Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

$0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
A Taste of Ashes cover art

A Taste of Ashes

By: Tony Black
Narrated by: Garth Cruickshank
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £21.99

Buy Now for £21.99

Pay using card ending in
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.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Artefacts of the Dead cover art
The One That Got Away cover art
The Edmonton Police Station Thriller Series, Books 1-3 cover art
False Start cover art
The Burying Place cover art
A Long Time Dead cover art
Never Somewhere Else cover art
Grimm Up North cover art
The Body in the Marsh cover art
Silent Tide cover art
Lucifer Falls cover art
Secrets in Blood cover art
A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller cover art
The Friend cover art
Watch Over You cover art
Out in the Cold cover art

Summary

When DI Bob Valentine returns to duty after a narrow escape with death, he is faced with the discovery of a corpse on a kitchen table with a horrific neck wound and a mystery surrounding the victim's missing partner and her daughter. It's all too close to his own near-fatal stabbing.

When the murder investigation begins to reveal a tragic family drama, Bob Valentine struggles to deal with the rapidly unfolding events and the terrifying visions that haunt him. As he starts to uncover the illicit secrets of the family's past, can he keep a grip on the case and on his own sanity before the body count starts to rise?

©2015 Tony Black (P)2016 Isis Publishing Ltd

Love Books? You'll Love Audible.

Transform your day

Transform your day

Replace endless scrolling with endless listening. Chores can be fun.

Listen everywhere

Listen everywhere

You can’t turn pages while you drive—but you can press play.

Carry your entire Library

Carry your entire Library

Your stories go where you go. Audiobooks don’t weigh a thing.

Listen and learn

Listen and learn

Discover stories that can change your mind, your well-being, and your life.

Reach your reading goals

Reach your reading goals

Download titles to listen offline, wherever you are in the world.

Find your niche

Find your niche

WIth thousands of titles to explore, there’s something for everyone.

Try for £0.00 £7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

What listeners say about A Taste of Ashes

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

DI Bob Valentine is a man with tender true grit, beautifully written and perform with outstanding excellence.

A few days ago I listened to my first Tony Black, Artifacts of the dead and absolutely LOVED it - I was gripped and hooked. Last evening I downloaded this second book in the series and I've just finished listening to the entire story in one day whilst completing boring chores and it was equally brilliant, gripping and enthralling..... I need more, the next one, I am addicted! So well written, so balance between the gritty, dirty and dangerous life of a Scottish Detective and the vulnerable, tender reflections and responsibilities of a true Family Man with the added element of sixth sense happenings steming from his earlier briefly dead moments following his being stabbed.....it's going to change your perceptions of life and it certainly has for DI Bob Valentine! Keep writing them Tony Black and NEVER change your Audio book performer of the BRILLIANT Garth Cruickshank who IS the characters you created!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!