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The Whisper of Legends

An Inspector Green Mystery

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The Whisper of Legends

By: Barbara Fradkin
Narrated by: Ray Chase
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When his teenage daughter goes missing on a summer wilderness canoe trip to the Nahanni River, Inspector Michael Green is forced into unfamiliar territory. Unable to mobilize the local RCMP, he enlists the help of his long-time friend, Staff Sergeant Brian Sullivan, to accompany him to the Northwest Territories to look for themselves. Green is terrified. The park has 30,000 square kilometers of wilderness and 600 grizzlies. Even worse, Green soon discovers his daughter lied to him. The trip was organized not by a reputable tour company but by her new boyfriend, Scott, a graduate geology student. When clues about Scott's past begin to drift in, Green, Sullivan, and two guides head into the wilderness. After the body of one of the group turns up at the bottom of a cliff, they begin to realize just what is at stake.

©2013 Barbara Fradkin (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Wilderness

Editor reviews

Barbara Fradkin's "Inspector Michael Green" is a passionate, justice-driven detective whose saga has earned his creator numerous awards, including the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel from Crime Writers of Canada. In the ninth novel of the series, The Whisper of Legends, Inspector Green finds himself in the isolated wilderness of the Northwest Territories with his missing daughter's suspicious boyfriend. Ray Chase's performance discerns the emotion in a novel that is full of psychological insight (probably due to the author's background in therapy). This pause-resister doesn't need much help from a narrator in the momentum department, but Chase's tension-laden voice takes listeners deep into the drama.
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I wasn't sure about this book in the beginning because the location and geography are so alien to me. However, the unusual storyline and strong descriptions pulled me in. It's well worth a listen . I enjoyed the narration.

Unusual setting

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the setting is unusual, the plot is not a routine police procedural at all, the characters are genuine and the descriptions are good. Definitely worth the listening.

a good, believable adventure.

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Talented reader. However, when reading non-speech text, Mr Chase resorts to whining. What a shame. Needs a good director.

What is it with the moaning and whiny reading!

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Not a bad storyline, good enough to hang in there, but it was spoilt by the descriptive narration. I even speeded it up to try and improve it! His conversations were ok but the breathy, over excited way of reading normal passages was almost enough to stop me listening

Awful narration!

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