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January Window

By: Philip Kerr
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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Everyone knows football is a matter of life and death. But this time, it's murder.

Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He's also their all-round fixer - he gets the lads into training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team's beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can't smooth over murder... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

©2014 Thynker Ltd (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd

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Great mystery but even better football story

Phillip Kerr's Bernie Gunther stories are grat reads,but I like his other novels even better. As an American who knows more then he needs to know about American football, I learned a great deal about English football and the Premier League. The mystery is very interesting and realistic. Kerr doesn't fall into the nonsense endings so many mystery writers rely on now with over the top unbelievable twists. I hope Kerr does a mystery about American Football there is so much money and corruption to explore.

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Philip Kerr, the C-word and football

I love Philip Kerr, his cynical humor, the stories, his heroes. This novel is the first I've read that's not set in or around war. Instead, it's deep in the world of football, or soccer for those of us who are American. I'm not into soccer so I don't if the facts are right but it's a veritable assemblage of historical facts and events from soccer in the 90' and early 2000'. It's fun.
Kerr's main characters have always had, to put it mildly, a deep appreciation of women, especially those who can selfishly and creatively gratify their men. There's so little give back that it's a wonder the hero often finds himself abandoned.
I have a problem with Kerr's liberal use of the C-word to insult women and men alike. It's an ugly, sexist word, perhaps the most degrading insult a man can use. To delete that word, used hundreds of times, would be the one thing I would gladly change to improve the book.

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I don't follow soccer but I liked it a lot

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A good mystery. The author did not get so caught up with creating a "who done it" that the ending was impossible to believe.

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Being a football lover not enough

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A very simple minded mystery tagged on to an obsession with Premier League football. I'm a fan of the latter, but lots of that couldn't save the weak story. Regret my credit. But other reviewers seem to like it....

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Complex whodunnit

I have read many of the Bernie Gunther series and bought this by way of a change. Kerr's characters are macho and fairly mysogenistic but he has many twists in the tale and keeps you awake on a long drive.

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Absolutely Fantastic

If you like football and murder mysteries this is the book for you. Really enjoyed it

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For Soccer Lovers

Like all Philip Kerr books this is deeply researched and well written. A finely woven story with lots of soccer ( football) action for those who appreciate this sport. a finely crafted Detective mystery

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Next best thing to Bernie Gunther

if you can't have more Bernie Gunther this will have to do. Curious on how this will continue.

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lots of football

good musteru but also a lot of football. helps if you are a fan. keep reading.

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This was an awesome and unexpected thriller

As a lover of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther series and the Premier League, I approached this book with little idea as to how it would work. The answer was a gripping story, against a wonderfully painted tapestry of football, and narrated perfectly.

Onto the next in this series with excitement.

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