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Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod

By: Caroline Goode
Narrated by: Caroline Goode
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The true story of the police investigation into the 'honour' killing of Banaz Mahmod.

When Rahmat Sulemani reported his girlfriend, Banaz, missing, it quickly became clear to DCI Caroline Goode that something was very wrong. In fact, Banaz had contacted her local police station multiple times before, even listing the names of the men she expected to murder her in a so-called 'honour' killing. Her parents didn't seem worried, but Banaz had already accused them of being part of the plot.

DCI Goode's team took on the investigation before they even had proof that a murder had taken place. What emerged was a shocking story of betrayal and a community-wide web of lies, which would take the team from suburban South London to the mountain ranges of Kurdistan, making covert recordings and piecing together cell phone data to finally bring the killers to justice.

Caroline Goode served for 33 years in the Metropolitan Police in London, England. She retired as a detective superintendent in the Counter Terrorism Command, prior to which she spent 10 years leading in excess of 100 complex murder investigations. After the Banaz case, she went on to train thousands of police officers nationally and internationally in Honour Based Violence Awareness and was awarded the Queens Policing Medal for her work in 2012.

©2020 Caroline Goode (P)2020 W F Howes
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Well worth a listen. Explains HBA very well and the lengths that people will go to for honour. RIP Banaz. X

Brilliant!

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The book was in depth and was very interesting but I would say it could have benefited from a different narrator.

Very sad book but highlights the issues that are commonplace in the Uk.

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Unlike another reviewer, I think that Caroline Goode's reading of her own book gave authenticity to this well-structured police procedure book. No, she's not an actor or a professional audiobook reader but she IS the person who knows this book (and the case) best and I really liked listening knowing that this was the woman responsible for it.
It is an outrageous case about an honour-based murder - something I knew nothing about until now. I thought it was perpetrated by disgruntled husbands, but now know it to be so much more that involves whole communities. Shockingly though, it is about parents who cared more about their standing in the community than the unconditional parental love they should have for their children.
A brilliant, depressing listen.

Police procedure with a personal touch

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What a lady and what a case. Down to the dedication of Caroline and her wonderful team, that justice was served for Banaz. What a brave lady too who deserved to be recognised. I am privileged to work alongside the author, and her level of care and compassion, professionalism and dedication is astounding still.

Sobering

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Wasn’t sure at first when I heard Caroline speak that she had a voice for audio… I was wrong, you could hear the passion for this case in her voice! Utterly heartbreaking and incomprehensible that a family could treat their own flesh and blood with such disregard. Being the mother a daughter, the mothers actions are beyond belief, Reading this made me realise there are some good police out there doing amazing work! Well done to the whole team - Honour killings are horrific and need to be stopped!

Heartbreaking!

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