Dark Game

Detective Kelly Porter, Book 1

By: Rachel Lynch

Narrated by: Clare Kissane

The thrilling first audiobook in the best-selling DI Kelly Porter series.

After a scandal forces DI Kelly Porter out of the Met, she returns home to the Lake District. Crimes in the Cumbrian constabulary tend to be minor, but Kelly begins work on a cold case that shocked the local community - the abduction and brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl.

Meanwhile, Kelly is also investigating two seemingly straightforward crimes: a case involving an illegal immigrant and a robbery following the death of a local businessman. But evidence comes to light that reveals a web of criminal activity beyond anything Kelly imagined. Behind the veneer of sleepy, touristy towns lies a dark and dangerous underworld.

As Kelly threatens to expose those with much to lose, she risks paying the ultimate price to get to the truth....

©2018 Rachel Lynch (P)2019 Rachel Lynch

Enjoyable and intricate

A complex police procedural with a strong female lead. Although only the first book this series seems somewhat similar to works by Joy Elilis. Good narration.

A Gritty Thriller

The author is excellent at creating detailed descriptions particularly in gruesome scenes. There is a lot of extreme violence and human depravity in the novel, but justice is served in the end. The novel is non-stop action and the main character shows promise for development as the series continues.

I love British police procedurals.

This is good. You like the characters and it takes you through the story. It’s always a fight at the end of course! Female detective, back up is minutes behind. It is a formula and one that I enjoy. No spoilers because every novel finishes this way. The spoilers are how the criminal mastermind worked.

Enjoyable listen - bit grisly at times

Followed the format of many others of this genre but a bit more hard core at times. Very enjoyable overall

Grit

I liked the grit shown by the female detective. The story was credible and engaging Narrator was bearable but a bit monotonous.

Good read. Ignore the bad reviews.

I almost didn't buy this due to all the 1 star reviews and the "too gorey" comments.
Good grief.
Ignore those.
Those people apparently are ultra sensitive and don't read a lot of mystery/police procedural type books, UK based or elsewhere.
Rachel Lynch does a great job crafting a story. DI Kelly Porter is a well developed character, and it is certainly worth picking up this book.
If you like authors like Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza, or the crime drama "Vera" you will like this book.
Nothing in this book is anywhere near what the ultra-sensitive reviews would lead you to believe.
Just buy it.

3

We've met these bad guys in so
many movies and boks. And the good guys seem so familiar. It is still a good listen.

Very complex and detailed

I just want to start by saying that I didn't hate the book. I actually liked it however it had a very complex story and so many characters that I frequently got lost. There was a lot of unnecessary detail that added to the story if you like that kind of thing but was offensive if you didn't.

This particular book definitely was a book... something to be read when you had a spare moment. It was not like an immersive story that you felt a part of it. I'll listened to to it while I was driving but I took me two weeks to complete because I didn't feel like I had to come back to it to find out what happened. I've not decided yet if I will get any of the other books in the series.

Enjoyed it

I enjoyed this book. The narrator should read more books. Story line was intense. I'd recommend

Interesting Read

Overall, this is a good read and the story is interesting, however I definitely could have done without the animal cruelty description. I enjoyed it a lot, except I just wish the climax at the end was not so clumsily constructed. An experienced police officer, especially an unarmed British cop, would not be so foolish as to initiate the trouble. It made no sense. Her reasoning for what she did was actually caused and set in motion by her, not prevented. Huh? However, I think it’s a series worth continuing and I’m looking forward to the next one.