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The Unburied Dead

DS Hutton, Book 1

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The Unburied Dead introduces Thomas Hutton, the coarse, melancholic, drink-fuelled, sex-addicted police sergeant Tartan Noir has been waiting for.

A killer stalks the streets of Glasgow, his attacks bestial in their ferocity. The police are lost, and soon, as the past begins to haunt them, they themselves become targets. Step forward Detective Sergeant Hutton, adrift in a sea of love, lust, deception, alcohol and murdered colleagues. And lost though he is, the dead will not rest, the past will not be buried, and Hutton must find the answers before the killer strikes again....

©2017 Douglas Lindsay (P)2021 W F Howes Crime Crime Thrillers Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Suspense

Critic reviews

"Lindsay is an underrated writer with an eccentric, blisteringly satirical voice." (Sunday Express)
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Gritty, harsh, and graphic at times. Good story. Lots of who done it questions. Well made.

Very well made police story

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Seems to be too much going on about tangent things and people, their personal lives, rather than focus on the story. Also, too much erotic contenct in just start of the listen. Overload of all this obscures the story that might be good, but I can't listen to it.

Not for my taste

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brilliant really enjoyed it, easy listening, well narrated. A lovely mixture of characters, well done every one

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Definitely give this a chance. takes time to settle into itself but honestly it's really good.

give it a chance

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A plethora of thoroughly unlikeable characters, and I expect that’s the point. A story with good potential, a little too gratuitous in parts, and the narrator does a good enough job with the material, and really helped me persevere with the story. I won’t be rushing to listen to the next one.

It’s just ok, saved by the narrator.

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