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Hostage to Murder
- Lindsay Gordon, Book 6
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
The fifth novel in the Lindsay Gordon series.
Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow, the injury is her introduction to young freelance journalist Rory McLaren and the opening of a new chapter in her life.
Rory's invitation to work alongside her in her booth at the Cafe Virginia is irresistible. From there it is just a short step to political corruption and other juicy stories – all welcome distractions from Lindsay's problems at home, where her long-term lover Sophie has decided to heed the ticking of her biological clock and get pregnant. But when a local car-dealer's stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay and Rory are invited to trade journalism for detection. The trail leads them to St Petersburg and a dangerous snatch-back operation. It's a journey that brings a whole new dimension of risk into Lindsay's life.
Back in Glasgow, it becomes clear that Lindsay and Rory have stumbled into a bigger, more violent piece of business than either of them could have guessed – and one which will test Lindsay to her absolute limits.
Critic reviews
“Tough, exciting, moody and unpredictable.” (The Times)
“Neatly constructed and splendidly sarcastic.” (Daily Telegraph)
“McDermid not only keeps you guessing but keeps you interested.” (Sunday Telegraph)
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- Elizabeth Gray
- 07-02-21
Not a thriller.
Expected V McD’s usual excellent thriller. Instead it was a TMI lesbian story with the plot rather implausible and scant. V disappointed.
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- Rebekah skews
- 17-01-21
Felt like a hostage
Boring relationship book. I thought it was meant to be a thriller?! Terrible story and don’t try accents if you can’t do them, it’s distracting and sounds stupid.
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- Miss B. March
- 26-12-18
A predictable outcome
I had high expectations of this book having enjoyed Val McDermind's other titles very much. This story, however, seemed to reveal itself too early. The reader's very strong local accent masked other accents she tried to mimic from Russion to Geordie and that became very distracting.
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- Frankie Jones
- 18-07-21
Gave up - the story wasn’t enough to make up for the very poor narration.
I usually like VMc’s books but the narration was so wrong that I gave up. I cannot understand how this made it to Audible - surely someone should have been quality checking. The accents this “narrator” tried were so bad they were almost funny. There wasn’t a single accent that sounded remotely right! They were all so bad it is difficult to pick a winner but the geordie & northern Irish were equally dreadful.
Sadly, I had to stop listening but on the bright side I did get this on a special offer - still feel it was a wasted a credit!
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- Alan Given
- 20-06-21
Ruined by the narrator
This was a goof story with many twists and turns. The narration was however awful with numerous unsuccessful attempts at regional or international accents. It’s such a shame.
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- linda
- 02-02-19
Pros and cons
Having read other books in this series I thought this story had a good storyline with various twists and turns. The ending was a bit far-fetched but otherwise very imaginative. Unfortunately the accents (especially Northern Irish) were somewhat off the mark which took away from the listening enjoyment in places.
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- Nicola Young
- 14-10-22
as good as ever
This series by Val McDermid is really good, I'm always sad when they end. Highly recommend
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- Mrs Watson-Thomson
- 16-09-22
Good listen
Loved it , it was an interesting listen.
Thought it was a superb Val McDernid book
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- Gerard
- 22-08-22
Clunky
I wonder when this was written. Whenever, it sounds laboured and clunky. The portrayal of Irish characters isn’t pleasant. Finally, it’s just not worth listening to. Life’s too short.
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- Jacky
- 09-05-22
Compelling intriguing murder hostage mystery
Brilliant compelling hostage murder mystery really enjoyed this book so many twists with a brilliant ending, a good insight into journalism, narration was very good