The Last Straw
Written by Paul Gitsham
Narrated by Malk Williams
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.
For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. He’s determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political pressure to resolve the case quickly and tensions in the office and at home make life anything but easy.
Everything seems to point to one vengeful man but the financial potential of the professor’s pioneering research takes the inquiry in an intriguing and, for Jones and his team, dangerous direction.
Readers LOVE The Last Straw
‘A really cracking read, a real page turner.’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘I couldn't stop reading this brilliant detective novel!’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘Loved this! A nice proper whodunnit which had me gripped from the start! Twists and turns galore and I only worked out who it was right at the end!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
‘I just couldn't put it down. DCI Warren Jones and his team are a sure-fire hit…Exceptionally good detective story.’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘Kept me reading all night.’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘Couldn't put it down! If you love a good detective novel, you'll be well away with this.’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘Tense to the point of making it very difficult to put the book down.’ Reader review, 5 Stars
‘DCI Warren Jones is must read detective fiction… A brilliant first novel, can't wait for the next. Buy it. Try it. You won't be disappointed!’ Reader review, 5 Stars
The DCI Warren Jones series
1 The Last Straw
2 No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker than Water (Novella)
3 Silent as the Grave
A Case Gone Cold (Novella)
4 The Common Enemy
A Deadly Lesson (Novella)
5 Forgive Me Father
At First Glance (Novella)
6 A Price to Pay
7 Out of Sight
8 Time to Kill
9 Web of Lies
Paul Gitsham
Paul Gitsham started his career as a biologist working in the UK and Canada. After stints as the world’s most over-qualified receptionist and a spell ensuring that international terrorists hadn’t opened a Child's Savings Account at a major UK bank (a job even duller than working reception) he retrained as a Science Teacher.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solid police procedural. If you are looking for a thriller, this is not for you. But if you want an interesting police procedural with good character development, this is for you. I'll be listening to more in the series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have now read this and the most recent in this series. This one was enjoyable, with good characterization and (so rare, but so refreshing) a well-adjusted, happily married, sober DCI who treats his team well. The plot was a little complicated towards the end, and all the information about DNA and phone EMEIs (or whatever they were) could have been omitted entirely in the first case and skated over more lightly in the second. Nevertheless good fun.