Body Language by A. K. Turner
Book 1 in the Cassie Raven series
Narrated by Ellie Kendrick
Genre: paranormal crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
Book 1 in the Cassie Raven series
Narrated by Ellie Kendrick
Genre: paranormal crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
About Body Language:
When the dead are silent, she will be their voice.
Mortuary technician Cassie Raven feels a special bond with the bodies in her care, but when somebody she loved turns up on her autopsy table, her job suddenly gets personal.
Cassie's instincts are screaming foul play, but the police say it was an accident — and uptight detective Phyllida Flyte has no time for a tattooed morgue girl with attitude.
But when Cassie is proved right, she and Flyte must work together to find a murderer — before Cassie ends up on the mortuary slab herself.
Source: Info in the "About Body Language" was taken from amazon on 12/08/2024.
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My Thoughts:
I had to google the police slang, i.e., IC3 = black suspect, and IC1 = white suspect, to understand the book!...
I like the ever very so slight element of paranormal. Like, it was never even there!
Being an urban fantasy geek, I am not used to twisty plot. So, it came as a surprise!
I like the way the story was told. There was no pretence at being bad-ass. But got the crime solved anyway. Bravo!
This is my first Ellie Kendrick audiobook and she brings the book to life! I also appreciate her attempt at a Welsh accent! It came close!
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4.5
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 4
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (11 hrs and 1 min listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4.5
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 4
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (11 hrs and 1 min listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Books In The Cassie Raven Series:
Meet The Author
About A. K. Turner:
A K Turner likes to create memorable characters, throw them into unusual settings, and add a hefty dose of murder and a twisty-turny plot. Her latest book, Body Language, introduces a new kind of forensic heroine - a crime-solving Goth-girl mortuary technician who talks to the dead, a character first launched in two crime shorts aired on BBC Radio 4. A K's previous series, written under the pen name Anya Lipska, starred a London-based Polish fixer who's happy to crack heads to solve crimes - which saw her being selected for Val McDermid's prestigious New Blood Panel at Harrogate Crime Festival in 2012.
A K (aka Ali) lives in East London where she is writing more mortuary-set mysteries. Her day job is producing TV documentaries on true crime and science topics. And just for light relief she is training to be a City of London guide...
The Narrator
About Ellie Kendrick:
Audiobook narrator / voice-over artist
Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank, Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010 revived Upstairs Downstairs, and Meera Reed in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Born: 8 June 1990
FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
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