Loved it!

This is the second DI Max Wolfe book which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Love the narrator he seems to get the character spot on.
This is unashamedly good v bad a good detective story perhaps not for the faint hearted.
A well to do family are slaughtered in their home and the only survivor a young child is abducted.
Thereafter DI Wolfe is on the case. We are gradually learning wee snippets of his personal life and it leaves you wanting more.
Love this series - next one please.

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Brilliant!

Excellent story, flawless narration. I listened to this immediately after listening to the most recent in the series (having just discovered Max). Even that way around, it worked well for me. I love Parsons’ writing style. His main characters are so easy to like and engage with. I do not agree with the reviewers who suggest this is too violent. I’m no shrinking violent, but I am turned off by gratuitous, gruesome violence. There is none here, but it’s a gritty crime novel, so inevitably, there is some gritty violence! The only flaw for me was, well to avoid a spoiler, let’s say - when, later in the book, it kicked off in the hotel room. I had to really suspend my disbelief. If I could clearly see it coming, why couldn’t the intelligent, experienced copper? Either side of that moment, it was superb though, so it’s still a 5* star book.

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Absolutely loved it!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes - gripping, great narration, great story. Loved it more than the Murder Bag. This is one I will read again.

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Good but so depressing!

I thought this a very bleak story, excellent in many ways, but I couldn't bear to listen or read it again. Tony Parsons is a thoroughly involving author and I found this novel really hard to cope with. The fact that there was so much undeserved horror hardly balanced by some comeuppance to perpetrators was difficult to contend with - so many ruined and damaged lives. The central character Max Wolfe is rather too much of an idiot for my wholehearted approval - he got caught out too often in my opinion especially as he's a boxer but at least he's not a superhero I suppose. All in all a thoroughly involving book but I felt so sad listening to what happened to the victims (no unnecessary gore I believe though not easy to listen to or read) that I was left at the end unbearably depressed! Colin Mace does a good job of delivering the audio version though there are some inexplicable short pauses during his narration and after two books he's certainly become Wolfe's voice for me. Intriguing book, I love the glimpses into the "black museum ", but I need to be very careful about the next audiobook I listen to or I shall slide into the proverbial slough of despond! I'm going to have to wait a few books before listening to The Hanging Club!

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Another excellent Max Wolfe...

One minor teeny tiny criticism is that there are sooo many incidences involving Max and altercations that at some points it becomes a little too much/many and credibility was threatened. BUT ! Colin Mace and Toby Parsons bring it back with excellent narration, story and character development

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fantastic

absolutely love the narrator. The maim character is great and it was an excellent listen

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gripping & emotional

makes me believe their are decent fathers out there. Wolfe is a character that brings tears to your eyes over Scout. enthralling storyline and quite macarbe at times. dont need to listen to samples to enjoy this series of books.

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Let Down

I had to give the book 4* (rounded up to 4.5*) because in part, some of the plot was over the top, and unbelievable. These parts excepted, the overall difficult story was written in a very weird, yet gentle manner for the reader. While the book may not come across in a sympathetic manner the sub- storylines are.

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Really excellent

If this is your genre then look no further , tense , fast moving, sometimes down beat , sometimes funny. Just so enthralling. Cannot wait to listen to the next book..

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By a human who understands humanity.

A brilliant book narrated with great feeling and understanding. Well written and designed to portray the deep emotions of love and hate and the consequences of both.

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