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D-E-D Dead!

By: Geoffrey McGeachin
Narrated by: Peter Hosking
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 From the moment Alby drops his gun on a St Kilda tram he knows he's in for a bad day. Then his partner Harry is gunned down in a Double Bay coffee shop. By lunchtime Alby realises someone wants him dead - and they want him dead now. All Alby wants is some pasta, a good bottle of wine and to know more about the mysterious Grace Goodluck. But he also has to figure out who shot Harry and who wants him dead. And why.©2005 Geoffrey McGeachin. By arrangement with Penguin Group (Australia). (P)2006 Bolinda Publishing Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery

Editor reviews

Alby Murdoch wishes he was "parked on a cane chair" in Bali, surveying beauty with a gin-and-tonic in his hand. Listeners will be glad he’s not. During a breezy, action-packed, comic thriller that comes in at just under six hours, performer Peter Hosking treats listeners to a crisp, smiling Australian accent and a spy novel that scintillates with images ready for the movies.

In D-E-D Dead, Murdoch’s partner is gunned down, Murdoch is tripped up by razor wires and buried mines, and finally presented with a formidable challenge by the U.S. military itself. On top of it all, an irresistible femme fatale named Grace Goodluck promises anything but good luck.

Critic reviews

"Alby Murdoch...is a genuine action hero, with a truly Australian irreverence." (The Age)
"A rip roaring and sexy spy novel that is un-put-downable." (The Newcastle Herald)
"D-E-D Dead! successfully combines the genres of comic and thriller." (Who Magazine)
"McGeachin dishes up a wonderfully entertaining tale, rich with humour, an abundance of thrills and a pace that never flags." (The Sunday Tasmanian)
"A rollicking yarn with some sly humour." (The Sydney Sun Herald)
"Listeners will love Alby Murdoch, photographer and secret agent for D.E.D., the Directorate for Extra-territorial Defence, an intelligence-gathering unit of the Australian government. Peter Hosking's performance creates an Alby who's a 'dedhead' on a mission, escaping assassination attempts by the seat of his pants and commenting snidely on bureaucrats, love, and life while dodging exploding luggage and menacing gunmen. Hosking's portrayal of Alby offers listeners a wry sense of reality and a photographer's eye for beauty (McGeachin teaches photography in Sydney) as he travels from Melbourne to Sydney to Bali to Australia's Outback. Not quite as bumbling as Maxwell Smart or as urbane as James Bond, Hosking's Alby scores a direct, often hilarious, hit on the self-important stuffiness of the espionage business." (AudioFile Magazine)
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