Swansong

Superb murder mystery!

With Swansong the promise of the DI Nick Dixon series has been fully realized. This is an outstanding multiple murder mystery. Nick Dixon goes undercover as a teacher trainee to solve a series of murders that began with his girlfriend at age 16. Recommended!

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Well-written and narrated. Preposterous plot.

It's quite a solid mystery, but readers cannot look back and see the clues that might have led them to anticipate the identity of the murderer. Nick Dixon is a believable character as is his girlfriend, Constable Jane Winter. Although I haven't read the previous three in this series, this one seems self-contained. Having said that, I found the plot to be unbelievable, both as to the behavior of the killer as well as those people encountered by Nick and Jane in the course of the story. Stories about crazed serial killers are not my favorite type of mystery. My one complaint about the narration is that Nick Dixon sounds perpetually blasé, even when he is supposed to be excited.

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Absolutely Fabulous Read.. Superior

This was so very well done,.. I’m putting the whole series in my wish list

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Great read and listen..

This is about the death of a 17 year old girl at a boarding school, where Dixon goes undercover to find a killer, only to discover there’s been another murder soon after his arrival. Then someone tries to kill Dixon. A lot of killing going on again. And I’m surprised there’s not more cops killed since they don’t have guns, only the bad guys do. Every time he has to have back-up he calls for armed men. That seems kind of crazy to me. Someone’s firing at him and 6 young boys out in the woods and he can’t even fire back?

So, this is the 4th of the 5 Nick Dixon books I’ve read and in EVERY book Dixon’s poor dog, Monty, is always kept in Dixon’s car. Every time he goes to work Monty’s in the car. How cruel is that? I mean, he’s a cop, for Pete’s sake. He’s at work for really long periods of time, and he keeps the dog closed up in a car? That doesn’t make a bit of sense.

Anyway, this was another good read and it had an exciting ending, and a surprising one, too. I would have never guessed who the killer was.

As with all Mr. Boyd’s book there isn’t even a touch of romance BUT there is swearing and the F-bomb was used 17 times.

As to the narration: I’ve enjoyed all 4 of these books, mostly because of the narration I think. Napoleon Ryan is such a fantastic narrator. The men’s and women’s voices are all so perfect.

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Excellent

Damien Boyd again keeps you on the edge of your seat as you try to solve the Crime before he does and Napoleon Ryan makes the characters come to life.

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Past Replicates the Present in Residential Academi

Former attorney Detective Inspector Nick Dixon hasn't even unpacked from a much needed vacation before he's assigned to work undercover to find a young student's killer. Unprepared for its link to his painful past, he walks the line of finding answers without tainting the case with his personal conflict.

The Bridgewater precinct regulars coupled with Shard, the local DI in charge, walk the tightrope of separating facts from the abundance of fantasy not so easily distinguished by all parties involved.

DI Nixon, again ably assisted by Jane and Louise, dusts off his blazer and plays the student teacher part to catch a killer that got away with murdering his first love seventeen years ago.

In this fourth installment, we are able to watch DI Dixon grapple with unresolved pain and dangerous anger as he closes the net on his decades old prey.

Can he find the answer without losing himself!

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An Enjoyable Story

Not my first Nick Dixon story. Engaging story and protagonist, but be prepared for the irritation of the narrator's consistent breathy rendering of the female voices. It is distracting.

Another great British detective story

I have completed all available books in the Nick Dixon series and can't wait for the next release. Compelling characters, lots of clear context information and a compelling lead. Outstanding narration.

The Past and Future Collide

Book four in the series finds DI Nick Dixon and his girlfriend DC Jane Winter returning from a holiday together, only to be called in to work as soon as they are home. With past ghosts haunting him, DI Dixon reports for duty to learn that a frighteningly similar murder to one from the past has been committed, and DI Lewis wants him on the case. With no choice but to tell Jane of his first love, Fran, who went missing seventeen years earlier, while they were at school together, Nick describes the events . . . down to the last detail: Fran’s severed ring finger. Now, it has happened again, with young Isobel Swan, who is missing the same finger. Has to be the same killer . . . and DI Dixon knows it. Hardly able to hold back his personal memories and feelings, he is sent to the Brunel School as a trainee teacher (under cover) to investigate. I really enjoy hearing the differences in life in England and the US, all about their tea drinking with “biscuits”, and the differences in their schools. The antics that teenagers get up to seem to be the same worldwide. 😉 I admire DI Dixon and DC Jane Winters, and increasingly like DI Lewis, who knows a good copper when he sees one. All of this series is top rate. Excellent listen and superb conclusion!

The best so far.

The story had me twisted right to the end. The narrator is brilliant. Now I’m off to listen to next story - binge-listening at it’s best.