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Narrated by:
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Katie Leung
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Val McDermid
About this listen
The first in a thrilling new series from the queen of crime and an instant Sunday Times best seller narrated by acclaimed Scottish actress and Harry Potter star Katie Leung.
The shadows hide a deadly story....
1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom, and she needs something explosive for the boys' club to take her seriously. Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies - and Allie won't stop there. When she discovers a home-grown terrorist threat, Allie comes up with a plan to infiltrate the group and make her name. But she's a woman in a man's world...and putting a foot wrong could be fatal.
©2021 Val McDermid (P)2021 W F HoweListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
“McDermid is at her considerable best.” (Guardian)
"No one can plot or tell a story like she can." (Daily Express)
"One of today's most accomplished crime writers." (Literary Review)
"'As good a psychological thriller as it is possible to get." (Sunday Express)
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- Jaybeetee
- 14-09-21
Enjoyment spoiled by poor narration.
Val McDermid always writes a good yarn, and I have read most of those she has written. I think this is the first one I have listened to, and it was spoiled for me by mispronunciations, wrongly placed emphasis, and worst of all, an execrable attempt at a Belfast accent. I think in future I will stick to reading her books
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- Irene
- 19-09-23
Brilliant
Great story first I've listened to one of Vals works I definitely will be reading and listening to more
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- Aideen
- 23-08-23
Great story
Loved the story and characters. Narration was good but as someone from the area I have to agree that the Belfast accent wasn't great. More like a Dublin/American accent than Belfast. The different colloquial Scottish accents were great. I don't agree with some other reviews that the narrator was monotone. I enjoyed her narration generally. The book however ended a bit prematurely. I was genuinely shocked that it was over. These characters could definitely be built upon. Definitely worth a credit 👍
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- Adelia
- 22-02-23
Brilliant Story
A multifaceted thriller. Kept me guessing to the very end. Moved at a great pace and had a lot of humor as well.
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- John Bulman
- 21-12-24
Not the usual Val McDermid novel!
It was a decent enough listen & well performed… but nothing really happened! It’s a tale of two journalists and was interesting enough but VD’s novels are usually much more gripping and this just felt a bit like a filler with no real direction.
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- Avid Listener
- 14-11-24
Slow, but worthwhile
This was unlike other books by Val: somewhat slower but beautifully realistic. I enjoyed the story and was glad I stuck with it. It makes a change having a fictional crime story that sounds genuine: no half hour turnaround times on lab results here!!
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- avidreader
- 22-08-21
Issues with accents
I love Val McDermid and this was a good book. The narrator didn't do a bad job but there were some avoidable mispronuniciations of fairly common words and in addition her Northern Irish accent was appallingly bad. Someone else could have voiced those characters or she could have got an accent coach for those bits. Took me right out of the story.
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- W o o d r u f f
- 23-11-21
Good listening and reminiscent of 70's
I wasn't sure what to expect as I haven't read other books by Val Mcdermid but this was enjoyable and not too gruesome. I wonder how autobiographical it is.
I was disappointed that the playlist was not included as with the hardback book.
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- Blahblahblah
- 07-10-21
Good book. Terrible narration.
Wish I’d read the reviews before I bought this. It’s painful to listen to. Stop start. Big gaps. Awful accents and weird pronunciations.
Buy the book. This doesn’t do it justice. Sorry Val.
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- Tilehurst Sandra
- 05-10-21
Awesome
Fantastic furs book, in what I hope is a long long new series. Wonderful, well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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