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Turning Blue
- Narrated by: Andrew McIntosh
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Turning Blue by Benjamin Myers, read by Andrew Macintosh.
‘Ben Myers is the master of English rural noir, and with Turning Blue, he has created a whole new genre: folk crime … this is by turns gripping, ghastly and unputdownable’ PAUL KINGSNORTH
In the depths of winter in an isolated Yorkshire hamlet, a teenage girl, Melanie Muncy, is missing.
The elite detective unit Cold Storage dispatches its best man to investigate. DI Jim Brindle may be obsessive, taciturn and solitary, but nobody on the force is more relentless in pursuing justice. Local journalist Roddy Mace has sacrificed a high-flying career as a reporter in London to take up a role with the local newspaper. For him the Muncy case offers the chance of redemption.
Darker forces are at work than either man has realized. On a farm high above the hamlet, Steven Rutter, a destitute loner, harbours secrets that will shock even the hardened Brindle. Nobody knows the bleak moors and their hiding places better than him.
As Brindle and Mace begin to prise the secrets of the case from the tight-lipped locals, their investigation leads first to the pillars of the community and finally to a local celebrity who has his own hiding places, and his own dark tastes.
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Critic reviews
"As good as anything being written in Britain today." (Horatio Clare)
"A powerful novel by a writer who has found his subject and the voice that best expresses it … He could be Yorkshire’s Iain Sinclair as well as its Cormac McCarthy." (Bookmunch)
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- Mr. P. Short
- 11-01-24
Bleak. Grim. Brilliant.
I became a fan of Ben Myers after reading another of his books so was eager to read this. The preview warned me of its nature but I was not ready for the shear bleak misery of the narrative, background, characters and story. That being said, Mr Myers is a master of his craft and you are quickly drawn into the world, however much you might dislike it - and if you have any sense of decency about you, you will dislike it.
Despite the bleakness of the background, it is obvious that Mr Myers has a great affection for the North of England. His other stories show a similar love. This though paints the scenery in its harshest and most savage state, and he portrays the people with grey colours.
I agree with other reviewers, the narration is difficult to follow. The Northern accent was spot on and added to the overall atmosphere of the story but the breaks (or lack of) between characters caught me off guard a few times.
Be ready for this book. It is a hard read/listen, but it is brilliant.
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- annieB
- 18-01-24
turning blue
gripping story unfolds and builds gradually putting together the clues. looking forward to the next novel
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- Cornelius Z_G
- 09-10-22
Ben Myers is too good a writer for this..
A dark and bleak tale from Myers that cuts a little too deep, possibly because Myers is such a good writer he draws you in a little too far. There's some wonderful landscape writing that off-sets a cast of vile, misbegotten men. The story moves along and does what it's meant to, you binge it because you want to hear a modicum of justice done. It is a compulsive (and repulsive) listen.
The narrator's performance is staccato and punchy, it fits but can get a bit samey - you have to pay attention to catch the swaps in character perspective because they are marked and there is no difference in reading style.
I'm going to listen to the next book in the series but probably after a break to lighten my mood and cleanse my ears!
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- Patricia Jones
- 16-07-23
Horrific
I know these things happen in real life, but it is not what I want from an audiobook. I have read (listened to) almost all of Ben Myers books, but no more.
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