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  • Candles and Roses

  • A Serial Killer Thriller
  • By: Alex Walters
  • Narrated by: David McCann
  • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (140 ratings)

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Candles and Roses

By: Alex Walters
Narrated by: David McCann
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Summary

DI Alec McKay is a man haunted by the loss of his daughter. As he obsesses over a missing person case that is going nowhere, McKay's investigation is interrupted when bodies start appearing on the Scottish Black Isle. Soon McKay and his team start to identify a disturbing pattern behind the killings.

Why are candles and roses placed around the bodies?

What is this twisted murderer trying to achieve?

While the police follow their own leads, a young woman who discovered the first victim begins an investigation of her own.

As the case unfolds McKay will be forced to face his own demons.

To catch the killer McKay must discover the true motive and untangle the web of truth and lies.

Candles and Roses is the first book in the explosive new DI McKay Series.

©2016 Alex Walters (P)2017 Bloodhound Books
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Disappointing listen.

I struggled to listen to this a good story. I felt sorry for the narrator he struggled to keep his place keep repeating words just read said sorry a couple of times stopping the flow of the story. Shorl surly this could have been edited out before publication. Very disappointing.

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poor editing of a good story

A good story with multiple layers and interesting characters. unfortunately the editing was poor, particularly in chapter 4.

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Dreadful editing, good storyline

Enjoyable story if it weren’t for the awful editing. I think it could have been rated higher by listeners if it wasn’t for the repetitive lines here and there

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The narration was terrible,

The hesitations and mistakes of the narrator were further magnified by the regular repetition of whole phrases. It happened so often I could not decide whether it was a technical fault or the narrator felt the need to irritate the listener with this habit.

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Narration was poor with often repeated lines, stumbling over words then having another go - could have been edited!

Good story,poor narrator. Enough material to edit appropriately but everything left in. First book I paid extra for and worst one I have listened to.

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the narrator is so poor I just about returned this and might yet.
It is an uninteresting and soporific performance, with points of repetition of lines that had me wondering, then it happened more frequently with one point in the story where he stumbled over his lines, apologising he repeated it.
How did this make it past the post production checks?
Amateurish and poorly presented, ruining the experience.

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what a diabolical production of a great book Audible, why haven't you got this book reread. I persisted because I plan to hear the full series. Unfair to be charged for such an appalling production.

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poor editing

the story would have been a lot better had the editor done their job correctly. i lost count of the amount of sentences repeated with the narrator apologising for making a mistake before rereading it. this detracted feom the overall enjoyment.

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Terrible Narration

Really difficult to follow the story because the narration is so bad. Clearly never heard of editing! I’ve enjoyed the authors other books, but I would give this a miss. I preserved because it’s the first in the series and I’m hoping there is a different narrator on the next one!

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Disappointing narration

Narration/ phrasing not good. No editing out of mistakes/ retakes. Enjoyed the storyline though.

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