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Death Of A Hollow Man (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #2)

Caroline Graham

Start date: May 15, 2019

Finish date: June 5, 2019

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: A buddy read for May, following on from our read of the first in the series.
[close] A buddy read for May, following on from our read of the first in the series.

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Feb 13, 2025 Adrian rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, zz-e-book, a-2025-to-read, zz-audiobook, det-caroline-graham

Lunchtime Listen February 2025

Well how good was that ? Similar to my two previous reviews of Barnaby novels we have listened to, this was again brilliant. Now don’t get me wrong, I really love watching John Nettles as Tom Barnaby and even Neil Dudgeon as his cousin John, although one really does miss Joyce and her cooking !! Oops got slightly sidetracked, yes I really like the tv series’ but the books just have even more of the bits that make the tv series so great; the comedy, the wit and even ...more

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Jun 02, 2019 Kavita rated it did not like it

Shelves: uk, mystery, not-finished, movie-was-better

Just can't ... this is absolute tripe. The author merely waffles on and on about her boring characters for pages and pages. They were still there doing and saying boring and irrelevant things when I left them somewhere around page 70. I don't even know who got murdered, let alone who murdered them, because it hadn't reached that stage yet. But I can make an educated guess. It's the author trying to murder the reader by boring them to death. Ha, I didn't fall for that - narrow escape! ...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The local amateur dramatic group is rehearsing for Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus and Joyce Barnaby, wife of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, has a small part in the production along with being wardrobe mistress. Her husband is helping with painting the scenery. But relations between the actors are not all they might be and Harold Winstanley, the director, is putting people’s backs up and is as usual very full of himself. Tensions rise as the first night approaches leading to a headline performan ...more

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Mar 03, 2014 AngryGreyCat rated it really liked it

I have been on a Midsomer Murders binge lately. Being laid up off and on with my ankle injury, I have watched the whole series on Acorn TV and loved it. I finally decided to start reading the books. This is the second in the book series.

An all round good mystery read, Death of a Hollow Man, was adapted very closely in the TV series. The characters of Barnaby, Joyce, Cully and Troy were all here. Cully didn’t have much space devoted to her but the reader still develops a sense of who she is as a ...more

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