Macbeth cover art

Macbeth

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Macbeth

By: Jo Nesbø
Narrated by: Derek Riddell
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

He's the best cop they've got.

When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath, it's up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess.

He's also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past.

He's rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They're all within reach.

But a man like him won't get to the top.

Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He's convinced he won't get what is rightfully his.

Unless he kills for it.

©2018 Jo Nesbo (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime Suspense

Listeners also enjoyed...

 East of Innocence cover art
The Pure cover art
Relic cover art
Wild Cards I cover art
The Mayfly cover art
A Warrior's Path cover art
The Dispatcher cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
I love Shakespeare and have never been afraid to leave a theatre if a performance was terrible. I am also a huge fan of Jo Nesbo's writing. Few authors have me so enthralled.

However, I avoided listening to this for some time because I wasn't sure what to expect. What an incredible take on MacBeth. I have previously referred to Jo Nesbo as a wordsmith, someone who can wrote in such a way that the reader/listener becomes emotionally invested in the story and the characters. This is possibly his best work and I've read and listened to upwards of 15 of his books. A true masterpiece and very well read.

With 2 small children, i no longer have time to read so Audible is an absolute godsend because I can still enjoy a good book whilst doing house stuff, bum changes etc. If you haven't tried audible yet, use it for some "me time".

Wow wow wow wow wow!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Sorry not for me, not what I thought it would be, I found it very boring, and could not get to grips with the storyline

Mmmm

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Jo Nesbo is an excellent writer and you could enjoy this book even if you hadn't seen or read Macbeth. I have seen it but I'm going to see it soon and I think I will get more out of the play by having read this. Nesbo is great at writing drama and action but also making you recognise the motivations and humanity of the characters.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Over the top and rather simplistic, but if you get into it without high expectations, it's ok to pass the time.

Meh..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
MacBeth reworked with a Trainspotting vibe. I wasn’t sure at first, but after a couple of chapters I found it pretty compelling.

Nesbo reworks Shakespeare

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Needed to be about half the length found myself fast forwarding and not missing much

Had to fast forward

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An unremittingly bleak story of murder, drug addiction, deceit and the corruption of power. No characters generate any sympathy, yet the world may not be a better place by the end of the story.

Yes, very heavily based on Shakespeare, the plot shows that the story translates to any scenario involving the corruption of power.

Bleak

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Didn't finish this audio. Got into a muddle as to who was who.
Wasn't particularly interested in the characters.
You would get a lot more from the audio if you knew Shakespeare's Macbeth

Need to know Shakespeare's Macbeth

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
As much as I missed Sean barret Reading it, the narrator was absolutely brilliant.. I’m a huge fan of the harry hole books, but I think this is actually better.. the transference of placing Macbeth into 70’s (Glasgow) - it’s never named..but pretty clear...was very clever with the perfect intonation of all the classic Macbeth beats. I thoroughly enjoyed this and sacrificed a few hours sleep to finish it

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Struggle with plot is like a Western ..good narrator Scottish theme not convincing but finished it.

Got bored with off the wall plot ..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews