Calling Birds (short story)
- Author Stuart MacBride
- Narrator Ian Hanmore
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 4 December 2011
- Run Time 16 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Fourth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season
Working in a call centre normally offers few career opportunities. But it looks as if Tracy’s about to get her big break.
Critics Review
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
n‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’
Mark Billingham
‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field’
Independent
‘Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven – or should that be hell?’
Express
‘Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best’
Val McDermid
‘Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride’s novels are a real treat’
Simon Kernick
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