Blood Eagle

This was my first Craig Russell book and I enjoyed it immensely. Think 'Rebus', but with a German twist. Russell paints vivid portraits of both the Hamburg Polizei, and the city itself. The plot is full of intrigue as Fabel attempts to track down the 'Son of Sven', and although some might suggest that the ending is predictable, this in no way detracts from the building sense of excitement. The only think I found confusing was the German propensity for abbreviations within their security services. What with GSG-9, MEK, and KSK, I didn't know where I was! As always, excellent reading and characterization by Sean Barrett.

hi, i find craig russel favel series narrated by sean barrett absolutely riveting. they are so different to the run of the mill crime stories where the detective has drinking problem and/or argues with seniors.. in these books favel is an experience officer who became a policeman because of an unfortunatl murder of a girlfriend while he was a student of history. he changes his focus from history to police work , specilising in particularly strange and sometime gory (but explain in a pleasant way without colourful language) murders . there is none of the 'f' and 'c' language that some authors think is necessary . the only time flavel utters an explitive is when any normal person would. i wish they were more of these books with sean barrett narrating.

I can highly recommend all Craig Russell's books featured on here but especially his Fabel novels and Sean Barrett's narration just adds to the experience. Absolutely superb.

Excellent characters, well written and did not want to end my car journeys.

My first but definately not my last Craig Russel. Had me gripped from beginning to end. Every character in the story comes to life.

My first Craig Russell - well paced and well worth a read. I found this book very interesting and different.

Hmm, characters interesting, but story terrible! I have never heard/read such a grisley set of crimes in a detective book. The plot is utterly mad, thankfully. The author seems to have done some reasearch, but he's got carried away. Far from excting, I found the crimes to be so nasty as to be hard to listen to. I am a huge fan of the Larson books, so I can cope with some nasty, but this book seemed too souless for me, as if the 'good' detectives were just a cover for the author to revel in gore.... call me cynical. There wasn't much detection as such, just a LOT of death. I read the second one of these books too, for some silly reason, and it was even more over the top nasty. Not for me. Three stars because the reading is good, and the detectives are interesting, I would have liked far more about them, and less death!!

Believable characters and a complex plot all building towards a great finale. As good as the Milennium trilogy; so much so that I immediately had to download the follow up.