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The Murder Bag

By: Tony Parsons
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Twenty years ago seven students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life....

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this.

©2014 Tony Parsons (P)2014 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Mystery

Critic Reviews

"Propulsive ... If The Murder Bag marks the launch of a new crime series, count me in." ( The Times)
"A tense debut crime novel with a dose of dry wit" ( Daily Express)
"Impressive, page-turning ... Told with conviction and at an ever increasing pace" ( Daily Mail)
"Truly emotive crime-writing is a rarity, and The Murder Bag looks set to win Tony Parsons many new fans in the genre" ( GQ)
"Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic." (Lee Child)
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it's many years since I have seen Tony Parsons on TV. I could see he was smart but never really appreciated him. Based on this, his talent as an author is clear. Great characters, great plot, perfect pace. Also wins the prize for the number of times Heckler & Koch can be written in one novel.

This is very, very good

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Such a well-written novel and excellently performed by the very talented Colin Mace. I look forward to more Tony Parsons/Colin Mace audiobooks. Highly recommended if you enjoy police procedurals.

Outstanding - a compelling audiobook

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Excellent read great narration and story although book 1 I’ve read it after a few others and am impressed

Twists and turns poetic justice

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Narration was just as it should be, the character being believable and interesting. Good story that flowed well and still left me interested until the end

Loved this, so glad I have discovered the series

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great stand alone. all of the characters were great and narration was superb. the black room was interesting

solid read

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Really enjoyable, love this narrator. Solid, well written crime mystery. thank you very much.

Great story

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I really enjoyed this book it gripped me from the start. I especially enjoyed the performance of the narrator. A great combination.

Couldn’t stop listening

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The story was interesting but made all the better with the narration. Hopefully the rest of the series will be enjoyable.

Wonderful narration

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loved everything about this book. the story, the narration. so glad to have found this author and narrator Crossing fingers that the author doesn't change narrator!

Brilliant story - awesome narration!

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This is a lovely book with a soothing narrator easily who is able to move across the range of characters.

The problem with this form is the need to wrap up all the loose ends and provide explanations.

Mostly a very enjoyable story experience.

Easy relaxing read with Parsons' family focus

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