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Deadline

Thane & Moss, Book 1

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Deadline

By: Bill Knox
Narrated by: Angus King
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About this listen

There are two sides to every story.

Revisit the mean streets and smoke-filled back-alleyways of 1950s Glasgow in this thrilling reissue of New York Times Bestselling author Bill Knox's first Thane & Moss novel.

A classic from one of the godfathers of Tartan Noir, this edge-of-your-seat thriller tells a tense tale of a crime reporter turned criminal. Armed with a gun, driven by desperation, and possessing insider knowledge of a potential big score, he daringly executes a factory payroll hold-up.

And that’s when his whole world begins to fall apart.

Detectives Thane and Moss embark on a manhunt, and a gripping game of cat and mouse unfolds in a dual narrative that plunges listeners into the heart of a bygone era in Scottish crime, with every twist leading the detectives towards a pulse-pounding showdown with a criminal who has nothing left to lose.

Rediscover a pivotal piece of Tartan Noir history and experience the raw reality of a crime gone wrong in this thrilling reissue of the first Thane & Moss novel, originally published as 'Deadline for a Dream'. Includes an all-new foreword by multi-million selling Scottish crime fiction author, JD Kirk.

©2023 Bill Knox (P)2023 Zertex Media Ltd Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Exciting Detective

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Angus King as always does a terrific job - but the characters were difficult to get to know and the plot rather predictable.

Lifted by the narrator

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Excellent book and big thank you to JD Kirk for backing the re-release of this series. Great narration by Angus King.
Time to start the next book.

Very Good

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I’d not heard of Bill Knox until JD Kirk mentioned that they were being recorded. As he’s always given great recommendations I thought I’d give it a go. As usual fantastic narration from Angus King. I really enjoyed the book. Having just finished the Alan Parks Detective Harry McCoy books, I’m enjoying Scottish Crime from an earlier time. This was excellent. So not only a great story but also my interest was piqued with how Police dealt with crime from that era. I also enjoyed the storytelling from not just the detective’s angle but also the criminal’s. Looking forward to the next book.

Fantastic early Tartan Noir

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As a fan of ‘whodunnit’ novels, this didn’t engage me as much. If you like the Columbo-style story where you already know the villain then it works. The setting and characters are interesting and the author creates a good picture of the era.
Angus King always entertains and because if his narration I confined to the end.
Are all these stories written with this style - with the perp identified straightaway? If so they’re not for me.

Narration brilliant

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Great book narration very good would recommend and not dated even for today good listen

How relevant this was for today and not dated

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