JJ Richards Audiobooks

The DCI Walker Collection: three British police cases gathered in one listen

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.3/5 average

1,468 listener ratings

Who is JJ Richards?

Detective Chief Inspector is a rank with its own gravity in British crime fiction, and putting it on the cover sets expectations at once: procedure, hierarchy, a case that has to be built rather than solved by intuition. JJ Richards writes DCI Walker, and our catalogue holds the first three cases bound together as a single collection.

The shape of that collection is informative. A trio of cases inside nine hours means brisk, tightly plotted instalments rather than sprawling doorstops, the sort of crime writing that keeps its focus on the investigation and trusts the listener to keep up. It is a discipline that suits serial detective fiction, where the pleasure comes from watching a familiar method applied to unfamiliar trouble.

JJ Richards in audiobooks

Well over a thousand ratings have gathered around The DCI Walker Collection, Books 1-3, settling at a solid four and a bit stars. For a box set that is a meaningful figure, since box sets tend to be chosen by people who have already decided they want more, and the score holds up under that scrutiny.

Take it in order. The collection exists precisely so that Walker can be met at the start and followed through three cases without a break, and nine hours makes that a comfortable weekend rather than an undertaking. Crime listeners who like their procedurals lean and British will settle in quickly. The listing below will show you where things stand.