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Against the Tide: An Exciting British Crime Thriller

Inspector Ian Drake Murder Mystery Series, Book 3

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Against the Tide: An Exciting British Crime Thriller

By: Stephen Puleston
Narrated by: Richard Elfyn
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A fisherman lies dead. A beautiful girl is strangled. Can Detective Drake uncover the secrets that connect them?

Welsh Inspector Ian Drake is back on duty, but struggles as he comes to terms with his father’s death. When a fisherman is found impaled on the sand in a small island community, Drake comes up against a wall of silence.

When a young girl is killed, Drake is stumped by the motive for her death. But with lots of money at stake with the development of a nearby nuclear power station, Drake believes there are powerful forces at work.

Images recovered from a computer suggest a more sinister motive behind the deaths, and when one of the suspects commits suicide, the pressure mounts on Drake. And how far will people go to protect their way of life and language?

Can he expose the truth and catch the killer...or killers?

Against the Tide is the third book in the dynamic Inspector Drake crime series. If you like police procedurals, clever mysteries, and gripping thrillers, then you’ll love Stephen Puleston’s unnerving whodunit.

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This is the third DI Drake book, and I think it’s my favourite so far. This time DI Drake has more than his share of problems. He is still grieving for the death of his father, his marriage appears to be on the rocks and his OCD is getting worse. Then on top of this there is a serial killer on the loose on Anglesey and DI Drake is the officer in charge.

Once again Stephen Puleston delivers an exciting page-turner with a cracking plot and fantastic characters. I enjoyed Drake's development in this book. When I read the first book in the series I wasn’t sure I liked him very much, but he has definitely grown on me. The plot is quite intricate and there’s quite a big cast of characters to get your head around but it’s a real page-turner. Nd of course the setting of Anglesey plays a big part in the book. This is a cracking police procedural and I’m looking forward to the next in the series.

I listened to the Audible version, which once again was narrated superbly by Richard Elfyn.

Superb

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This is the 4th Inspector Drake mystery I’ve read, the 3 published full length novels on audio and the short story ‘Devil’s Kitchen’. This series goes from strength to strength and I absolutely raced through Against the Tide in just over 48 hours. Ian Drake is, after 3 books, a character I feel I’m getting to know and I do think he’s a really rounded character—we really see in this book the toll his rituals take on his personal life and I enjoyed how this storyline interacted with the case under investigation. And what a case it was, a couple of grizzly murders, multiple suspects, interference from civil servants and journalists and lots of red herrings to keep me guessing.

Lastly, I really do feel that Stephen Puleston the author and Narrator Richard Elfyn are the perfect match! I could listen to Richard’s wonderful Welsh accent reading the phone book—and he really brings these stories to life. I hope more books in this series make it to audio very soon.

Wonderful Welsh murder mystery

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Great characters, Brilliant story. Brilliant narration. All set in Wales. An original story line. Excellent book.

Excellent Audio Book

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This is the first Puleston book I've listened to. It is well written and despite not having read earlier novels in the series the characters are nuanced enough and round enough in this book to still be thoroughly enjoyable. The reader managed all the Welsh with great ease and added to the enjoyment. It is well worth a listen and gets 5 stars for keeping me entertained.

Thoroughly enjoyed

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This is the third outing for Inspector Ian Drake. This time the action centres around the small, tightly knit, rural communities on the island of Anglesey.
Inspector Drake is struggling with his worsening OCD, his failing marriage and the recent death of his father. He then finds himself enmeshed in a series of murders that may or may not be related. Drake and his team have a plethora of suspects and motives and face a race against the clock before the killer strikes again.
I enjoyed this third book in the series more than the previous two, (which were both very good I might add!), because I felt the writing was tighter and the tension was ratcheted up, especially near the end. The enjoyment was enhanced by the consummate narration from Richard Elfyn, who managed “upper class English twit” as realistically as Angleseyian(?) Welsh dialect.
I look forward to reading Drake book 4 and thoroughly recommend the series.

A fast paced, enjoyable Welsh thriller

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