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The Dead Pass

By: Colin Bateman
Narrated by: Adam Moore
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Hired to find the missing son of retired political activist Moira Doherty, Dan Starkey knows his new case is going to be challenging. Billy 'the Bear' Doherty, a criminal with a nasty drug habit, isn't an easy man to find - his mum is convinced he's been murdered. But when Moira herself is killed, Dan finds himself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.

©2014 Colin Bateman (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction

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Critic reviews

"He just seems to get better and better" (Ian Rankin)
"Sometimes brutal, often blackly humorous and always terrific." ( Observer)
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really enjoyed the story and the narrator was different class. would recommend to every one

Great listen

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I've read all the other Dan Starkey novels and this is the first I've listened too. I was a bit dubious that it just wouldn't be the same, that the images and voices that I'd created for the characters would be overturned. Yet, I loved it. Every minute of it was as good as ever.

They Get Better and Better

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This was my first Colin Bateman novel and I'll be straight back for more. A thoroughly entertaining book with a quirky main character, Dan Starkey, and an excellent supporting cast.
The storyline kept you hooked throughout, with totally unexpected events and twists, with some genuine gasp in shock moments, and plenty of laugh out loud moments as well.
The narration by Adam Moore was perfect.
Get it, you'll enjoy it.

Well worth a listen

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I think Colin Bateman's novels work brilliantly on Audio, Adam Moore's masterful, almost deadpan narration complements the fast paced action and irreverent tone and adds to the humour.
The plot is excellent and weaves in and out of some very very dark places and introduces some very very unpleasant characters, with Bateman making pin sharp points about the current situation in Northern Ireland. Dan Starkey remains as dogged as a terrier and his emotional development still has not progressed beyond about 8 years old, but you're rooting for him from the first moment. There are many many laugh out loud moments which can cause embarrassment when listening on public transport. Marvellous.

The Best Starkey Yet

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I love Bateman books and regularly find myself laughing out loud. This one though didn't quite fulfill my expectations. Strange plot in places. Narration was good.

typically funny in places but not one of his best

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