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The Jansson Tapes (The Terry Bell Mysteries Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Colin Garrow (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A tape machine. A missing writer. A mysterious woman.


When a familiar leggy blonde slides onto the back seat of his cab with the offer of work, taxi-driver and amateur sleuth Terry Bell isn’t keen. However, compared to the tedium of driving a cab all day, the lure of another mystery is too strong to resist, and Terry agrees to help. Tracking down a missing writer and his tape recorder sounds simple enough, but following the clues to a remote village, the case takes a dangerous turn when the man turns up dead.


After the police take over, Terry and his sidekick Carol return home to find their flat ransacked—and that’s not the only surprise. Caught between a suspicious detective inspector and the machinations of a mysterious woman, can the wily investigator unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again?

The Jansson Tapes is book #3 in the Terry Bell Mystery series set on England's northeast coast.


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★★★★★ ‘Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!’
★★★★★ ‘From the moment the book starts to its thrilling climax, the action is as non-stop as the Geordie banter.’

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088DC5G7Z
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (May 8, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 8, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 506 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
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Colin Garrow

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Colin Garrow grew up in a former mining town in Northumberland. He has worked in a plethora of professions including taxi driver, antiques dealer, drama facilitator, theatre director and fish processor, and has occasionally masqueraded as a pirate.

His short stories have appeared in several literary mags, including SN Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Word Bohemia, Every Day Fiction, The Grind, A3 Review, 1,000 Words, Inkapture and Scribble Magazine. He currently lives in a humble cottage in North East Scotland where he writes novels, stories, poems and the occasional song.

He also plays several musical instruments and makes rather nice vegan cakes.

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Keith Dixon
5.0 out of 5 stars Non-stop breathlessness
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020
The thing I like about the Terry Bell mysteries is that there's no let-up in the pace. The only time you put the book down is when you *have* to go to sleep at 2.30 in the morning ... yes, that was me.
In this case, Terry and his partner Carol are sucked into a story concerning a missing person - a Swede who arrived in town, made a few mysterious visits to local historical locations, then vanished. What was that about? What was he up to? As they investigate they uncover bent cops, the involvement of the Swedish secret service and not a few broken-nosed toughs. The denouement is clever and gory ... in a good way.
Another thing I particularly like about this series is that you get a real sense of the people and places in and around Newcastle. Garrow does enough with the dialogue to suggest the accent without it being completely - and unreadably - literal; there's enough in the word-choice and the attitude to persuade you these are real Geordies talking and that they know their patch well. I also like the fact that Terry is resourceful and is always thinking, even when things seem to be going against him. You trust he's going to find a way out of the trickiest situations!
The books are very deceiving, though: they read so easily you don't realise you're being sucked into the story until it's too late - then you just have to know how they're going to end. That's not an easy trick to pull off, and Garrow does it time after time with his easy prose and ear for dialogue.
The book is over before you realise it, leaving you wanting more. Next!
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Bri
4.0 out of 5 stars I needed Terry Bell to solve this one for me.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020
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This was an entertaining Terry Bell, Private Investigator novel. He is always walking into murder and danger. The one thing I liked about this story was I could not figure out where the tapes were or who could have them. I kept reading because I wanted to know what was so important about them that was worth killing for. The situations that Terry and his friends get into are entertaining, especially the one in the morgue. I would never have guessed how he would get himself out of that one. Another thing I liked about the novel is the dialect of the characters, which I believe to be a combination of UK English and Scottish English. It gives the story a feel of the location. A word of warning—plenty of expletives.
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Robert Crouch
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite of the series so far
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2020
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With more than a gentle nod to The Rockford Files and The 39 Steps, Colin Garrow’s third offering in the Terry Bell series is the most exciting yet. Filled with his trademark humour, the wisecracking duo of Terry and Carol set off in pursuit of some missing reel-to-reel tapes, unaware of the danger they’re facing.

From the moment the book starts to its thrilling climax, the action is as non-stop as the Geordie banter. Populated with some terrific characters, Terry Bell somehow manages to extricate himself from some serious situations and keep himself one step ahead of the bad guys as the complex story twists and turns from one crisis to the next.

If you like your crime at the entertaining end of the spectrum, driven by distinctive characters, a plot you wouldn’t find in a formula manual, and a liberal injection of humour, this is a series you should seek out. While each book can be read as a standalone, like all series, you’ll get more from the books if you read them in order.

This is my favourite of the three books so far. The author’s enjoyment leaps out from every page as he reveals some of the inspiration behind his writing and Terry Bell’s character. I’m tempted to suggest there’s more than a passing nod to Raymond Chandler in some of the descriptive narrative, which is another bonus.

If you like to be entertained and enjoy a lot of fun and excitement alongside the thrills, then look no further than the Terry Bell series.
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Everywhereastranger
5.0 out of 5 stars I don't know how Carol copes.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2020
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Carol is the girlfriend of Terry Bell, the taxi driver/sleuth at the centre of this book. Their relationship has grown and developed over the previous two books, in between run ins with crooks and the police. They both face terrible danger in this book and really don't know why this peril has visited them. They do know that they are going to need to rely on themselves to get out their troubles. Carol is a great character and a woman of great strength and resources. I am not sure I could cope with what she goes through. This is a brilliant read, I thoroughly recommend it.
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