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The Impossible Dead
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
Malcolm Fox and his team are back. They've been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct with his own uncle, also in the force, having proved to be his nemesis. But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by intimations of conspiracy - and a brutal murder committed with a weapon that should not even exist.
The spiralling investigation takes Fox back to 1985, a year of turmoil in British political life. Terrorists intent on a split between Scotland and the rest of the UK were becoming more ruthless, sending letter-bombs and poisonous spores to government offices, plotting kidnaps and murder, and trying to stay one step ahead of the spies sent to find them. Fox has a duty to get at the truth, while the body count rises, the clock starts ticking, and he fights for his professional and personal life.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-08-21
Awesome ...
Great plot and characterization super narrator, l enjoyed this even more than the Rebus series... let's have more please
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Catherine
- 30-05-12
wow
Gripping. Fox is an interesting character - very compelling and totally different from Rankin's long-time anti-hero: Rebus. This is multi-layered, complex, sophisticated. A great listen.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Sheila
- 29-01-12
Rankin at his best
I loved the Rebus stories and wondered how the new character would work but the character of Malcolm Fox works really well. I was not disappointed. The plots are good and kept me guessing right through the book. Looking forward to the next in the series.
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- Jay
- 21-03-23
Not on Rebus level but still good.
Story to start was a bit all over the place and hard to follow. Maybe reading would be better so you can flick back. Enjoyed the humanising of Fox by including an old flame and family.
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- Tamsin G.
- 14-06-22
First class!
I thoroughly recommend this book. The story line is great, Malcolm Fox is a really likeable character, and the book is SO well read by Peter Forbes.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Mr. J. Crowson
- 31-10-11
A converted Rankin fan
Chose this because of the special offer but so glad I did. The plot was a very absorbing one, and I was taken with the light it threw on the police operations; this is my first Rankin novel as detective novels are not usually my book of choice. The narrator was first class, and I liked the differences he achieved in both the voices of the main characters and their particular Scottish accents. The interplay between the three main cops was particularly enjoyable and amusing. I think there's another Inspector Fox story available and look forward to listening to this.
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- Sarah
- 23-12-12
Clever but complex!
Brilliantly narrated by Peter Forbes, this feels like Rankin settling into writing Michael Fox. Although I enjoyed his first outing in 'The Complaints', the conspiracies of the first novel meant it wasn't quite such a glimpse of the real complaints as it perhaps might be. This multi-layered story felt like it was on more solid ground and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- SD
- 29-07-20
Excellent story
Another excellent story by Rankin. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of twists and turns in the story.
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- M. Dawes
- 15-12-11
How to follow this?
I really liked The Impossible Dead, but what intrigues me most is whether Fox will now make the move to CID or remain in 'the complaints' for his next outing. Rebus became an ensemble piece, and I guess that they are a hard or almost impossible act to follow. We don't quite have that yet with Fox and his crew, but we have to remember that it took Mr Rankin a while to develop the now familiar Siobhan Clarke, Gill Templar, Morris Cafferty and so on. Deep down we all wanted Rebus to never retire, but we have to give credit for the bravery of the author to give him up. I wasn't particularly fond of the art heist book, but I am looking forward to the next instalment of Malcolm Fox.
And one more thought, am I the only one who would like to read more of Miles Flint (bad name) from the Watchman novel?
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 08-02-13
Very enjoyable
if there was a 4.5 score I'd award it. The deadpan narration and steady pace of the story took a little settling into but I ended up addicted and completely satisfied with this unexpected treat. I immediately downloaded the first in the Inspector Fox series and hope to enjoy many more to come. I was reminded of the Alec Blume series which is set in a different country but still has a decent cop dealing with internal corruption.
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