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Going Dark

By: Neil Lancaster
Narrated by: Guy Mott
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Going Dark is the debut crime thriller from former covert specialist Detective Sergeant Neil Lancaster.

Tom Novak is a troubled soul with a dark and bloody past. A former refugee, Royal Marine and member of the elite Special Reconnaissance Regiment, he now finds himself struggling with the deadening routine of day-to-day policing. When he is deployed undercover to infiltrate a gang of people traffickers, things go badly wrong. Faced with an impossible choice, his cover is blown, and he finds himself on the run from the Serbian mafia and even his fellow police colleagues. With no-one to trust, and his enemies using all the resources of the state against him, Tom has only one option: to Go Dark.

©2017 Neil Lancaster (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting

Critic Reviews

"If you like your thrills fast, gritty and authentic as all hell, then Going Dark should be top of your reading list." (Tony Parsons)
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I like this book. I tend to listed to authors such as Tom Wood and Greg Hurwitz. This book was interesting right from the start. I found it hard to stop listening including waking up early and listening. Was sorry when it ended but still enjoyed it immensely.
I can't wait for the next in the series.

It was believable and the primary character was not invincible so very believable. Good to see that whilst Tom was seriously impacted by the trauma of his childhood he was still a high functioning human with strong feelings and loyalty to his family, even though they were his adopted parents.. His loyalty and was demonstrated again at the end of the book and it is refreshing to see people who are principled and proud and not tempted by status and money.

As I said I liked this book.

Fast and Action packed

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Love the pace of the story, characters and narration. Will definitely be reading more of this author’s books.

Fast paced and very entertaining

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Intelligent with enough background details to think its credible about the secret services and how to go off grid. Well read by Guy Mott with all the different international accents.

Going Dark

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First time I have listened to this writer definitely will become before a follower. Fast paced and believable setting

Totally enjoyed this book

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Great story keeps one engaged however I found the narrator very flat and stilted in his general reading. His accents for the characters were good.

Story

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This book oozed great research & faultless, factual information. The story itself had many twists and turns and holds the reader, even to the point of going back and listening again to check your understanding. I can't wait to listen to the next book!
One small issue lies in the choice of narrator. Whilst his accents are brilliantly done, his stilted reading takes some getting used to!

A gripping story... one you need to get to the end

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was interesting and kept me guessing what would happen next. To me, it was more realistic than other books of this genre, because the author provided good background which led into why Tom had excellent contacts, friends and people to help him and back him up when he went dark. I highly recommend this listen. Enjoy.

Great Listen

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I enjoyed this book, the pacing kept me interested. The narration was pretty good but as a Scotsman I found the Caledonian accents a wee bit rough, but overall a great and enjoyable thriller.

Shining through the darkness

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I wasn’t going to listen because the comments about the narration put me off. I decided to purchase because I really enjoyed the other series by same author. After about 20 mins I got used to it. I found the whole experience was great. Now onto book two and have to adapt to new narrator!

Great book

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Loved the fast pace of this book. Kept you guessing. Very gritty. Loved the characters.
Looking forward to book 2.

Kept you guessing

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