
Dark Blood
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Narrated by:
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Stuart MacBride
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By:
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Stuart MacBride
About this listen
READ BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF! Stuart MacBride who read his previous book for HarperAudio ‘Blind Eye’ was a complete success and we have no doubt that this will be another triumph by MacBride. With his ability to set the scene and goings on of Detective Sergeant Logan McRae this is a must have audiobook.
Richard Knox has served his time, so why shouldn’t he be allowed to live wherever he wants? Yes, in the past he was a violent rapist, but he’s seen the error of his ways. Found God. Wants to leave his dark past in Newcastle behind him and make a new start.
Or so he says.
Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn’t exactly thrilled to be part of the team helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home. He’s even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police – the man who put Knox behind bars for ten years – supposedly here to ‘keep an eye on things’.
Only things are about to go very, very wrong.
Edinburgh gangster Malk the Knife wants a slice of the development boom Donald Trump’s golf course is bringing to the Granite City, whether local crime lord Wee Hamish Mowat likes it or not. Three heavies from Newcastle want a ‘quiet word’ with DSI Danby about a missing mob accountant. And Richard Knox’s dark past isn’t done with him yet…
©2010 HarperCollins Publishers (P)2010 HarperCollins PublishersI needn't have worried, the plot kept me gripped all the way through its many twists and turns. The language is gritty and graphic, whether describing violence or people's appearance - descriptions such as someone looking like a 'happy potato' or like a partially shaved rat with a receding hairline 'probably trying to get away from his face' made me laugh out loud. The terse and elliptical Aberdonian conversation is in places hilarious (I lived in NE Scotland for many years, so it was a pure pleasure to be reminded of it)
I loved, just loved the narration by MacBride. Great accents, all except for his Estuary English (shades of early Michael Caine), but the vigour and variation in the reading more than makes up for this.
If you like detective stories that are well-plotted and don't blench at the f-word or the odd nipple twist then this book is highly recommended!
Gripping, gruesome, crude, rude and great!
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I love the interactions with Lars and Steel, she’s very funny. Will be reading the rest of the series.
Good fun
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The author is also a very talented narrator with the ability to create almost tangible characters. I would say that his Geordie needs a bit of work though.
Can't wait for book 7.
The best audiobook in a long time
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Such a good series of books
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Brilliant all round!
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went on an an interesting journey with this book
enjoyed
gritty crude and rude but clever
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Brilliant
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As always it was an exciting listen, so others will probably enjoy the book.
Not my favourite.
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None of them have been a let down. Just the right amount of suspense, with a bit of gore thrown in, a smattering of sex and lots of laughs.
Dark blood had me on the edge of my seat, and rolling on the floor laughing. Some of the lines are classic. The 'Beware of the lesbian' speech will keep me giggling for a long time.
Awesome!
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Brilliant
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