Buried on the Fens

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Summary

A skeleton is found in a shallow grave in the churchyard. But this was not an official burial.

The victim was murdered decades ago. At the same time, Detective Nikki Galena and her team are investigating the brutal slaying of local businesswoman Madeline Prospero. She was a member of an exclusive and secretive drinking club called The Briar Patch. But they've got no suspects and no one is telling them the truth.

Meanwhile, the buried skeleton leads them on a trail to the village of Quintin Eaudyke. This is a troubled place. In the late 70s and 80s a reign of terror and abuse was unleashed on the close-knit population. When more women from The Briar Patch come under threat, Nikki faces a race against time to stop more murders.

Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you in suspense until its heart-stopping conclusion.

Buried on the fens

Wrong accents

The narrators accents ruined the book for me as none seemed to be from the area where it was set. The whole Lesbian theme was over worked and felt contrived beyond belief. The author’s repetitive use of so and so “ran their hand through their wavy / straight / curly / wiry / spiky / balding / red / brown / auburn / blond etc hair ad nauseam was really irritating and desperately needs a good editor to get rid of that sort of nonsense. The story started well but due to the multitude of characters, it lost its way and the end was contrived and rushed. Disappointing overall.

excellent as always. Always enjoy Joys stories. <br />

Ruined by comedy voices

I try to avoid books performed by this narrator having had bad experiences with her interpretation in the past, but this one slipped under the radar. Oh dear. While her own speaking voice is quite pleasant she simply can't do accents and I wish she wouldn't try. Every character sounds as though they have escaped from a children's comedy series. There are the high squeaky ones and the bumbling yokels. This makes the characters completely unbelievable and destroys any atmosphere in what should be a tense crime story. In future I will be much more careful to check the narrator, If it's Henrietta Meire I won't be buying.

Good story

This is another good story from Joy Ellis, and mainly well told, but several times the reader mispronounces pretty ordinary words and terms which makes the recording feel slightly amateurish and breaks the spell a bit.

Complicated!

I wouldn't say that I didn't enjoy this, it just wasn't quite as enjoyable as the previous ones. I found the story and number of characters quite complicated, which meant I kept having to replay parts. At times I found sections tedious. Luckily I love the main characters and setting and so still enjoyed the book overall.

A very good listen.

Spent a few years on the fens so it was nice to hear about the bigger towns.

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Mark Hancock

22-03-18

Great combination of author & narrator

Much like the work of Peter Grainger & Timothy Hallinan, I jump at the next book Joy Ellis writes. As with the rest of the books in this series, Ms Ellis does an excellent job of building characters I care about. Henrietta Meier does a fabulous job and distinctly narrates each character without “blending” vocal traits, a genuine feat and something many narrators don’t manage as well. I’m glad the producers have continued to work with Ms Meier with the works of Joy Ellis. Now if only Audible will get the rest of Ms Ellis’s works....

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Wayne

21-03-18

One of my favorite police procedural series!

All novels in the DI Nikki Galena series by British author Joy Ellis are excellent. Buried on the Fens continues Ms. Ellis' record of only releasing great novels. All 7 of the series novels are standalone and can be listened to in any order. The setting is in an area of the east coast of England north of London known as the fens. (A fen is a low marshy area that frequently floods. During the 17th century steps were taken including building dikes to turn the area into agricultural land.)

I have nothing to add to the excellent publisher's summary except to comment that an unusual forensic tool was used to identify the killer. British actress Henrietta Meire narrates this series in the clipped accent of the fens area. Her narration never disappoints.

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4 out of 5 stars

Elisabeth Carey

23-01-19

Another great Nikki Galena mystery

DI Nikki Galena, Detective Sergeant Joe Easter, and the team are juggling two murders--a recent, bloody murder of a prominent, successful, local businesswoman, and the newly discovered, unofficial grave of a man believed to have drowned himself thirty years ago.

It's not good, especially since they're understaffed--and moreover, Joseph is being stressed and distracted by his ex-wife, Laura.

The businesswoman, Madeline Prospero, was a member of a secretive drinking club, the Briar Patch, and this proves to be a problem. Many of the women are lesbians, and very prominent and well-connected--and still in the closet. Legalizing same-sex marriage didn't make sexism and homophobia disappear. Nikki is under orders to be very careful with all of them, and not to question some of them at all.

The thirty-year-old skeleton unearthed in the church graveyard is surely less urgent, right?

Except strange things start happening around his grave. The children he was believed to have molested, all those years ago, are still improbably affected; not one of them seems to have moved past it at all.

Then more murders happen, some connected to the Briar Patch, some seemingly related to the old skeleton. Are the two cases connected?

This is seventh in a series, but I think it can be followed and enjoyed out of order. Nikki and Joseph, Joseph and his ex-wife and daughter, and the various team members continue to grow and develop in their relationships. It's a rich, lived-in community of people, and the story moves and is interesting.

Recommended.

I bought this audiobook.

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JP

20-06-18

Love this series

I like the setting, characters, and narration. I think the series is generally great overall. Thought that the lesbian aspect in this book was unnecessary and merely follows the current trend in pop culture. I am moving on to the next book in the series.

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alma

06-06-20

"Buried Emotions, Buried Alive, Never Die"--JM

A disturbing story of deep seeded emotions, control over people,and evil. The controlling forces of fear and shame was not only prominent in the crime victims but in the police officers personal stories. Nice interweave of the multiple stories by Joy Ellis. The villain was a surprise. Joy kept me guessing! I appreciate Henrietta Meire's narration every time I listen to another story in the sequence. Well done!

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L. Gutman

13-12-19

WARNING: Lots of Cruelty in This One

I love the Nikki Galena series, I love the narration, all of that. I just want to warn readers that this particular story has a lot of cruelty to animals in it (not to mention some really sick cruelty to people). It's important to the story, wound throughout, and made it impossible for me to just read the story. If I'd known this in advance, I would have given this book a miss.

So, my rating: 1 star for the business with the animals; 5 stars for the quality of the book otherwise.

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DonnaLynn

29-11-19

Non-stop action

Love the narrator, lively voice that changes with each character. Rory has to be my favorite character and her narration of him is spot on

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Diane

05-06-19

Returned It!

While the story was tolerable, although a bit convoluted, the narrator was unbearable! Her version of the male characters was a monotone. In addition, she seems in a big hurry to tell the story, leaving no time to savor it. I’ll stick to narrators like Gildart Jackson, Antonio Ballerina, Napoleon Ryan and Rosalyn Landir, to name a few of my favorites. They tell a story as if each word is a treasure. What a disappointment this hurried narration of a (likely good) book proved to be!

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Debbie

07-05-18

Strong Series, Continues in Book 7

Di Nikki Galena and her team continue to clean up crime on the Fens in the seventh installment of the series, when a skeleton is found buried in the church yard . . . an old skeleton, posed in a frightening and unusual way, and obviously murdered. The thirty-year old murder seems to be linked to the new cases cropping up. I especially like the continuing back stories of Nikki's team, Jospeh, Cat, and the others. The subject matter of this latest book is sad and sick . . . but so is murder . . . and it is handled skillfully. I also like the fact that the series deals with homosexuality without being condescending or political. The author does not push it nor speak in a demeaning way of it. For a crime series, this series is realistic, without being overly graphic, and without pushing political views (in either direction) down your throat. The speech isn't sanitized, but is realistic. There are definitive good guys and bad guys. And the resolutions are ALWAYS worth the wait. BRAVO!!!

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Ann

01-04-18

LOVE THIS SERIES! Thanks Kindle Unlimited!

I continue to love this series, although Buried on the Fens is probably my least favorite. But still a great listen and intriguing mystery! I love that the series is available through Kindle Unlimited, and adding the audio is minimal...yay Kindle Unlimited!