Hyde

De: Craig Russell

Narrado por: James Cosmo

Winner of the 2021 McIlvanney Award

Ian Rankin's Choice for Both Best Mystery Book of 2021 (PBS) and Best Books of the Year (New Statesman)

From international best-selling author Craig Russell comes a modern Gothic masterpiece.

Edward Hyde has a strange gift - or a curse - he keeps secret from all but his physician. He experiences two realities, one real, the other a dreamworld state brought on by a neurological condition.

When murders in Victorian Edinburgh echo the ancient Celtic threefold death ritual, Captain Edward Hyde hunts for those responsible. In the process he becomes entangled in a web of Celticist occultism and dark scheming by powerful figures. The answers are there to be found, not just in the real world but in the sinister symbolism of Edward Hyde's otherworld.

He must find the killer or lose his mind.

A dark tale. One that inspires Hyde's friend...Robert Louis Stevenson.

©2021 Craig Russell (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Stephen King meets Robert Louis Stevenson...an imaginative gothic tale guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine the next time you walk a dark Edinburgh night." (David Hewson, author of The Garden of Angels)

"Russell delivers a brooding, stunningly atmospheric tale set in Stevenson's Edinburgh - multi-layered and intricately plotted, this is a Gothic thriller from the hands of a master." (Margaret Kirk, author of Shadow Man)

"When it comes to Gothic crime, Craig Russell is peerless. Absolutely stunning." (M W Craven)

"Russell writes a pacy, ever-twisting mystery that will keep you turning the pages." (Ian Rankin)

Craig Russell can do better than Hyde

It’s my second attempt to listen to Craig Russell’s Hyde, and I got a feeling I’ll abandon it again midway.
Captain Edward Hyde, suffering from strange hallucinations like dreams, is trying to solve a mystery of gruesome murders that have something to do with the Celtic myths. Simply put - it’s boring and moving very slowly. And add to it the narrator’s voice - he’s move monotonous than Sean Barrett (sic!) - I either couldn’t hear him properly while on a walk or fell asleep while listening in bed.
If you’re interested in Victorian Scotland, you’d probably enjoy this novel, otherwise give it a pass.