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The Shortlist

DCI Lomond Crime Thrillers, Book 2

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The Shortlist

By: Andrew Raymond
Narrated by: Angus King
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A gathering of seven bestselling crime writers at a Scottish Highlands book festival turns deadly in a wickedly dark thriller that pays homage to Agatha Christie's classic murder mysteries, from the bestselling author of The Bonnie Dead.

When legendary crime novelist William MacRae is found dead in suspicious circumstances at his Glasgow home, Police Scotland's premier investigator DCI John Lomond is put on the case.

After discovering a list of seven bestselling authors–all old friends of MacRae's–Lomond and his team head north to the Ullapool Book Festival, where the seven are gathering to remember their fallen friend.

But a vicious storm is closing in. And not everyone, it seems, has fond memories of MacRae. Or each other.

Cut off from the outside world at a remote country home, it doesn't take long for the whisky to flow, old resentments to reignite…and another dead body to appear.

Over the course of one weekend, Lomond must sift through a web of red herrings, secrets, and lies.

One of them is a killer. But can Lomond unmask them before it's too late?

©2022 Andrew Raymond (P)2023 W.F.Howes Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Highlander Suspense

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As a stand alone story, this got away with it’s outlandish plot and cliched setting because it was a bit of ‘fun’.
Taking an established, gritty, Scottish detective into an Agatha Christie style scenario was an ok departure to try, but once is enough.
It was like sticking Taggart in Midsomer Murders. It could easily be avoided by DCI Lomond fans, but an ok listen for the completists amongst us!

Enjoyable but a bit flawed

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Great storyline. Fantastic reading performance. Scottish accent makes it authentic. Andrew Raymond didn’t disappoint yet again. Hope there will be many more

Gripping from the start

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I’m really getting into this series , and also listening to a male narrator.. What a fabulous clever storyline .. excellent listen .. highly recommend

Another stand out book

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I'm always a fan of this barrator and have really enjoyed the first two of this series and looking forward to the next. Great characters, excellent story line. Can't say more without giving away spoilers. all I can say is give this series a try.

another great book

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Scotlands Sherlock homes. Fantastic book. It’s my second read from the author and eager to start the next in the series

Bloody brilliant

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Love the author and narrator but the story was a bit boring for me. Sorry. Hard to get invested in it. Can’t really put my finger why exactly but I think it’s because it’s hard to care about any of the characters, they unfortunately sounded like those from other books/authors that Angus King has narrated; and the storyline was drawn out and a bit plodding. Fairly average all round.

A solid ok

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Angus King does another great job with narration. A pretty confusing and over-complicated story with a lot of characters all with a potential motive for murder. Lots of parallels to be drawn with Agatha Christie and her locked room mystery novels.

Probably not as good as the first Lomond book, but am looking forward to the next in the series.

Good listen but a bit confusing

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Humourous references to other authors and other tv characters. decent plot - very much tongue in cheek.
love the character interactions

As always brilliantly read

humourous whodunnit

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I absolutely loved this. I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan and this was so clever. I laughed out loud at a few points too.

As always Angus King is perfect. Can't wait for more of this series!

Perfect!

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I really enjoyed the characters in this story. They were mostly decent and the baddies for their just desserts as they should. The narrator is wonderful (be still my beating heart!). I’m just going to look for more stories from the author.

Over the top story line but great listen all the same

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