Nicholas George Audiobooks

A Walk Through England Mystery: village crime along the Devon footpaths

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 3.9/5 average

345 listener ratings

Who is Nicholas George?

Devon, a footpath and a body: A Deadly Walk in Devon tells you what kind of crime writing this is well before the first chapter, and Nicholas George has chosen the setting with care. The English walking holiday is a small closed world of its own, a group thrown together, a route that cannot easily be abandoned, and it makes an excellent frame for a murder.

The series title, A Walk Through England Mystery, promises a sequence organised by geography, each instalment presumably taking a different corner of the country. Our catalogue also files the work under LGBTQ+, a combination that has quietly refreshed the traditional English mystery in recent years without disturbing any of the pleasures that make it work.

Nicholas George in audiobooks

Donald Corren narrates the eight and a half hours, and this is a corner of crime where an assured, unhurried voice does half the work: village mystery relies on atmosphere accumulating rather than on incident arriving.

Several hundred listeners have rated it, settling just under four stars, a fair reflection of a series opener obliged to do a good deal of setting-up alongside its case. Begin here regardless, since the sequence is designed to be walked in order. Anyone who enjoys a mystery with proper scenery and a genuine sense of place will be at home straight away. What is listed below will show you where to go next.