Listen to a sample
The Dead of Winter
- Author
- Stuart MacBride
- Narrator
- Cathleen McCarron, Greg McHugh
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 16 February 2023
- Run Time
- 12 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.5 (2 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
Who do you trust when everyone's guilty?
Marky Bishop is dying. That's why they've given him a compassionate early release, only where can a career criminal like him go to spend his final months?
From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras, and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the last safe haven for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population.
For Detective Constable Edward Reekie, this was supposed to be a simple delivery job - drive his new boss up to HMP Grampian and collect Marky Bishop, take him to Glenfarach, then head back home again. Nothing dangerous or complicated.
So how could it all go so horribly wrong?
The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...
Praise for Stuart MacBride:
'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay
'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James
'MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express
'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham
© Stuart MacBride 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
Critics Review
-
'Often very funny and concludes with a glorious twist'
The Times
-
MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers, but he is no exponent of 'cosy' crime, as he demonstrates here with this fierce, dark tale of a young detective delivering a prisoner to a village in the Scottish Highlands to spend his last days. . . Written in MacBride's familiar tongue-in-cheek style, it fizzes from every page
Daily Mail
-
A tale with genuine jeopardy that is also sheer entertainment. It's a high wire balancing act, but MacBride never falters
Scotland on Sunday
-
Not your usual crime story, this is a darkly funny Fawlty Towers
Sun
See more reviews See fewer reviews
-
A classic, twisty thriller
i Paper
User Reviews
Book 4.5
Narration 4.0
-
5.0 5.0
Stuart McBride never disappoints. Another, thrilling yet often, gruesome but always extremely 'chilling' and thrilling story. As always, he compels the reader forward in eager anticipation before yet another twist adds to the overall tension.
Geoff Miles 2023-09-13
Details
- Author
- Stuart MacBride
- Narrator
- Cathleen McCarron, Greg McHugh
- Duration
- 12 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 February 2023
- ISBN
- 9781473592551
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller / suspense fiction
- Rating
- 4.5(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by PenguinTHE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR.Who do you trust when everyone's guilty?Marky Bishop is dying. That's why they've given him a compassionate early release, only where can a career criminal like him go to spend his final months?From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras, and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the last safe haven for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population.For Detective Constable Edward Reekie, this was supposed to be a simple delivery job - drive his new boss up to HMP Grampian and collect Marky Bishop, take him to Glenfarach, then head back home again. Nothing dangerous or complicated.So how could it all go so horribly wrong?The weather's closing in, tensions are mounting, and time's running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...Praise for Stuart MacBride:'A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence' Sun 'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay 'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter James 'MacBride's thrillers just keep getting better' Express 'Crime fiction of the highest order' Mark Billingham© Stuart MacBride 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
About xigxag
xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.
There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.
Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.
Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.