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Now We Are Dead
- Narrated by: Steve Worsley
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
She can't prove he did it. But she might die trying....
From the Sunday Times number one best-selling author of the Logan McRae series comes a stand-alone spin-off featuring DS Roberta Steel.
Revenge is a dangerous thing....
Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace - that's why they demoted her and quashed his sentence. Now he's back on the streets, and women are being attacked again. Wallace has to be responsible, but if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him, his lawyers will get her thrown off the force for good.
The Powers That Be won't listen to her, not after what happened last time. According to them, she's got more than enough ongoing cases to keep her busy. Perhaps she could try solving a few instead of harassing an innocent man?
Steel knows Wallace is guilty. And the longer he gets away with it, the more women will suffer. The question is: how much is she willing to sacrifice to stop him?
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- Simon
- 03-11-17
Fudge Flavoured Wombles in Tartan Noir
The odd thing is that I didn't give this book the best chance because I was in a foul mood when I started listening to it. Half an hour later my troubles were forgotten. This is a gloriously entertaining piece of Tartan Noir from Stuart McBride featuring a lead character who feels like a genuine force of nature.
Readers of the Logan MCrae series will well remember the rather unfortunate Detective Inspector Roberta Steel who was thrown under the bus, discredited and demoted to Detective Sergeant. Steel is every bit of Scottish Detective curmudgeon, irreverence, anti-establishment sentiment and downright rudeness ever written all piled into one big bitter pile of spite. It's a brilliant and darkly humorous move that bundles all that and a strong desire for justice up into a horny married lesbian copper responsible for two young daughters.
She crashes about with the best of intentions dragging poor Tufty her partner with her intio scrape after scrape. The humour is constant though possibly a little juvenile for some.The thing that I love most about McBride is the writing style. The narrative gives even rooms and inanimate objects character. I think it's probably the first time I've ever actually felt sympathy for an interrogation room. The dialogue is brisk and has that almost Pulp Fiction nuance of not being afraid to go off on a tangent, just like people do.
All this chaos and depth needs a good performance. Steve Worsley is a great fit! Maybe his ladies don't sound the most feminine but he launches himself into the whole thing with gusto and certainly gives the impression he's enjoying this particular script.
This really is a book I would thoroughly recommend. The story and characters made me both laugh and excited. I mean it when I use the term noir above though, this isn't for the super-sensitive or the politically correct. It really does describe some very tough situations but the humanity of the characters shines through and the scene where Roberta declares that she was *trying* to be nice made me laugh out loud but showed she has a heart in there.
An extremely good use of a credit with the fudge-flavoured wombles a bonus!
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- Val McWilliam
- 04-11-17
Bloody fabulous
Another triumph by Stuart MacBride,
Colourful characters, laugh out loud humour and wonderfully dark undertones. Beautifully read by Steve Worsley as usual. Do not hesitate, buy it now!
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- Brian
- 18-11-17
Robert gets her own book... yippee.
Very Good story especially if you know the characters history. I like the introduction of some new sweary words. Roll on Roberta.
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- Mr. Paul J. Reid
- 10-01-20
Roberta Steele
What a great story. Roberta Steele, Logan Macrae’s boss, colleague and pain in the side, gets her own story and it is thoroughly enjoyable. In some respects Steele is the most likeable character in the series - the gritty, foul mouthed police officer who sails close to the wind but is ultimately a good cop. I’d love more Roberta Steele books please.
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- Diane H. Smith
- 16-11-17
The best yet!
The latest and best in my opinion. I hesitated before buying this since it’s a Roberta Steel rather than Logan MacRae centred book but I shouldn’t have worried. Hilarious and filthy it kept me listening from start to finish. Keep writing Mr MacBride. Your readers need you!
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- Jackie
- 05-11-17
Brilliant brilliant brilliant
Made me laugh out loud and a thumping good story again Stuart McBride has proved he is the master of crime
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- Reader
- 05-12-17
All delicious loveliness.
Where does Now We Are Dead rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Right up there.
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If you like Stuart MacBride you'll love this. If you don't, well try electro-therapy or something. Another gorgeous jolly romp from an author who get's better.
No Lazarus this time, it's all about Steel, and what's not to love about her. I did once try to join the police (too blind) but I suspect I would have never have met folk like these, but you can actually imagine a lot of the action could happen in similar outrageous ways.
Look, as said, if you like MacBride you know what he's about and will enjoy this 'instalment' of Police Scotland's finest. You've probably got it already, or will anyway, so why am I wasting my time telling you to?
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- jacqueline bain
- 03-11-17
Loved it. That woman is brilliant!!!
A spin off from the McRae series. This includes old history from these books but still lets an excellent not story with loads of humour, pathos and Steele carrying it all off. Noise to get a more rounded view of he. A laugh out load, fast paced unput downable book. Guid Scots humour, guid Scots accents. Braw
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-05-21
Really enjoyed
Hadn't expected to like it so much .. witty and totally un PC .. perfect
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- Ian
- 15-12-17
Very disappointed
Poor story poor reader just not
Very good shame really was looking forward to it
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