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The Scene of the Crime: The instant Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy book club pick from the Queen of Crime Drama

Author:
Lynda La Plante
Read by:
Gemma Whelan
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Ratings
Book
3
Narrator
2
Release Date
July 31, 2025
Duration
13 hours 57 minutes
Summary
The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica's first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

The four of them have dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene - their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

Like with any new police department, there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.
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Profile Avatar Tirana S. Jun 2026

Narration was magnificent! Wouldn't change a thing! I prefer this to narrators who try to do various voices for each character. Overall, very good book. The plot, the characters and the way they interacted made me want to be a part of their team. The only part that created dissonance for me was Anderson, the jerk nobody wanted to work with, was quickly brought on board to new ideas - somebody as incompetent and mean as he was described as being, would not typically give up his "I'm right" way of doing things. There were some things that I disliked: (SPOILERS) There is little, if any, evidence indicating childhood head trauma can cause childhood ADHD. Head trauma in childhood can sometimes lead to ADHD type symptoms in adults, but that is a far cry from head trauma causing ADHD. Boiling the frog thing was disproven years ago so it's an outdated reference. Then there's this... Johanne (sp) wakes up out of a coma and has an in depth conversation immediately? Puh-lease! Loved the book until Johanne woke up. It all felt forced, out-of-place, and was very unbelievable. Plus, Michelle gets all self-righteous saying she's sick of his lies while she's not being honest with him. Puh! She kept calling him an idiot, talking down to him, then demanding more information, then telling him how stupid he was... it was so annoying. After lecturing Johanne about how stupid he was, her "brilliant" solution is to lie and hide evidence. Pshhhh! This stuff with Michelle and Johanne was so out of place with the rest of the book. I LOVED Jessica's character, along with many others. In fact, character development overall was phenomenal. The exception is Michelle. They all went on and on about how formidable she was but one or two words from Jessica and she came unhinged... her character seemed loose/inconsistent. Ending was anti climactic. The story was moving along, and then just stopped. Felt like someone slammed a door in my face.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2025

Really enjoyed.

The Scene of the Crime: The instant Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy book club pick from the Queen of Crime Drama

The Scene of the Crime: The instant Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy book club pick from the Queen of Crime Drama

Author: Lynda La Plante
Read by: Gemma Whelan
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