DARK IS THE GRAVE

Dark Is The Grave by TG Reid
Book 1 in the DCI Bone series
Narrated by Steve Worsley
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook

About Dark Is The Grave:

A dead cop. A damaged detective. A copycat killer on the loose.

When the chief suspect in the notorious Peek-a-boo cop killer case blew himself up, almost taking lead investigator DCI Duncan Bone with him, the psychologically damaged detective thought his days on the force were over. But when another PC is abducted and murdered in the same deranged Peek-a-boo fashion, Bone is persuaded to return to lead the new investigation. But as Bone and his team hunt a copycat killer, and with time running out before yet another cop is slain, Bone’s terrifying past returns to tear open old wounds and push him to very edge of the abyss.

Can DCI Bone end the killing before the killing ends him?

Source: Info in the "About Dark Is The Grave" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58320655-dark-is-the-grave on 23/08/2023.

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My Thoughts:

It took a bit of perseverance on my part to get into this book...

I really need to stop jumping around from book to book. Especially of books of the same genre! When I came back to this book, I had to stop and think... was this the one where the victim's point of view was narrated?... I had to go back a few chapters to remember what was going on with this book... This of course slowed the pace of this book even more. Safe to say that this book is not a fast-paced one despite the convenience of the audiobook format.

Then I was reading A Whisper Of Sorrows by JD Kirk... Same angsty, tortured detective. Same broken marriage. Same whispering serial killer. Only Logan's kills kids while Bone's kills cops. Same difference...

The manuscript that Steve Worsley was reading is not the same as the ebook that kindle sold me, i.e., on page 241 of 312 in the ebook, I read "Walker" but I hear "Rhona" in the audiobook... I really do not like that!

Quantitative Evaluation:

Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (6 hrs and 48 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries

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Meet The Author

About TG Reid:

TG Reid is a bestselling British crime novelist. His DCI Bone Scottish detective series has topped the Amazon charts in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Since publication of Book 1 in the series, Dark is the Grave, in 2021, he has sold over 250,000 books and surpassed 30 million page reads on Kindle Unlimited.

This bestselling series continues to grow from strength to strength, with many more books still to come, and plans to adapt DCI Bone for TV. Sign up to the author’s mailing list to keep informed about future release dates, giveaways, and exclusives.

TG Reid grew up in his native Scotland and the DCI Bone series is set in and around his hometown, among the brooding hills and glens of Scotland’s Campsie Fells. After working as a musician and English lecturer, TG turned to full-time writing and has never looked back. He now lives in Bath with his wife, daughter and hyper-neurotic cat.

TG Reid’s books will appeal to readers who enjoy dark, atmospheric, edge-of-you-seat mysteries with added touches of Scottish humour.

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The Narrator

About Steve Worsley:

Professional performer based in central Scotland. I am the voice of the Logan MacRae audio books by Stuart MacBride and a founder member of award winning improvised comedy troupe Men With Coconuts. I have developed a steadily rising reputation as a voice over artist and audio book narrator and this is an area which I would very much like to explore further.

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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.