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  • The Murder Bag

  • By: Tony Parsons
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,828 ratings)

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Summary

Twenty years ago seven students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life....

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this.

©2014 Tony Parsons (P)2014 W.F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"Propulsive ... If The Murder Bag marks the launch of a new crime series, count me in." ( The Times)
"A tense debut crime novel with a dose of dry wit" ( Daily Express)
"Impressive, page-turning ... Told with conviction and at an ever increasing pace" ( Daily Mail)
"Truly emotive crime-writing is a rarity, and The Murder Bag looks set to win Tony Parsons many new fans in the genre" ( GQ)
"Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic." (Lee Child)

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Unusual mix of emotion and intrigue

A good start, some big loopholes in my opinion, where the killer remains unmasked because only two police officers seem to have any brains but enoughtough to keep you wanting to listen to the end...

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wonderfull !

wonderfull book great performance, looking foward to starting book two on the train to work in town

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cannot recommend highly enough!

A great story, expertly narrated. Couldn't stop listening. all the characters offered something different, none carried by the other. will look for more with this narrator too. great book, buy & enjoy not being able to stop listening!

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Disappointing

Disappointing. Couldn't engage with the characters. Title only marginally connected to content. Grating narration

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Wanted more

Loved this book. The story line kept me listening again and again. The narrator has a great reading voice and both story and narrator kept me wanting more even when I'd come to the last words spoken. Thank you all who were involved in its making.

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Good read, good performance

A good book from the start, easy pace, but with a couple of twists, and turns. You can have a few guesses as to who did it, but I doubt you will get it right.

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Its okay but

its okay but a bit predictable . Some of the technical details are just plain wrong but it is a story so does that really matter. A sort of average run of the mill offering .

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A good listen with all the ends tied up

A really good listen, kept my attention. I’ll definitely look for more by this author. Oh, and the narrator was excellent as well, I recommend it.

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so good!

excellent story, wonderfully read. have already downloaded th next in the series to read!

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slow burner

but worth the wait , with .excellent narrator. nearly gave up but do glad I didn't.

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