Dead Mans Land, Robert Ryan
Dead Mans Land, Robert Ryan
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Dead Man's Land

Author: Robert Ryan

Narrator: Richard Burnip

Unabridged: 14 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2015

Synopsis

Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields, men are dying in their thousands every day. So one more death shouldn't be a surprise.

But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries, and Sherlock Holmes' former sidekick Dr John Watson - unable to fight for his country due to injury but able to serve it through his medical expertise - finds his suspicions raised. The face has a blue-ish tinge, the jaw is clamped shut in a terrible rictus and the eyes are almost popping out of his head, as if the man had seen unimaginable horror. Something is terribly wrong.

But this is just the beginning. Soon more bodies appear, and Watson must discover who is the killer in the trenches. Who can he trust? Who is the enemy? And can he find the perpetrator before he kills again?

Surrounded by unimaginable carnage, amidst a conflict that's ripping the world apart, Watson must for once step out of the shadows and into the limelight if he's to solve the mystery behind the inexplicable deaths.

About Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan... I'm a man born in the wrong era. My heart yearns for faraway places and even further afield times. Sometimes I imagine myself in a Viking mead-hall. The long winter night presses in, but the shimmering embers of a log in the hearth hold back the cold. The chieftain calls for a story, and I take a sip from my drinking horn and stand up. . . Or maybe the desert stars shine bright and clear, obscured occasionally by wisps of smoke from burning camel dung. A dry gust of wind lifts sand grains into the air and blows them through our lonely campsite, and the wayfarers about me stir restlessly. I sip cool water and begin to speak. Samantha Krenneck... Really, Roberteo, is that the best you've got? Camel dung and mead? I'm going to ignore the camel dung (you could ease up a bit on the mead too) and open your stories to ... banter, romance and dragons. Especially dragons. You've invited me to co-author with you, so consider the kraken unleashed! No, wait. That's mixing my metaphors. Or monsters. Anyway, you get the point. Stay tuned everyone for the stories you've always loved from Robert, but now with a twist from me!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on May 30, 2021

I really enjoyed this historical mystery featuring Dr Watson in WWI France. A pretty sad story, but I also learned many interesting facts about that time - and that’s a strong measure for me of how good a Hf mystery is.......more

Goodreads review by Manda on November 28, 2013

Rob Ryan was one of our speakers at the Harrogate History Festival in October this year (it was a blast, did I mention? If you didn’t come this year, you should next) and I was so impressed by his talk that I brought one of his books back with me – and have just finished it. Dead Man’s Land is based......more

Goodreads review by edifanob on January 18, 2015

The first book in the "Dr John Watson" series. A World War I crime mystery starring Dr John Watson. Murder in the gruesome trenches of Flanders Field. Dr John Watson face the enemy in front and a killer in the back. This is an intense story where the aged Dr John Watson shows his detective qualities. St......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth (Alaska) on July 29, 2023

I wanted to read this due to my enduring interest in all things pertaining to The Great War. For that alone, this was well worth the time spent. Robert Ryan gives us a glimpse - but just a glimpse - of what it was like at the Front. Although they were miles away, he could smell the trenches on the w......more

Goodreads review by RoseB612 on July 19, 2017

Mix detektivky a válečného románu, při němž budete řešit, kdo je vrah a zároveň Vám bude fyzicky nevolno ze zákopů. Ryanovi se totiž povedlo naprosto skvěle vystihnout tu šílenou dobu Velké války (vždycky jsem měla tohle označení raději), které v mnohém ta Druhá nesahala ani po kotníky - bohudík. Př......more

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