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Black Tag

By: Simon Mayo
Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Your house is on fire. What do you save?
You have seconds to decide.
If everything is about to burn, what do you rescue first?

When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the fire service must use the list of paintings lodged with it - a grab list - to snatch the key paintings from the flames.

But something has been altered. It’s the wrong list.

Then the ashes reveal another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who shouldn’t have been in the gallery. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and why they were there. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than they should be - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson…

Bestselling author and legendary broadcaster Simon Mayo has created a spellbinding contemporary thriller. He weaves a story ripped from today’s newspapers that will take Famie far from the pages of her website into a murderous family saga stretching back over centuries.
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Praise for Simon Mayo

'Mayo spools out his many twists and turns skilfully.' Observer
'Simon Mayo is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the thriller world.' The Times

©2025 Simon Mayo (P)2025 Penguin Audio Amateur Sleuths Crime Fiction Espionage Family Life Genre Fiction Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Exciting

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I'm finding so many audio books disappointing. This would not fall into that category but it's just OK,nothing special. Would I recommend? No.

It's OK

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This is a fast paced thriller from this very talented author. I have read / listened to a number of Simon’s books but I think this is the best yet. The hero’s were very believable and the baddies were sickeningly callous and brutal behind a wealthy and privileged facade. My cap is doffed, well done Mr Mayo

Oh my word!

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Fast moving, great story line and excellent characters. Will go back and listen to the first book now!

Excellent characters

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I always pre order Simon Mayo's books and was looking forward to this release. Rachel Bavidge's performance was excellent. The story line was good but I found the characters two dimensional. Either so pure they need a halo or a parody of evil. By the end of the book I felt I was being preached to. Spoiler alert - we all know slavery is bad. Overall, disappointing.

Great performance

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