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Halfhead

By: Stuart B. MacBride
Narrated by: Angus King
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Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.

There are worse things than the death penalty…

They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now.

Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness.

William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now he’s Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling conspiracy.

The vast connurb blocks on Glasgow’s deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions – now someone wants to start them all over again. And Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget…

 Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Murder Mystery Police Procedural Science Fiction Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Exciting

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Critic reviews

‘Slick, gruesome and brutally intelligent, this is bare knuckles
thriller-writing.’ Michael Marshall

‘Compelling’ SFX

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘Riveting and gruesome’ Telegraph

‘Grim, gritty and great fun’ Daily Sport

‘Stuart MacBride goes straight for the jugular with a tight, thrilling novel’ Glasgow Herald

‘The action is fercious and the pace unrelenting’ Northern Echo
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Well, it is a detective in the near future and very violent bad guys and good guys. If you know MacBride you will know this in an instant. It passed the time and had a decent concept. Worth it for Macbride fans even if you don't like sifi.

Violent fun

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To be honest this was not the Stuart Macbride I thought it was! But I was grabbed from the off despite the uncomfortably shocking start and I’m glad I did. I happily ignored my family as I was taken on this rollercoaster of futuristic brutality and gore. Not my thing normally but these aren’t normal times and I loved this book so much I’m off to buy the next instalment

Gruesomely devoured

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Only because I had listened to all Logan Macrae series and was expecting similar didn’t enjoy futuristic setting

Disappointing

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I liked the build up and construct idea behind this story. I wasn’t too keen on the repeating descriptions of mutilated body’s. I felt it was not necessary to repeatedly repeat these over and over. Good book nonetheless the less. First MacBride novel and probably won’t be my last.

Good futuristic story

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To be frank, I didn’t listen to much of it, not really my type of story, but if it had been the reader put me off, he just droned on and on.

Narrators voice was drab

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