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A Song for the Dying

By: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: Ian Hanmore
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About this listen

A heart-stopping crime thriller and the fourth consecutive No. 1 Bestseller from the author of the Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead.

He’s back…

Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man’ murdered four women and left three more in critical condition – all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside.

And then the killer just … disappeared.

Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years. His family has been destroyed, his career is in tatters, and one of Oldcastle’s most vicious criminals is making sure he spends the rest of his life in prison.

Now a nurse has turned up dead, a plastic doll buried beneath her skin, and it looks as if Ash might finally get a shot at redemption. At earning his freedom.

At revenge.

©2014 Stuart MacBride (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Heartfelt Scary

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Critic reviews

"MacBride is the natural heir to the late and much lamented Reginald Hill." (Andrew Taylor, Spectator)
"MacBride is a damned fine writer - no one does dark and gritty like him." (Peter James)
"Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order." (Mark Billingham)
"Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field." ( Independent)
"Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven - or should that be hell?" ( Express)
"Ferocious and funny." (Val McDermid)
"Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride's novels are a real treat." (Simon Kernick)
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A good follow on from the first book. I enjoyed getting to know the characters better, not sure I would want to hang out with them if they were real though! Although realism was stretched to capacity in places it didn’t distract from the story for me. Worth a listen, if you’re a fan of this author.

Better than the first

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Great characters, narrative, humour & storyline. A page turner. More of this, please. Excellently narrated.

A damned fine read

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A good example of the genre , excellent narrator and good characters throughout. Well worth the reading/ listening.

An excellent story, well narrated.

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Ash is a very grey 'hero' - short tempered, aggressive & unremorseful, he doesn't seem that far away from the criminals he chases. The most unbelievable bit for me is that he doesn't strangle Dr Alice, a doctor who talks about 'tummies' & is so little girly that she could never survive either the medical or the police world. Other than that, entertaining but gory.

Gritty entertainment

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Tough gritty
Plot swirling unputdownable!!
Just another feather in the Macbride hat
Roll on the next one

Spellbinding

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What made the experience of listening to A Song for the Dying the most enjoyable?

The headline says it all. I don't normally bother writing reviews but this audiobook was so good I wanted to acknowledge it.

Brilliant story made better by fantastic narration

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This was an excellent story and was well read. There is not as much of the light relief that you get from the characters in the Logan McCrae books. I wonder if our Stuart has been on an NLP course recently?

I enjoyed this but not as much as a Logan McCrae

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Another Ash Henderson triumph. Enjoyable in a ghastly way and read brilliantly by the wonderful Ian Hanmore. Lovely stuff!

Grisly, filthy and brilliant!

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Really love this book 1st time I’ve read anything by the author. Great characters and great narration. Highly recommend off to find another book now by Stewart

Brilliant

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Where does A Song for the Dying rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 3

What other book might you compare A Song for the Dying to, and why?

James Lee Burkes- Robicheaux series,

Have you listened to any of Ian Hanmore’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No bit I will

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the whole book kept me entralled

Any additional comments?

It is very violent and somewhat exaggerated but makes for great entertainment

Brilliant story, read by a master

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