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    Bitter Legacy
    Bitter Legacy
    Bitter Legacy
    Audiobook14 hours

    Bitter Legacy

    Written by Dal MacLean

    Narrated by Gary Furlong

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    About this audiobook

    London.

    Detective Sergeant James Henderson's remarkable gut instincts have put him on a three-year fast track to becoming an inspector. But the advancement of his career has come at a cost. Gay, posh and eager to prove himself in the Metropolitan Police, James has allowed himself few chances for romance.

    But when the murder of barrister Maria Curzon-Whyte lands in his lap, all that changes. His investigation leads him to a circle of irresistibly charming men. And though he knows better, James finds himself enticed into their company.

    Soon his desire for photographer Ben Morgan challenges him to find a way into the other man's lifestyle of one-night stands and carefree promiscuity. At the same time his single murder case multiplies into a cruel pattern of violence and depravity.

    But as the bodies pile up and shocking secrets come to light, James finds both his tumultuous private life and coveted career threatened by a bitter legacy.

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 12, 2019
    ISBN9781515945116
    Bitter Legacy

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    • 4/5
      A good balance between mystery and romance. The MC is likable, far to perfect imo and I could definitely go without his sometimes doormat-ish behavior. Good narrator. All in all I enjoyed it :)
    • 4/5
      For a lot of this book I kept thinking 'is this really a m/m romance? Or just a police procedural with a gay lead.' The case was interesting, but the romance part was not very enjoyable for me. I wasn't tempted to set it aside though, so it had me engaged at least that far. At the very end we finally get some insight into the other character, and I think I could maybe like them as a couple going forward from that point (in a following book). But in this book they were kind of a wreck. Still, I was entertained, and I am looking forward to reading the next book.
    • 3/5
      Detective Sergeant James Henderson is rapidly moving up in the world of London's Metropolitan Police Department. But the murder of a local attorney looks like it will be a challenging case to solve. And his initial investigations put him in contact with a new crowd of people, connecting his social life, his case, and his father's world of elitism and privilege. But James thinks he may have found love--and that will make it all worth it, right? Especially if he manages to solve his case along the way...

      I like the character of James, even if there were times that I wanted to reach through the pages and shake him--and I still can't quite believe he was truly as naive as we are led to believe as readers. And Ben, for all of his own past, was not the greatest person where James is concerned. I have a hard time with anyone who knowingly toys with another person's emotions, regardless of their "endgame". But this is an interesting read, and I didn't solidly figure out who the murderer was until shortly before it was revealed in the book--the mark of a good mystery as far as I'm concerned.
    • 3/5
      When seeking a word to describe this debut novel I would have to say “turbulent.” will pretty much do it. Also...because of so much information given about the case and the characters in the first part of the book it weighted the story down. It was an extremely complex investigation with a great many victims... family...suspects... and alias names in the narrative. The scenes flipped between work situations... James's interactions with Ben...with Steggie, the friend, and the scenes in the apartment. By the point the climactic parts of the story came about, I had lost track of who was whom in the investigation and had to keep going back to determine who was being talked about. I didn’t dislike the story by any means but it was difficult to keep it all straight. The cast of characters does include police detectives that are friends...work well together...obviously like one another and at times become a hilarious bunch who are completely besides themselves in trying to solve these grisly mysterious deaths. As I stated I didn’t dislike the book at all and I will diffidently give this author another opportunity.