As the Crow Flies, Damien Boyd
As the Crow Flies, Damien Boyd
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As the Crow Flies

Author: Damien Boyd

Narrator: Simon Mattacks

Unabridged: 3 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/11/2023

Synopsis

Rock climbers can’t afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon’s former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of something odd happening in Cheddar Gorge seconds before Jake fell.The more Dixon learns about Jake’s life, the more he realises that Jake hadn’t been quite the man he remembered...and a lot of people could have wanted him dead. Once Dixon gets too close to the truth, those people will emerge from the shadows and kill to protect their secrets.As the body count rises, Dixon bends the rules to breaking point to lure out a killer and unravel a conspiracy of silence that will rock the sleepy town of Burnham-on-Sea to its core.As the Crow Flies is the electrifying first novel in the DI Nick Dixon Crime Series.Revised edition: This edition of As the Crow Flies includes editorial revisions.

About Damien Boyd

Damien Boyd is a solicitor by training and draws on his extensive experience of criminal law, along with a spell in the Crown Prosecution Service, to write fast-paced crime thrillers featuring Detective Inspector Nick Dixon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kylie on March 11, 2020

An easy, quick read, As The Crow Flies is the first in the DI Nick Dixon series. Nick is called in to investigate when his former climbing partner falls to his death from a cliff. Certain that the man's equipment would never had failed him, Nick senses it to be murder, but who would kill Jake? As Ni......more

Goodreads review by Tori on February 25, 2016

This is the tale of a climber, but it has no real climax. In truth, it was a yawn. Completely average, in my view. How generic crime books like this make it to the top of the charts and net a lot of five-star reviews is beyond me. Nothing in there at all to get my pulse racing or to pull me in emotio......more

Goodreads review by Denniger on April 25, 2013

Okay, I’m now a Damien Boyd fan. I wasn't really sure what to expect with Damien’s book “As the Crow Flies.” I knew I loved the cover depicting crows flying about an early morning or late evening sky, with a rock climber cantilevered obviously very high up from the edge of a rock. I believe I've dre......more

Goodreads review by Carol on October 06, 2020

This was not a bad read but there was nothing that stood out either.......more

Goodreads review by AngryGreyCat on April 09, 2014

As the Crow Flies is the selection for the Kindle English Mystery Club on Goodreads for the month of April. This is the first book in which we meet DI Dixon. DI Dixon has relocated from a more prestigious posting to a small outpost, much to the dismay of his family and the confusion of his new colle......more

Quotes

“Damien Boyd has written a super first book around his character of Nick Dixon. The plot is genuine, fast-paced and also contains one or two twists that the reader does not see coming. Nick is a completely believable and ‘real’ character, as are all the other members of the cast” —bestsellingcrimethrillers

“The story grabs your interest right from the beginning. It doesn’t let go until the surprise ending. As the Crow Flies moves along at a pace that keeps you stimulated. The characters are realistic and believable” —Kathryn’s Shelf Full of Books

“Boyd manages to pack a lot in and as a result it is quite fast-paced.  There is a lot of plot covered, with various different criminal activities involved in the storyline. The book retains the tradition of British crime novels and we have a new enjoyable police detective series here” —The Crime Scene

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