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The Coffin Trail
- Author
- Martin Edwards
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 2.0 (1 review)
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2⭐️= Below Average.
I was really looking forward to reading this one, so I’m a little disappointed that I’ve been left feeling flat.
I thought that it would be an intense crime read but it was family drama top heavy. It’s lovely to get a bit of back story on your main characters, but this one took so long to get to any criminal activity that it kind of turned off my enthusiasm.
I can’t say that I loved the narrator either, as felt it was a little over exaggerated at times.
This is only #1 in this series though so I’m maybe being a little harsh.
I have visited The Lake District many times- it’s a place of outstanding beauty. Did this book do it justice? Maybe not.
If you’re fine with a slow crime read, this might be for you.Julie7 2026-05-04
Details
- Author
- Martin Edwards
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Duration
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9781399141185
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
- Rating
- 2.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 2.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Oxford historian Daniel Kind and his partner Miranda both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy a cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic valley in the Lake District. But though they hope to live the dream, the past soon catches up with them. Tarn Cottage was once home to Barrie Gilpin, suspected of a savage murder. A young woman's body was found on the Sacrifice Stone, an ancient pagan site up on the fell, but Barrie died before he could be arrested. Daniel has personal reasons for becoming fascinated by the case and for believing in Barrie's innocence. When the police launch a cold case review, Brackdale's skeletons begin to rattle and the lives of Daniel and DCI Hannah Scarlett become strangely entwined.
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