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The Murder Exchange

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Dave John
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Summary

Five grand for a couple of hours work? It seems easy money, but the deal ex-mercenary Max Iversson is chasing has gone disastrously wrong. Two of his friends are dead. And now he wants to find out who's behind their killings. 

Detective Sergeant John Gallan is also looking for answers. He's investigating the fatal poisoning of a nightclub doorman. But leads are scarce and, when they do appear, so are bodies. What neither man knows is that they are heading towards a devastating confrontation that will see one of them staring down the wrong end of a gun.

©2003 Simon Kernick (P)2006 W.F. Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting Suspense
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"I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames." (Lee Child)
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The storyline was great! However....

The narrator wasn't great but I perseverd, it took me longer than usual to finish this one because the narrators voice was a bit monotonous.

Also I thought there were more than needed with the sex scenes. I mean I don't mind 1/2 pationate moments but this was a bit much for me.

Sorry Simon Kernick, I'm not sure your books are for me.

Not the top of my list...

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Another brilliant title by Simon Kernick definitely worth a listen!
Gripping from start to finish

Outstanding

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What I call an easy listen, I did this book in three days. Decent story line but I can’t say I was gripped. The narrator was very good.

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Simon is a great writer; he doesn't get bogged down in info dumps, he has tension and suspense down to a fine art, and his overall story is genuinely interesting. So it's a shame to say that he takes a long time to get to the point.

The Murder Exchange suffers most because nothing much happens for the bulk of the book. After an intriguing opening act it peters off into mystery after mystery, question after question, and builds up to the final third where everything goes a little bit mental and ties itself up a little too nicely within the space of a few chapters.

You will see the first twist coming from a mile away, as well as the interweaved betrayal, and the ensuing revelation then seems irrelevant as a result. But there is an interesting end for one of the MCs that will make you smile.

One more star is lost for the endless cringeworthy cockney tropes, and the fact that Dave John sounds a little too much like Dominic Littlewood for my liking.

His debut novel was better, and I've heard that subsequent ones are too, so The Crime Trade has been added to my TBR list.

Should've Been A Novella

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...dragged in the middle and lost its way dreadfully only to happily find light at the end of the tunnel, eventually. Overall happy I bought it and persevered...

this book was superb at the beginning...

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