A Staged Death

Brock & Poole Series, Book 2

By: A.G. Barnett

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

When showbiz gets ugly...

The world of showbiz comes to Bexford when the new series of hit TV show Foul Murder is launched there. Soon, life imitates art as a murder is committed, live on stage.

Luckily, Detective Sergeant Guy Poole and Detective Inspector Sam Brock are in the audience to take charge of the scene.

When it becomes clear that one of their own is the prime suspect, they are determined to help prove his innocence, no matter how annoying he is.

©2018 A.G. Barnett (P)2018 Tantor

Batty actors!

England, law-enforcement, murder, murder-investigation, actors, acting, family-dynamics, friendship, relationships, procedural*****

Another great character driven procedural complete with an embarrassing mum! But it's also a fine procedural trying to do the diligence with a bunch of entitled and batty television actors and a star struck pathologist. Brock and Poole are the best!
Nigel Patterson showcases his talents by differentiating the characters, and his range of accent and tone is really great.

Anticlimactic narration

The plot is interesting. The narrator, however, spoils it most of the time. He sounds flat and, except for a few better moments, appears completely inanimate. As if he were a machine.

Wonderful

What a great story! What a wonderful narrator ! Great plot with a twist at the end. Characters that are authenticate with a sense of humor.

A good entry in the series

We continue the overarching story of Borck & Poole while solving the murder of a television star. The mystery was a bit contrived, but I still enjoyed it.

Nothing special

This is the second of this series that I’ve listened to, and I was hoping it would get better after the first. The characters are so two-dimensional, it’s almost embarrassing to be listening to it. The narrator’s inflections are a bit better than nothing, but still somehow boring. It does pass the time, and the end is a bit interesting.