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Cato Kwong, Book 1

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By: Alan Carter
Narrated by: John Stretton
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About this listen

Meet Cato Kwong—disgraced cop and ex-poster boy for the police force.

The world is in economic meltdown, but a mining town on the edge of nowhere is booming. With the town's population exploding, it's easy enough to hide a crime—or even a dirty past. Banished to the stock squad after the fallout from a police frame-up, Detective Senior Sergeant Cato Kwong is brought in from the cold to solve the case of a torso washed up on the wild shores of the Great Southern Ocean. When Kwong's investigation lifts the lid on the exploitation of migrant workers and disturbs an even darker criminal mind, the fallen cop faces powerful opposition. Drawing in globally relevant issues, such as immigration, racism, and the economic crisis, this is a humorous and tightly plotted crime narrative.

‘A gripping read. So real I had to wipe the blood off my fingertips.' DAVE WARNER

‘Alan Carter takes us into the dark underside of the mining boom in an atmospheric and sharply written thriller.' SATURDAY AGE

©2011 Alan Carter (P)2011 Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Private Investigators Crime Witty

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I had to restart a few times to recap. A good story with solid narration. I guessed who the culprits were but that didn’t detract all.

A good story but pay attention

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I liked the story. And Kato. It was a bit confusing with all the characters but 3 Geordies with awful accents let it down a bit.
Still good pet !

Great story. Shocking Sunderland accents

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so many twists, well put together. thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. well written and narrated.

great reas

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This book was a struggle. It was an interesting setting and interesting crime, but none of the characters were particularly likeable and there was a lot of bad policing, and not just incompetence but blatant corruption and brutality which was very uncomfortable. It's not written as the characters being in the right at least, but it still isn't great to read and I am left wondering why I would want to read more about this guy who doesn't seem like either a great officer, a decent person, nor someone who is interested in growing. Also the pacing felt a bit odd, it wasn't always clear where or when or why things were happening and it moved from scene to scene quite abruptly in places, so it was hard to keep track of what was happening. I finished it to see what was going on but I'm glad it was free. As for the audiobook it was competently read but the narrator isn't very good at accents, it's not unlistenable caricatures of accents so it's listenable though, it's just not very effective/believable.

An OK listen

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