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Murder for Busy People

Max Wolfe, Book 1

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Murder for Busy People

By: Tony Parsons
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Max Wolfe is back!
This is the long-awaited seventh instalment in the popular crime series from the number-one bestselling author of Man and Boy.

Emma Moon is out.

She’s served 16 years for a notorious armed robbery that left two men dead – and enriched many more.

But Emma Moon never talked. She kept the code. She never revealed who was with her on the day of the robbery. She never told who killed those two men.

And now she is free – and everything has gone. Her family. Her share of the money. And her faithless husband.

So Emma Moon is in a hurry. Because it is payback time. And after all those years inside, she has friends who will do anything for her.

As the bodies of the innocent and the guilty pile up, only one detective stands between a career criminal and her quest for revenge.

The same man who, as a fresh-faced policeman, arrested her all those years ago.

Max Wolfe is back.

Single parent to a teenage daughter, owner of an ageing dog, music lover, hopeless romantic - and a murder detective who has his own code of honour.

©2025 Tony Parsons (P)2025 Penguin Audio
Crime Thrillers Suspense Revenge

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Fantastic as always

There aren’t enough superlatives to convey my enjoyment of Tony Parsons’ writing. “Superb” will have to suffice. Narration by Colin Mace is perfect, for Max Wolfe. I hope TP has a few more cases for Max.

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Great!

Excellent narration of a moving story. Have enjoyed all of Tony Parsons book and look forward to more-enhanced by the talent of an outstanding narrator

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Murder for Busy People

Another clever and compassionate story. Thought I'd guessed the outcome, but nope! What is different from most murder books is the story of Scout and Max is much more important than the murders.

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Amazing

Absolutely loved this book . Was so looking forward to it being published. Was not disappointed.
Gripping story , well told . Got emotional

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Like Max had never been away

I fell right back in the the life of Max and binge listened to this book

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Long winded

I was so excited to start listening to this book! Recently listened to the first 6.
I found it boring as it was simply too slow. Far too manny references to the past, and the tedious pop psychology about father and daughters was simply annoying.

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Wonderful touching story

I have enjoyed all the books in this series but this was the best one yet. Great police procedural with a touching father daughter thread running through. The twist at the end was brilliant and the last chapter brought me to tears.

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Max Wolfe excellent new murder mystery series by Tony Parson, full of intrigue with several storylines merging across each other. Excellent narration by Colin Mace. Great listening

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Excellent story

What a great book, excellent storyline, really liked the characters, nice twists and turns to keep it interesting

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Another brilliant story with excellent narration

Another enjoyable story. The narration was excellent as always. I like hearing Max and his daughter’s characters grow and evolve with the passing of the books.

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