Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
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Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
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Narrated by:
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Alan Turton
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By:
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Jim Eldridge
About this listen
May 1941. One of the senior choristers of St Paul's Cathedral choir, Dr Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the Cathedral. Coburg and Lampson are called in to investigate, and when they get there, Coburg is pleasantly surprised to be greeted there by Arthur Waterson, now sporting a dog collar, someone he was at Eton with many years before. Waterson believes that there may be a connection between the very precious books that are houses in the Crypt and Dr Roberts' work at Bletchley Park. As Coburg and Lampson work to solve a very puzzling case, it becomes clear that there is more to the brutal murder than they first suspected.
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- Vijay
- 25-04-25
Great story as ever, poor Narration
Have listened to all of the DCI Coburg series. Brilliant storytelling, brilliant characters and simply just brilliant. What made them even more outstanding was the narration of David Thorpe. Gave life to all the characters, gave them little quirks, gave them joy, happiness & sadness. Even though set during WW2, you felt through his narration that the characters had hope that all will be well.
Sadly Alan Turton, being his first DCI Coburg story, has left it all out. The characters came across as if on the brink of despair at some points. Coburg despair seems as if he has lost it all, no longer upper class, hence his despair. Rosa, instead of being bubbly and optimistic, simply comes across as a Rosa you will soon forget.
Worst is poor old Lampson. His strong, funny, witty and enjoyable character seems to have given up all hope. at times his narration makes you feel, why not just put him out of his misery. I know that this may seem very harsh, but I believe the new narration has taken out the life, hope and joy from the story, and seems more simply as a straightforward reading of it, rather than a proper storytelling of it.
I know it shows a huge bias towards David Thorpe, one of my top Narrators, but honesty is required.
N.B If this is the change going forward, and Mr Alan Turton is the new Voice of upcoming adventures in the DCI Coburgverse. Then I hope that all pull together and make sure to bring the hope, life, joy, happiness and sadness back into the storytelling, and give the characters back their wonderful identities.
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- K J J
- 25-04-25
Characters have lost their voice
The new narrator is fine, but the characters no longer have their voice or character. I was less engaged as the voices were too similar. My least favourite book so far because of the narration.
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- J. Swaysland
- 21-04-25
Bring back David Thorpe
Another good story from Jim with the characters we love … however the narration in essence makes the characters not sound like the characters if you get my drift! Not wishing to be rude, the narration spoilt the story for me - I don’t care for these versions of Coburg & Lampson. Please get Mr. Thorpe back & fast. For the life of me I cannot think why he hasn’t narrated this book.
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- taylor
- 28-04-25
Poor narrator
The book was spoiled by the poor performance, what happened to the brilliant David Thorp?
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- MissTFie
- 19-04-25
Yet another great Inspector Coburg story...but
Same quality storytelling, with the charcters we know and love, but the change of series has brought about a change in narrator who isnt quite as fantastic with voice characterisation.
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- MISS D.
- 21-04-25
Shame about narrator
Apologies to this narrator but I really miss David Thorpe and not sure if I will carry on listening to the series if it’s not David as he added so much to each character. It took me about half a book to get into it as I had to get going back as I found I was not listening. Story was top notch as usual though.
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- The Curator
- 27-04-25
Good stuff and the narrator is absolutely fine 🙄
The series of mini-series pivots to cathedrals now. (I can’t wait until we’re onto Town Halls of Urban District Councils Murders) It holds up well. The characters are fine and the plot development good. After one chapter I didn’t really remember this wasn’t the original narrator so let’s not be overly dramatic!
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- Judith Raison
- 28-04-25
Another exciting Inspector Coburg investigation
This was (presumably) the start of another series by Jim Eldridge. Set in a cathedral this time, the storyline was interesting and exciting with twists and turns. It was very enjoyable and I hope this is the first of a new series. However, sadly, the narrator, whilst having a very pleasant voice, didn’t breathe life into the characters and it was often difficult to define who was speaking. It was disappointing that David Thorpe wasn’t engaged to narrate as usual, hopefully it will be possible for him to be engaged for future books in this series.
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- Jules
- 22-04-25
A Wonderful Story but....
As always, a brilliantly crafted story from Jim Eldridge. quite a few twists and turns, and all of our favourite characters. However, the marvellously multi-talented David Thorpe hasn't narrated this book. I first heard him narrating the Campion stories, and he's been a firm favourite ever since.
It's a huge disappointment. Without being rude to Alan Turton, who has stepped into some big boots to fill, it has completely changed the characters. DCI Coburg has lost his class, Rosa has lost all joy, and poor Sgt Lampson seems to have developed severe depression, and lost his enthusiasm for his job, and Eve has lost her vigour. At times, I wasn't sure which male character I was listening to, and conversations between Coburg and Hibbert were particularly difficult to discern.
I'm sure Mr Turton is a fine narrator - he does have a beautifully soft voice - but not for these books. I won't give up on the books, though, because they are superb.
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- Paul
- 28-04-25
Good story if a bit implausible in places
No issue with the different narrator. Convoluted story. I found it hard to believe so much information would have been discussed even among senior police officers regarding code breaking. The church intrigue was much more plausible!
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