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  • Lane

  • A Case For Willows And Lane, Book 1
  • By: Peter Grainger
  • Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
  • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,456 ratings)

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Lane

By: Peter Grainger
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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Publisher's summary

"So I thought I might take up paragliding. You know, buy one on eBay and just jump off the cliff one morning."

Emily Willows is middle-aged, widowed, wealthy, and bored. When she makes those flippant remarks to her son over coffee one Friday, she has no inkling that within a few hours she will be facing the most terrifying situation of her life. Nor could she have guessed that she will be confronting it with the enigmatic young woman who moved in next door a few months ago and who has hardly spoken a word to her since. And neither of them has realized yet that after this meeting, their lives will never be the same again.

©2017 Peter Grainger (P)2018 Tantor

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The characters in this story were underdeveloped. Lane was somewhat intriguing, but I barely connected with any of them - there just wasn’t enough depth. That said, I can overlook that for now & chalk it up to working the kinks out of a new series

The possible deal breaker for me is Henrietta Meire, who IMO is a below average narrator. I wasn’t able to get past 1st book in the Fen series & not sure if I can overcome both issues here to continue with the series.

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Another well written series by granger

Interesting plot and excellent character development. Granger is a sophisticated novelist.. As with the dc series the lane series is certain not to disappoint.

Superb narration. Especially well done are the different speaking styles of various characters.

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Exciting

Exciting fast listen, great narration. Would have been fun to have more character development, so looking forward to the next book.!

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wonderful

We enjoy everything about this new Peter Grainger series. The plot, the characters, and the quality of the writing all are up to his high standards.
The diction of the narrator makes the intensity of the plot line develop in an exciting way.
We will continue to look for and listen to all Peter Grainger books.
5 🌟 all around ❗️Thank you to Peter Grainger and his colleagues who work with him to put together these enjoyable books series for listening.

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Fabulous

I am a huge fan of Peter Grainger. I’ve been steadily reading the DC Smith books (love them all). This is my first Willow and Lane book. Very different but superb storyline and writing. Can’t wait to read book 2 in the series. Thank you Peter Grainger!!!

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Great from Start to Finish

Listened straight through in one day while working. I love DC Smith and look forward to getting to know Lane and Mrs. Willow. Very entertaining story with characters that are true to life. Write quickly Peter Grainger.

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uninspired narration

the story was ok (it's not dc smith, miss the humor), but the narration was monotone and very bland, just droned in. This could be a much nicer listen with another narrator

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Too long, narration not quite right

Story felt drawn out even though the narrator talks so quickly. It could have been a shorter story or a chapter in a longer book. I hoped for a more interesting ending. If I had to do it over, I’d pass on this one.

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Wasted hours of my life

This book is terrible. Which is heartbreaking because I’ve binged the DC smith series and was eager to read more. As any of the other reviews states, the characters are very under developed. Completely uninteresting story line which is odd because it is a five hour car chase. I only made it three hours into the story and then I realized that it was playing but I had already zoned out and was barely listening. The narrator is awful. Monotone and incapable of capturing the voice and personality of multiple characters.

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Narrator shortchanges Emily’s character

This story was great: compelling characters, engaging and suspenseful plot, and an ending that leaves one wanting a sequel - or a whole series. The narrator portrays Emily in an annoying, whiny and overly emotional voice which notably decreased my enjoyment of this novel. Emily’s character, while certainly not as cold as Lane’s, did not seem a “whiny” one at all; one can portray a middle aged woman with an intelligent, nosy, motherly and stalwart soul without a constantly whiney voice!!

I am still getting the sequel however-it was a great story.

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