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  • Nightfall

  • A Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller
  • By: Stephen Leather
  • Narrated by: Paul Thornley
  • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,159 ratings)
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Nightfall

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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Summary

“You’re going to hell, Jack Nightingale”: They are words that ended his police career. Now Jack’s a struggling private detective – and the chilling words come back to haunt him.

Nightingale’s life is turned upside down the day that he inherits a mansion from a man who claims to be his father. It comes with a warning that Nightingale’s soul was sold at birth and a devil will come to claim it on his 33rd birthday – just three weeks away.

Jack doesn’t believe in Hell, but when people close to him start to die horribly, he is led to the inescapable conclusion that real evil may be at work. And that if he doesn’t find a way out, he’ll be damned in hell for eternity.

©2010 Stephen Leather (P)2010 Isis Publishing Ltd

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    5 out of 5 stars

What a gripping tale.

I have never come across Stephen Leather's books before, but if this is indicative of the standard of his stories, I will be looking for more in the future. I was so gripped by the tension of Jack Nightingale being surrounded by death and mayhem as he tries to find out the truth about his birth and the fate that awaits him on his 33rd birthday that I stayed awake half the night listening, because I just had to know what happened next. It is a long book, but my attention never wavered, which is rare. I recommend this as a jolly good 'read' to anyone who enjoys thrillers. A beautiful reading job by Paul Thornley, whose voice was perfect for the character, was the icing on the cake.

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    5 out of 5 stars

A fantastic audiobook

I love all of Stephen Leather's books but this in my opinion is his best by far a really gripping listen, the Dan Shepperd books are fantastic but this is totaly different and Paul Thornley in my opinion is a fantastic narrator, try listening to this while walking the dog at night really does make you keep looking behind you.

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Very enjoyable but ....

Thoroughly enjoyable and unpredictable I would have stopped listening if it hadn't been as the constant "said (pause) nightingale" nearly drove me mad.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable Yarn

This book is more Dennis Wheatley thand Stephen King so don't expect gory goings on or aliens in the plot. I loved the narration and it was so good to listen to a British accent for a change. Jack Nightingale is a rather likeable sceptic and although I thought parts of the book dwelt a little too much on death, making it a bit morbid in parts, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to listen to the sequel.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Very different

An unusual storyline, supernatural but down to earth due to the brilliant narration of Paul Thornley.
Jack Nightingale's birthday is approaching, but he receives the unwelcome news that his soul has been traded and will be given up when he reaches his 33rd birthday. Various people repeat 'You're going to hell Jack Nightingale' and he has a race against time to find out what it's all about and save himself. Very different, looking forward to the next book.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

A good enough listen

My first Stephen Leather. I'd read so much about him being a mainstream star who'd decided to self-publish that I thought I'd give his work a go. The supernatural theme was unusual and added interest when teamed with the otherwise slightly formulaic device of the jaded detective/PI character (hard-smoking, hard-drinking, world-weary and cynical, with a pretty female sidekick). I've previously enjoyed the narrator's work and a good narrator is key to the success of any audiobook, but on this occasion the narrator was slightly irritating (the emphasis and slight pause on 'said' became wearing after a while: "SAID...Jenny" "SAID... Nightingale"). I will probably look for other Stephen Leather books, but not for a while. This was one of those 'also ran' audiobooks that didn't exactly disappoint but didn't wow either.

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    4 out of 5 stars

Not at all what I expected!

The book turned out to be very different from what I was expecting: changing from a detective-type story into quasi-religious tale of the supernatural. The first half of the book is very gripping and kept me eager to continue, but I felt latterly it went off too much into contemplating what happens after death and relying on the supernatural. The reader is excellent and his voice suited the main character well.
A word of advice if you've just giving up smoking or trying to do so this book will be torture for you as it is a long advert for a particular brand of American cigarettes beginning with 'M' with so many references to needing a cigarette and the pleasure and relief of smoking that thoughts of 'product placement' kept coming into my mind.

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Average story, averagely told

Not sure why there are rave reviews for this book, it seems a fairly average story told in a very average way. The narrator is excellent but the story is slow paced with meaningless scenes, shallow and repetitive discussions about death and characters that go nowhere and are hard to care about. Maybe it's just me.

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    5 out of 5 stars

nightfall

Brilliant spooky chilling story keeps you longing for more i loved every minute of this story

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Whispered...Jack Nightingale (Grrr)

I'm a fan of Stephen Leather and have been for several years. As I lay in bed last night listening to Nightfall, though, I became increasingly annoyed at the constant "said...Jack Nightingale", "whispered...Jack Nightingale". I know it's Jack or Jenny! I don't need to be told who is speaking at every opportunity. It distracted from the story.

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