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Breakers
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
A pulsatingly tense, deeply moving psychological thriller from the number one best-selling Scottish author of Fault Lines.
A toxic family...a fight for survival...
Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum.
On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves her for dead, but that’s just the beginning of their nightmare, because the woman is the wife of Edinburgh’s biggest crime lord, Deke Holt.
With the police and the Holts closing in, and his shattered family in devastating danger, Tyler meets posh girl Flick in another stranger’s house, and he thinks she may just be his salvation...unless he drags her down too.
A pulsatingly tense psychological thriller, Breakers is also a breathtakingly brutal, beautiful and deeply moving story of a good kid in the wrong family, from one of Scotland’s finest crime writers.
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Critic reviews
"A cracking and highly original thriller. Johnstone never fails to deliver." (Mark Billingham)
"This may be Doug Johnstone’s best book yet. An unsparing yet sympathetic depiction of Edinburgh’s ignored underclass, with terrific characterisation. Tense, pacey, filmic." (Ian Rankin)
"Breakers again shows that Doug Johnstone is a noir heavyweight and a master of gritty realism. This may be his finest novel yet." (Willy Vlautin)
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- Brian
- 10-10-19
A story of troubles for a family in Edinburgh
Based in and around Edinburgh the plot centres on a teenager who is trapped in a situation not of his making. Based on the rough side of the city where theft, drugs and violence are common place. With pressures from all directions this bright and savvy teenager is put in dangerous situations seemingly impossible to break out of. The narrator does, as usual, a fine job of telling us the story. The only feedback point is early in the book. The name Wauchope, for me, was pronounced like "Walkup".
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- geecee
- 15-07-19
I enjoyed this book very much.
Brill book. So glad I have found this new author. will look for many more.
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- JULIE
- 22-01-24
highly recommend
smashing book wonderful characters villains and heros.interesting plot found myself rooting for the heros throughout
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- amazonian
- 14-01-22
Powerful and poignant
Stark story with violence, love and endurance intertwined, beautifully written and narrated with impeccable phrasing by Angus King.
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- Lorraine - Audible customer
- 14-01-24
Gritty well constructed story
Narration by Angus King was excellent (aside from an odd pronunciation of Wauchope). The story moved along well, and kept me listening, though there weren't many surprises. If there was one weak area, it was in the final showdown, which was apparently a shoot-out, in a quiet residential area, yet there is no mention of there having been any reports of gunshot made by neighbours.
I will look for more by Doug Johnstone. Was already a fan of Angus King.
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- Garry S.
- 10-09-19
5 out of 5 across the board a really good listen
This was a fantastic listen Angus King brilliant as per usual. The book from the very offset had me engrossed crescendoing to an action packed finale all I can say is give it a go.
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- Graeme
- 08-05-20
Best yet
Really enjoyed this - pacy, exciting and well read. Best I have read by the author.
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- barbara
- 12-01-24
Great story.
Characters story and narration brilliant. I’m looking for another one by this author and as always, the narrator did a sterling job
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- Jac G.
- 22-02-24
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Fantastic read / listen set in Edinburgh. Well written and read beautifully. Great characters and storylines.
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- ms
- 10-09-23
Different
I enjoyed this book. If you can get over the bad language and use of the c word then you may enjoy it. It is very violent in parts but it is also very human and touching in other parts. A bit far fetched but it is a story. I was looking for something a bit different and this was certainly that. I have just purchased another by this author .
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