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The Slaughter Man

By: Tony Parsons
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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On New Year’s Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in north London, their youngest child stolen away. The murder weapon is a gun for stunning cattle, leading Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard’s Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man. But the Slaughter Man is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game?

©2015 Tony Parsons (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime Suspense Murder

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The Slaughter Man is the breathtaking crime thriller audiobook written by best-selling author Tony Parsons and skillfully narrated by British actor Colin Mace. Deep inside Scotland Yard lies a room with evidence of a psychopathic killer who stalked through London 30 years earlier and was never caught. Now an entire family is found slaughtered in his old hunting ground, the youngest child kidnapped. Has he chosen the young child to be his apprentice, to carry on his killings now he’s too old to continue himself? A grotesquely engaging book that will start your heart racing. Available now from Audible.
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…it’s unfortunate when most of the peril in the plot relies on supposedly senior and professional police detectives acting unbelievably stupidly, over and over. So far in this series (mild spoilers) members of the main unit have been killed, burned with fire AND acid, beaten up, kidnapped, and had their spine broken, and in every single case it’s because they have either rushed in without backup, acted alone, or not paid attention to dangerous criminals when attempting to arrest them. Oh, and three suspects have committed suicide under their noses. And this is only book 2!!!

Taking the p*ss once or twice is ok, it’s fiction, I get it. But there’s no way these cops would not be riding desks in the basement if they truly acted the way they do in these books.

Good story, but…

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book 3 should have been swapped with book two.
Scout went from being a 13 year old in book 2 back to being 6 in this book , overall it didn't have a great bearing for the story , but did have me confused

time line didn't match the book order

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Annoyed by two aspects of the plot: If I were a British cop, I'd be offended at the stupidity with which those in this story repeatedly just blithely walked into dangerous situations and got 'stitched up a treat'. And, if I were a psychopathic killer, with my nemesis 100% trapped and powerless to my whims, I would not leave them alive with even a minuscule chance of escape. Especially, if said nemesis is the narrator, such that: minuscule = certain.

Overall, dour but pretty good... just one gripe

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This book is quite dark, but not overly violent, it is fast paced and I imagine it will make an excellent film, it put me in mind of 'Mr In-between". I found the characters mostly believable and over all I enjoyed the story, however I found the dialogue between the father and five year old daughter unconvincing - too old and mature - more like a 9-12 year old, I also found the narrators voice was mismatched for the main suspect, too soft and small compared to the description.

The Slaughter Man

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Tony Parsons is my new favourite author and Colin Mace is my new favourite narrator. I cannot get enough of this series and am working my way through all of them.

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