New Scotland Yard Mysteries: Murder in Thrall (Audiobook)

from dianaleez

I read the reviews of 'Murder in Thrall' at Amazon before buying the novel; the consensus was 'creepy' yet 'difficult to put down.' I totally concur. Set at Scotland Yard, it's a mystery novel depicting the search for a murderer; the team is a senior detective known throughout the force as 'Holm...

from EadieB

First-year Detective Kathleen Doyle is a plucky Irish redhead. Chief Inspector Michael Acton is a British lord turned cop. He's tall, handsome and enigmatic... to a fault. Acton selects Doyle out of the newbie squad to partner with him on a series of investigations because she always knows when s...

from Kathy89

This was an audiobook and the reader did a fabulous job with Doyle's Irish brogue making the character more enchanting. I agree with previous reviews of Acton's behavior as creepy, stalkerish and hovering. Doyle thinks that they are good for each other excusing his over-protective monitoring of h...

from jamespurcell

Nice start for what should be an interesting series. DC Doyle is assigned to Lord Acton's team at New Scotland Yard. Her perceptions of truths vs lies are sufficiently acute to make her a real asset during interviews. Early days on the team and investigating a seemingly ordinary killing at a race...

from MM_Jones

The case itself was quite interesting, but I almost put the book away in disgust in the beginning at the subservience of the Doyle character; instead of seeing herself as intelligent or skilled, she wonderingly refers to a gift. But perhaps that was a red herring. Overall I enjoyed the story and...