The Murder Bag

By: Tony Parsons

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Twenty years ago seven students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life....

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this.

©2014 Tony Parsons (P)2014 W.F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"Propulsive ... If The Murder Bag marks the launch of a new crime series, count me in." ( The Times)
"A tense debut crime novel with a dose of dry wit" ( Daily Express)
"Impressive, page-turning ... Told with conviction and at an ever increasing pace" ( Daily Mail)
"Truly emotive crime-writing is a rarity, and The Murder Bag looks set to win Tony Parsons many new fans in the genre" ( GQ)
"Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic." (Lee Child)

An amazing listen! Wow!

I feel like I've discovered a gem of a series. After reading the positive reviews I decided to take a chance on this story. It was amazing. It's one of the few times I've felt that the audio version is better than the book. An outstanding performance of a wonderfully written story with characters you can't help but like and root for. Decent cops doing good honest police work and an excellently plotted novel. Right after I'm done with this review I'm starting the next in the series (book and audio!).

Layered Thriller

An excellent thriller superbly narrated. Tony Parsons has written a wonderfully layered murder mystery that will keep
you listening in suspense to the last word.

Best British fiction in years.

This is masterful. Exceptional performance, tight story. Great narrative. One of the best. I look forward to the rest of the series.

A new series to love

Tony Parsons brings London crime to life with this series. Very well narrated this is a great mystery with a good twist at the end.
Warning, there is some gore, and people you grow to like, die.

Definitely a winner

Interesting characters, brilliant narration. Well worth getting to know DC Max Wolfe. As a female Yank of a certain age, I am late to the series and look forward to the next as I play catch up. Highly recommend!

Tight Mystery

I really enjoyed this book.
The characters, the story - certainly cliche (wealth is evil/poverty is kind)- the mystery, the performance.
I’ll read more in the series because it’s entertaining and not completely predictable.

refreshing

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though the story line was similar to others the characters and writing were so well done it seemed new and fresh. Even with the disturbing subject matter it was never base, vulgar or graphic. The writing allowed the listener/reader to see without being disturbed. First book in a long time I listened to with rapt attention, rewound when I thought I'd missed a nuance... Yes a nuance, it had that...enough said?

An intriguing detective mystery.

What made the experience of listening to The Murder Bag the most enjoyable?

Excellent narrator and gripping mystery

What did you like best about this story?

The characters come to life

Which character – as performed by Colin Mace – was your favorite?

Max Wolf

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Max Wolf's ex-wife visits him and their daughter

Any additional comments?

A really good listen. The novel captures one's interest and one cannot wait to keep listening

Well done.

I have one little quibble with the whodunit but I'll have to keep it to myself to avoid a spoiler and it is a small mark against a book that is so well written. Very good plot, characters and flow.

too much extraneous detail. But great story otherw

I love the idea I love the story that were just too many times when the story would go off on a very detailed tangent that I lost track of the story altogether found myself completely forgetting that I was even listening to the book.