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Sleep Like the Dead

By: Alex Gray
Narrated by: Joe Dunlop
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There's a hit man in Glasgow: unpaid and angry, he's decided to settle his own debts....

Elsewhere in the city, Marianne Brogan can't sleep. She's plagued by a nightmare: someone in the shadows, whispering threats, stalking her every move. To make matters worse, Marianne can't get hold of her brother, Billy. Despite knowing some shady characters from Glasgow's underworld, Billy's always been there for her - until now.

DCI Lorimer and his team are faced with a string of seemingly unconnected but professional killings. Without witnesses or much conclusive evidence to build a case, the officers are drawing a blank. Criminal psychologist Solly Brightman is off the case due to budget cuts. But Solly is more closely connected to the murders than he could possibly know....

And as the hit man plans a bloody ransom to get his fee, the race is on to find out just who hired him - and who's next on the hit list.

©2011 W F Howes Ltd (P)2011 Alex Gray Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime Suspense

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"Gray's best book yet.... A thoroughly impressive outing from a writer ready to join the top rank of crime authors." (Daily Express)
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really enjoyed the story but the recording is poor at points and detracted from flow of the narration

great book

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Another excellent tale from Alex Gray. I like the way the stories interweave amongst the main characters as well as the villains .
My only complaint is the poor editing, this is the third book to either jump or repeat the story on several occasions. On this particular book there is a lot of hissing. The publishing house would do well to address these issues as they spoil the enjoyment of a cracking story.
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Entertaining , but with editing issues.

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Editing error again in Chapter 32 spoiled what was otherwise an excellent book. Can't wait to start the next in the series.

Editing error again

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Good book and decent plot. the actual audio file seemed to have some quality issues and instances or repeated sections.

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A good story although the plots a little weaker than previous in the series but still enjoyable.

As usual a good narration by Joe Dunlop.

Not as good as the previous in the series

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We have been listening to Alex Grays' Lorimer novels since the first. Although the story line was as excellent as usual the repetition of text and crackling noises impaired our enjoyment once again!!- a similar repetition issue we found & reported on the Glasgow Kiss novel by Alex Gray.
I raised this with the Customer Support team and they were very good but was I the only listener to have noticed these quality issues?
Buyer beware and if possible wait for the new version to be released bug free.

A good story spoilt by technical issues

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im loveing this series its fantastic making you feel you getting to know and feel dor the main cartors

cant put this series down

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