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The Black Art of Killing
- Narrated by: Jonathan Guy Lewis
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
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Dr Leo Black is one of Oxford University's rising stars. His lectures play to a packed audience of adoring students. He seems destined for tenure amongst the gleaming spires. But Worcester College has never employed a man like Leo Black before.
For 20 years Leo served the SAS with distinction. And when the friend he served alongside is killed in Paris trying to prevent the abduction of a young British scientist, the world Leo has tried to put behind him begins to reel him back in.
When Leo's former Commanding Officer reveals that Paris represented far more than just a single, isolated tragedy, Leo reluctantly agrees to help, whatever the cost to his new life.
But as Leo gets closer to the startling truth about his friend's death, he also faces an uncomfortable recognition that, while he might be a promising academic, he is a truly exceptional soldier.
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- Mrs L Lloyd
- 10-06-20
riveting
once I got o to the story I didn't want to stop listening, wish there was another audio book by this Uth6or
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- elizsheba
- 10-08-20
Brilliant!
Bravo, Mathew Hall! Wonderful at last to read sensible analysis of left political agenda and the left ideas from idle infantile university professors with their parasitic existence on the expense of those who had to deal with the real stuff.
Thank you for a good honest work.
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- P Murray
- 19-07-20
Excellent
Excellent story, with great characters, and superb narration.
Let's have more of Leo Black soon, please.
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- pr1ngl3
- 01-12-21
Thoroughly enjoyed this!
The narrative was excellent and submerged you into a gripping, edge of the seat, storyline.
I’ve listened to a number of audiobooks now and this is by far, in my opinion, the best to date!
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- Justin Evans
- 26-09-20
really good
Good interesting story with good detail & well read, definitely going to look for more by this author & narrator
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- Gerry Lynch
- 10-04-20
Best in genre
Not the usual Special Forces thriller. Characters well developed and story interesting. Will certainly read his other books.
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- Mr K Smith
- 20-05-20
moved on...
superb..never thought the Coroner could be trumped..I was wrong...highly recommended. the narrator was excellent and I cannot wait for the next chapter for Leo Black.
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- M
- 20-03-21
NARRATION and STORY
After the usual Penguin deafening clang, the narration was even and well read, pleasing to the ear as a wearer of earpods. The few voice variations were tolerable, very good. The main character in this audiobook was brutal and a wannabe academic; the brutality is not for the faint hearted. This was a good story but I didn't like the end too much - after Towers' suicide, it sort of went off a little bit, a bit old fashioned, didn't match; Karen dropped in on Black on his return playing the usual lecturing and mothering female character to his nonchalant male character's ego. She should run, he won't change......unless she is his nemesis and then she might be worth keeping, otherwise she's surplus. I enjoyed all of M R Hall's coroner novels, hope he writes more of them.
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- Tom Clarke
- 10-06-21
A crediblestory
This story has the genesis of a rather different action hero. One who is more rounded and cultured and the plot line wasn’t bad either
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- Mr Craig P Keogh
- 05-01-21
Extreme
A far superior ex-SF soldier story brilliantly delivered by the narrator. An excellent story with what may be considered by some to have a degree of predictability but still had me zeroed in throughout. Highly recommended.
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