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Electric Blue
- Narrated by: Paul F. Verhoeven, John Verhoeven
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Paul Verhoeven's ex-cop dad, John, spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. One day John offered Paul the chance of a lifetime: he'd spill his guts on tape. What unfolded in Loose Units was a goldmine of true-crime stories, showcasing John's dramatic experience of policing in Sydney in the 1980s and brilliantly twisted sense of humour. But what happened next in John's career was twice as weird.
Electric Blue spans the final years of John's stint in the New South Wales police force, when he took up an offer to move into the grimy, analytical world of forensics. Paul unpicks his father's most terrible cases. There was the case of a rapist hiding in the walls of shower block, a body that was quite literally cooked, and the bizarre copycat suicides.
But what's it actually like to have a heroic ex-cop as a dad? Paul and John delve into their unique father-son relationship and how they ended up so different to each other. They figure out how to deal with the choices they've made...or wish they'd made. And Paul's mum, Christine, reveals what it was like to be a pioneering female cop in the '80s when misogyny was rife in the force.
Thrilling, fascinating and unexpectedly laugh-out-loud funny, Electric Blue is another high-octane adventure in policing, integrity and learning what family is really all about.
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- Toni Stocks
- 22-08-2020
totally electricfying
There's something to be said about the unique father/son relationship here, throughout the chapters of Electric Blue, Paul weaves the stories of what happens behind the scenes of forensic police work as told from the memories of John's eyes. Its one of those stories that once you start you don't want to put down, and you will literally laugh and cry along with both Paul and John.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-2021
fantastic and can't wait for more!
both books were awesome mate it's a credit to you and all involved great work
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-09-2020
Same
The stories are well done and the narration good.
I enjoyed the different last chapter.
The reason I did not go 5 stars is because I felt I had heard the stories already in the podcast. I am a huge fan of the podcast and have listened from the beginning.
It was still good to listen to the stories in a slightly different format.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-08-2020
Cracking book
Not only is the book extremely good, the bond between this father and son is very clear. The way that John engages in the stories toward the end of the book is heart warming. Can’t wait for the next book to come out..
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- Mick
- 04-06-2021
Pretty good
An entertaining and interesting recount of a father’s policing life told by his adoring son. Great stories worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-09-2020
LOVED this book!!
Such a great listen. Paul made the perfect narrator and I was hooked from the start. I'm off to listen to his other book "Loose Units" now.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-08-2020
brilliant, just brilliant,
brilliant, Paul and John have done an awesome job. Narration by Paul makes it a gripping thoughtful story
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- Anonymous User
- 29-03-2021
Now Paul...I really enjoyed Electric Blue.
Absolutely loved listening. The Body in the Woods chapter had John choosing his own adventure. OMG had me in stitches. Now Paul...(said in John's fatherly tone)please can you get on and start writing about John's times at the funeral home?
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- Kindle Customer
- 13-10-2022
Ok until the end
I love Paul are a narrator and story teller but really didn’t like the choose your story. It went on for to long. Otherwise loved this book
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- Maddi
- 10-09-2020
Bloody Brilliant
AMAZING!!! The story itself was fantastic and the story telling from Paul was impeccable. I definitely didn’t want it to end and hope that there’s another book on the way!
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