Season of Darkness Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Maureen Jennings (Author), Tom Craig (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War.

Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector.

Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one of these young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler is almost glad for the challenge; he has been fretting for some time about the dullness of policing in a rural community. In addition, a former lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down; his soldier son seems utterly changed by his experience at Dunkirk; and his 16-year-old daughter is unhappy. As he pursues the murderer, Tyler finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind.

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10 hours and 12 minutes
Author

Maureen Jennings
Narrator

Tom Craig
Audible release date

June 19, 2012
Language

English
Publisher

Audible Studios
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B008CLSG78
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Unabridged
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Product details

Listening Length	10 hours and 12 minutes
Author	Maureen Jennings
Narrator	Tom Craig
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	June 19, 2012
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B008CLSG78
Best Sellers Rank	#182,122 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #2,130 in Historical Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) #8,713 in Historical Thrillers (Books) #10,880 in Historical Mystery

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Good addition to a collection.

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2022

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I found this book fascinating and very enjoyable. For fans of mystery and life like reading, but a novel, not true crime, this is splendid. A good addition to my library!

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Authentic background and characters

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2011

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Maureen Jennings has done her homework and created a genuine and likeable detective and his staff.
The atmosphere of rural Britain following the retreat from Dunkirk draws the reader in and makes for an unforgettable novel with every character described in believable detail. The mystery is maintained until the final chapters. Let us hope she is at work on another book in the series!

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John F Parsons

This is the first Tom Tyler book I've read and ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016

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This is the first Tom Tyler book I've read and it won't be the last. Maureen Jennings has mastered all the arts of misdirection and intrigue without ever playing unfair with her readers. I particularly appreciate her description of the rigours that my British parents and grandparents must have faced during the dark days of WW2.

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Kathleen B Jensen

WWII in England

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2013

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Jennings portrayal of murder in a small English village coping with the rigors of rationing and loss keeps the reader engrossed in the characters and plot of this mildly entertaining whodunnit. The perspective of the detective in charge allows us to feel a certain empathy for his family and for the privations of the British people during the war years.

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Patrick D. Burke

Murdoch is da bomb

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2013

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There is little sense asking me to review Maureen Jennings Murdoch stories. I love them.
They are gripping, realistic and as far from tiresome CSI stuff as you can get. Yes, crime was solved in those days before those folks using flashlights when they could simply used the wall-switch to turn on the light, or even pulled the drapes back dominated the genre, at least on TV.
It involved using grey matter, strange as that may seem. (Shades of H. Poirot)
Jennings portrays that beautifully.

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Betsy

Could have been better

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014

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Interesting story. I just wish the author had stuck to the mystery and stopped adding all the romance and personal goings on with the family. Aren't killings and mystery enough without adding other stuff as well?

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S. J. Smith

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2014

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. I liked it much better than I have some of her other books,. It was far less confusing than some of the Murdock Mysteries. I do wish these books had the x-ray future. It would help a great deal.

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DSCSWAW

Good book, but not always easy to relate too.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013

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Ms Jennings has once again given us a fabulous tale! As an American I sometimes have a little trouble understanding a few events and had to identify same references; However for me as a student of WWII I enjoyed having an insight into this period which added to my enjoyment of the story.

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LOIS

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2020

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I have not read it yet but if anything like her other books I am looking forward to it.

Briony Holyoake

Book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2017

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Very well written. She is the author of the Murdoch Mysteries (TV series). This is set in WW2, Tom Tyler, a Detective Inspector. I have only just started this book.....enjoying so far!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2019

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kathryn

seasons of darknes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2013

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absolutely brilliant Maureen Jennings a queen of literature in her own right has the reader gripped from the first page right up until the end, the attention to detail of the era she rights about is superb an enjoyable read for people of all ages who likes a good thriller

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janet hastings

I had read novels by this author previously, namely ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2014

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I had read novels by this author previously, namely the Murdoch mysteries. This was a new main character,but an interesting one.

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