability for distinguishing characters and painting descriptions with his voice seems to create the picture I need. How a single person, a narrator, is able to do this is beyond me. There are no fake voices, no silly sounding characters. Each character has his or her own personality. It’s as if the narrator feels the characters as much as I do. I think there are two contributing factors that make this all happen, a very good narrator reading a very good book.
like watching a good British mystery on tv...
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Slow Book
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