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By: Philip Kerr
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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About this listen

Everyone knows football is a matter of life and death. But this time, it's murder.

Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He's also their all-round fixer - he gets the lads into training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team's beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can't smooth over murder... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

©2014 Thynker Ltd (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Mystery England Sports Murder

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A warning of some really bad language and the sexual content would have been appreciated. Not everyone listens in headphones!!!
Bad ‘mockney’ accent almost put me off listening to the whole story.

Not bad but .....

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Once upon a time there was an East London football club with a Scottish coach. Then, after some sinister goings on there was an unexplained death. Our hero (the coach) took on the job of solving the case. He doubted himself along the way but in the end he … no spoilers. This book has the elements you might expect: Foul-mouthed players, a poor attitude to women, hints to links with organised crime, a deep-rooted loathing for the police, lots of interesting inside gen about life in a football club. It’s not all that well written but I enjoyed it.
I chose it because (weirdly) it was recommended by Rory Stewart on the “Rest Is Politics” podcast. Rory Stewart has very little interest in football. His other book recommendations have mostly been non-fiction and way more high-brow.

Serviceable Fiction

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This is really well written and flows with great, colourful language. The crime is not that big a part of this story. I am not interested in football but I found the atmosphere and pace made this book a real joy. The narrator does the whole thing proud.

I don't do football but I loved this

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As a huge football fan I normally avoid fictional works centred in the world of the beautiful game but thought I'd give this one a try as Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series is exceptional. And, indeed, he carries some of that craft to this novel but all the football clichés are still present which makes this type of novel difficult to enjoy.

Not a patch on Bernie Gunther

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Absolutely first class. Completely different from the Bernie novels, which I adore, this book is nonetheless an absolute jewel beautifully narrated by Andrew Wincott.

Wonderful

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