Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • Kick Back

  • PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2
  • By: Val McDermid
  • Narrated by: Chloe Massey
  • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (703 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Kick Back

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Chloe Massey
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from best-selling author Val McDermid.

PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a series of strange financial scams across Manchester. At first it looks like a discrepancy with the paperwork, but the deeper Kate digs, the murkier the case becomes.

Before long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals – and murder – and her own life is on the line....

©2019 W. F. Howes Ltd (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Dead Man’s Grave cover art
Remix cover art
Silver Guilt cover art
Above Suspicion cover art
Angels Fall cover art
A Quiet Life in the Country cover art
Widows cover art
Game Over cover art
Frozen Out cover art
Soho Dead cover art
Deadly Lies cover art
Skinner's Rules cover art
Kirsty's Vineyard cover art

Critic reviews

"A satisfying range of villains, Manchester and its environs turn deeply sinister and Brannigan toughs and wisecracks her way to a solution." (The Times)

"Kate Brannigan deserves promotion to the top rank, alongside Kinsey Millhone and V.I. Warshawski. Plot, characterisation, pace are all first-rate, and Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all today’s PIs." (Sunday Telegraph)

What listeners say about Kick Back

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    401
  • 4 Stars
    191
  • 3 Stars
    71
  • 2 Stars
    28
  • 1 Stars
    12
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    431
  • 4 Stars
    139
  • 3 Stars
    41
  • 2 Stars
    15
  • 1 Stars
    7
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    337
  • 4 Stars
    172
  • 3 Stars
    75
  • 2 Stars
    23
  • 1 Stars
    20

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Val McDermid is brilliant thriller writer !!!

Another classic from the great thriller writer it leaves you thinking where does it go next !!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Clever scam!

love that Val writes about local places and I am growing to like Kate more in this book. The scam s a very realistic sort of scam which makes it more plausible.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

series gets underway

As an avid reader of crime I have been meaning to try some Val mcDermid books. Her Kate Branaghan series is really getting going with this second installment.
Great narrator and easy to listen to on long journeys. I shall keep on with the next.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Love this series

I have just got into the Kate Brannigan series having listened to a few other Of Val McDermid’s books. Whilst I thoroughly enjoy all her books are find that all are read so brilliantly this one was a little tricky to get on top of all the characters - I got there in the end but I know if I’d been reading an actual book I would have been turning back the pages to catch up which character had done what with who!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

15 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Kate Brannigan series

These books are a wonderful down to earth listen. Heard the first three and heading for book 4, a big up for the narrator who brings Kate to life, top marks

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Cross over romance and crime

Wonderful story, although starting from a shocking experience, it is so heartwarming and paradise like.
Well read too and a great listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Not as good as the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series

This series of books is ok but In a different league to the Tony Hill books. I bought the series of these after enjoying the Tony Hill books. I find it hard to believe these are by the same author. These just don’t grip me the same. The plots are not very plausible either.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Lighter Than More Recent Val McDermid Books

It's interesting that this 30 year old story is almost like historical fiction. Much of the plot involves technology that was up to the minute in the early 90s, but is very dated now: not that that takes away from the fact that it's a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Quite Gripping.

Very good book, I'm finding as I get older it's more enjoyable to listen to books as I tend to lose concentration after a while if reading by myself, I've always enjoyed reading but age brings other problems.
The book seemed more gripping than the other one I had read.
The narrator I find is quite good as on several occasions I actually thought there were more people reading.
I look forward to reading more in this series.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Average

Not as good story line as usual. Bit slow and drags on. But was a easy listen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!