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Mystery Man
- Narrated by: Stephen Armstrong
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
A superbly gripping and blackly funny mystery by the king of the comic crime caper.
He’s the Man With No Name and the owner of No Alibis, a mystery bookshop in Belfast. But when a detective agency next door goes bust, the agency’s clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases. It’s not as if there’s any danger involved. It’s an easy way to sell books to his gullible customers and Alison, the beautiful girl in the jewellery shop across the road, will surely be impressed. Except she’s not – because she can see the bigger picture.
And when they break into the shuttered shop next door on a dare, they have their answer. Suddenly they’re catapulted along a murder trail which leads them from small-time publishing to Nazi concentration camps and serial killers.
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- Val
- 08-04-13
Fresh, funny and fascinating
I loved the droll humour of this yarn with its mini-plots and twists and turns. The self-deprecating neurotic hero is one I hope we'll hear more of, and the reading was so good I kept forgetting that it wasn't a real person. If it has a fault, I think I'd have to say the denouement was a tad predictable, but all that led up to it was sheer enjoyment.
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- Caroline
- 09-11-18
Totally different murder mystery as so amusing
Wasn't sure if I Iiked it at first as it wasn't at all what I expected. But very quickly I came to enjoy it. So light hearted but still a page turner, and unusual combination. Didn't take itself too seriously. Will listen to more in this series
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- David
- 06-04-21
Sublime comic crime caper
Hilarious and utterly irredeemable main charecter so be prepared for that.
Great plot and fantastic laughs.
Prefect if you want something that pulls no punches comedy wise,.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Batwench
- 08-04-13
Overall not too bad
I will admit there were several times when listening to this book I did laugh out loud but there were also a number of times when I struggled to get through parts. The narrators voice suits it well and was one of the main reasons to carry on as his accent was dreamy and read it well. The main character of the book, seemed ok at the beginning but by about half way through he was really starting to annoy me as he was 'too quirky'. Supporting characters are well written and fleshed out so you don't feel as if they are just there for padding. I might look into getting other books by the author but they won't be making my wish list as a 'must read'.
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- M Porter
- 07-08-21
clever stuff
I found it really entertaining,clever and very entertaining, highly recommended.a great combination of humour and intrigue
other sp by thisauthor are well worth attention
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-04-20
Great craic, so entertaining.
Really enjoyed this book & the performance. It’s very funny but with a great plot & characters. Have book 2 ready to go.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Mrs. B. E. Cartwright
- 08-04-13
OK
I was a bit disappointed with this. Some of the humour was a bit obvious.
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- Olive Colegate
- 03-11-17
very entertaining to read. I'd recommend it. narr
narrator was perfect for the part. you could understand every word he was saying. brilliant
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- DEREK
- 28-04-17
Intermittently enthralling and funny
Where does Mystery Man rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A bit of slow storyline that eventually gets going. Then you are intermittently hooked to find out what happens next. Frequently meandering. Frequently hilarious. I enjoyed this murder mystery and will look for more books in the series.
What other book might you compare Mystery Man to, and why?
Belfast Noir.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The hospital scene with the hypochondriac and the story of the once covered chocolate peanuts.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The emerging romance was engaging and very funny.
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- mowgli
- 09-06-20
no mystery - simply funny
very entertaining with numerous laugh out loud moments, I read the book so i knew it was funny but Stephen Armstrong's audio performance is outstanding
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