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The Sounds of Crime

By: Lawrence Block, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Peter James, Christopher Fowler, Maxim Jakubowski - editor
Narrated by: Buffy Davis, Eve Karpf, Mike Grady, Eric Meyers, John Hasler, Various
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A unique collection of brand new crime stories from some of the masters of crimewriting, and only available in this audio collection.

Welcome to the Sounds of Crime, an exclusive collection of five brand new short stories by some of the best crimewriters around. Using the theme of 'audio', this unique collection features brand new stories by Lawrence Block, Peter James, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham and Christopher Fowler. By turns gripping, puzzling and sinister, the Sounds of Crime will chill your blood from the first spoken word to the last...

©2010 WF Howes Ltd (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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“These stories evoke those black-and-white days when Alfred Hitchcock shuffled onto our walnut-encased televisions to present half an hour of spine-tingling tension... how refreshing it is to find the perfect length of story that should satisfy all enthusiasts of this genre.” ( The Spectator
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4 of the authors wrote brilliant short stories; Val Mcdermid however wrote an episode of one of her established fictional characters' exploits. Not being a fan of Murder She Wrote type recipes, it didn't work for me.
The other 4 stories more than compensate though.

4 of the 5 brilliant!

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Quality of writing, narration and pace is exemplary - hats off to the producer. true quality.

Intriguing short crime stories.

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some of the narration doesn't help to hold you listening mediocre I'm afraid this time

some better than others

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Pretty boring if I am totally honest about it. Only liked the first story, so not great

First one is the best

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