Get Your Free Audiobook
-
Black Rain Falling
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
Non-member price: $30.38
People who bought this also bought...
-
Shuggie Bain
- By: Douglas Stuart
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
-
-
depressing even though it was obviously well writt
- By Cameron on 29-12-2020
-
The Bone Readers
- By: Jacob Ross
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Secrets can be buried, but bones can speak.... After standing witness to a murder on the streets of the Caribbean island of Camaho, young Michael 'Digger' Digson is recruited into a unique plainclothes homicide squad, an eclectic group of semi-official police officers, led by the enigmatic DS Chilman. Digger becomes enmeshed in Chilman's obsession with a cold case, the disappearance of a young man. But Digger has a murder to pursue, too: that of his mother, killed by a renegade police squad when he was a boy.
-
Slough House
- Jackson Lamb Thriller
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's first desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for.
-
-
Not enough Jackson
- By Anonymous User on 28-02-2021
-
The Less Dead
- By: Denise Mina
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Margo goes in search of her birth mother for the first time, she meets her aunt Nikki instead. Margo learns that her mother, Susan, was a sex worker murdered soon after Margo's adoption. To this day, Susan's killer has never been found. Nikki asks Margo for help. She has received threatening and haunting letters from the murderer for decades. She is determined to find him, but she can't do it alone.... A brilliant, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching new thriller about identity and the value of a life.
-
-
Gripping book
- By Laura on 10-01-2021
-
Blood & Sugar
- By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing....
-
The Kingdom
- By: Jo Nesbo
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the far north of Norway a man lives a peaceful existence. However one day his younger brother, always the more successful and charming of the two, turns up to visit, accompanied by his new wife. It soon turns out that the little brother is not quite as angelic as he seems.
-
-
Love it or hate it
- By caroline on 06-10-2020
-
Shuggie Bain
- By: Douglas Stuart
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
-
-
depressing even though it was obviously well writt
- By Cameron on 29-12-2020
-
The Bone Readers
- By: Jacob Ross
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Secrets can be buried, but bones can speak.... After standing witness to a murder on the streets of the Caribbean island of Camaho, young Michael 'Digger' Digson is recruited into a unique plainclothes homicide squad, an eclectic group of semi-official police officers, led by the enigmatic DS Chilman. Digger becomes enmeshed in Chilman's obsession with a cold case, the disappearance of a young man. But Digger has a murder to pursue, too: that of his mother, killed by a renegade police squad when he was a boy.
-
Slough House
- Jackson Lamb Thriller
- By: Mick Herron
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's first desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for.
-
-
Not enough Jackson
- By Anonymous User on 28-02-2021
-
The Less Dead
- By: Denise Mina
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Margo goes in search of her birth mother for the first time, she meets her aunt Nikki instead. Margo learns that her mother, Susan, was a sex worker murdered soon after Margo's adoption. To this day, Susan's killer has never been found. Nikki asks Margo for help. She has received threatening and haunting letters from the murderer for decades. She is determined to find him, but she can't do it alone.... A brilliant, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching new thriller about identity and the value of a life.
-
-
Gripping book
- By Laura on 10-01-2021
-
Blood & Sugar
- By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing....
-
The Kingdom
- By: Jo Nesbo
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the far north of Norway a man lives a peaceful existence. However one day his younger brother, always the more successful and charming of the two, turns up to visit, accompanied by his new wife. It soon turns out that the little brother is not quite as angelic as he seems.
-
-
Love it or hate it
- By caroline on 06-10-2020
Publisher's Summary
Delving into issues of family, class and loyalty, Black Rain Falling is a stunning crime novel that asks how far one should go to protect those they love.
On the Caribbean island of Camaho, forensics expert Michael 'Digger' Digson is in deep trouble.
His fellow CID detective Miss Stanislaus kills a man in self-defence - their superiors believe it was murder, and Digger is given just six weeks to prove his friend is innocent.
While the authorities bear down on them, Digger and Miss Stanislaus investigate a shocking roadside murder, the first tremors of a storm of crime and corruption that will break over Camaho at any moment.
Critic Reviews
"Jacob Ross is a truly amazing writer. Black Rain Falling is an outstanding novel, it gripped me from the first page to the last." (Bernadine Evaristo, Winner of the Booker Prize)
"Jacob Ross is a unique and thrilling new voice in crime fiction." (Mark Billingham)
More from the same
What listeners say about Black Rain Falling
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Karen de Verteuil
- 29-09-2020
Fast paced. Highly recommended
Great read The story line was well constructed and moved along at a ‘page turning’ pace. The characters, their emotions and personality were thoroughly explored bringing them to life. Beautifully written, Ross kept the pace going to the end. I downloaded Black Rain Falling on Audible and kindle so had the added pleasure of listening to Onwukwe’s narration. What a powerful and sensitive reader. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good crime story. Waiting for the movie!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Barbara
- 14-06-2020
Brilliant!
I got sucked in immediately. I Listened to it in sitting. Couldn't put it down.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- SBM
- 01-01-2021
Quite brilliant.
The plot, the characters and the reading are all excellent. One of the few audio books I have listened to twice - and enjoyed just as much second time round.
I fear Jacob Ross may not give his main character - Digger- many more outings (although I may be misinterpreting the hints in the text) so enjoy while you can.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Sandie
- 08-12-2020
Couldn’t stop listening but didn’t want it to end
Outstanding! Brilliant, intricate plotting with wonderful characters. Digger and Miss Stanislaus are a formidable duo. The dialogue is sharp as is the humour. The narration is excellent. I really hope there is another on the way.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Absodoodlelutely
- 09-07-2020
A slice of raw West Indian life
If Missa Digger Digson of San Andrews CID arrests y'arse, you'z in trouble - even if you'z a fella officer of the law. Digger prowls over the sun-splattered drug-ridden island of Camaho, delivering his brand of West Indian justice. His bosses are riled by his methods, his fella officers try to maim him and his women try to make sense of what he's looking for - criminals and causes mainly.
The convoluted plot involves various police and the Minister of Justice trying to pin a murder charge on his partner, the immaculate Miss Stanislaus, and a drug ring that enslaves young boys on the island. It's well conjured but standard police procedual fare, you might think. But where this book stands out is in its gritty and convincing plunge into the culture and life of the WIndies - the bedrock the tourists never see.
The Times praised Jacob Ross's authentic dialogue, but the characters he brings to life do justice to it - West Indian justice... Digger Digson-style. Ben Onwukwe deserves huge credit for his reading of it and every scrap of patois is wonderfully rendered and easy to understand, even for us fair-skinned fellas. The Audible book I've enjoyed most this year.
16 Best Audiobooks by Aboriginal Authors
Across genres, there’s no shortage of brilliant titles from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers of Australia.



25 Best Celebrity Audiobooks
It’s always a pleasant surprise to pick up a familiar story and find an unexpected famous friend in the narrator’s booth.



Best Audiobooks of 2020
We've crunched the numbers, heard from our listeners and gotten expert opinions to round up the best listens of 2020.


