Other Countries, Jo Bannister
Other Countries, Jo Bannister
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Other Countries
A British Police Procedural

Author: Jo Bannister

Narrator: Jane Copland

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2017

Synopsis

Returning to work after an extended leave of absence, Detective Constable Hazel Best's first task is to shadow TV historian Oliver Ford, who has arrived in Norbold to open a new museum. What should have been a routine assignment takes a decidedly dramatic turn, however, when Hazel saves Ford from a murderous attack that would appear to be an act of jihad. But why would someone fly thousands of miles to firebomb an obscure little museum in a quiet English village? Hazel can't help but think that there's something more to this case than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Hazel's friend Gabriel Ash and her lodger Saturday are growing increasingly uneasy at Hazel's developing relationship with Oliver-but neither of them can guess at the real danger that Hazel faces nor the direction from which it will come...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale

Two and a half stars. Returning to work after several months off recovering from an incident that went wrong, Constable Hazel Best is given what sounds like an easy enough assignment. She will be taking care of TV historian Oliver Ford, who is visiting to open the Museum of the Crusades. It seems Haz......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

Just took a few minutes to follow up on the fate of Gabriel Ash's family after their kidnapping. Rather than starting off with details on that situation we find him cleaning house to prepare for social workers calling on his house and his pal Hazel returns to police duty after a four-month leave to......more

Goodreads review by Betty

This book is disjointed but it held my attention and did not interfere with my enjoyment. I don't understand how the title connected with the story. Hazel is back working as a cop in Norfolk. She is assigned to liaison with a TV personality, Oliver Ford at an opening of a new museum on the Crusaders......more

Goodreads review by scherzo♫

All the telling is "strong female characters" ... All the showing is belittling and undermining ... If the main character were a male constable who has been injured in two incidents protecting other people would the rest of the police be so condescending about the "fumbling ninny who attracts trouble"......more

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