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Now We Are Dead

Written by: Stuart MacBride
Narrated by: Steve Worsley
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Publisher's Summary

She can't prove he did it. But she might die trying....

From the Sunday Times number one best-selling author of the Logan McRae series comes a stand-alone spin-off featuring DS Roberta Steel

Revenge is a dangerous thing....

Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace - that's why they demoted her and quashed his sentence. Now he's back on the streets, and women are being attacked again. Wallace has to be responsible, but if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him, his lawyers will get her thrown off the force for good.

The Powers That Be won't listen to her, not after what happened last time. According to them, she's got more than enough ongoing cases to keep her busy. Perhaps she could try solving a few instead of harassing an innocent man?

Steel knows Wallace is guilty. And the longer he gets away with it, the more women will suffer. The question is: how much is she willing to sacrifice to stop him?

©2017 Stuart MacBride (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

What the critics say

"Dark and gripping. A riveting page-turner." ( Independent on Sunday)
"MacBride is a damned fine writer." (Peter James)
"A satisfyingly compelling thriller." ( Sunday Mirror)

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Another Tale of Twists and Turns

It was fun to see the story from Steel's point of view - with McRae as a more peripheral character. As usual - a very complex plot with threads that were expertly woven together - all with a sense of justice at the end. Classic MacBride.#Audible1

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great

I shouldn't love this one as much as I do. It's sophomoric, loaded with scatalogical humor, and it stars Steele and Tufty, two characters best taken in small doses. But somehow it works. Steele gets to show some of her more positive qualities, and Tufty, though still very much Tufty, gets to be a bit more than a comic foil/idiot. His annoying speech patterns still drive me bananas ("I has a genius!" etc.) but it was great to get a more rounded view of his character.
And that last big showdown is just beautiful. Genuinely tense and a little scary, and then so, so satisfying.
I really, really enjoyed it, although I must admit that having the sense of humor of a 5 year old helped.

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