Die Last

DC Max Wolfe Series, Book 4

By: Tony Parsons

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

As dawn breaks on a snowy February morning, a refrigerated lorry is found parked in the heart of London's Chinatown. Inside, 12 women, apparently illegal immigrants, are dead from hypothermia. But in the cab, DC Max Wolfe finds 13 passports. Twelve dead women. Thirteen passports. The hunt for the missing woman will take Max Wolfe into the dark heart of the world of human smuggling, mass migration and 21st-century slave markets.

There is a fate worse than death in this fifth instalment of the sensational Max Wolfe series, from best-selling author Tony Parsons.

©2017 Tony Parsons (P)2017 W.F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"I've long been a fan of Tony Parson's writing and I'm really enjoying his genre move into crime fiction. This is brilliant stuff." (Peter James, on The Hanging Club)
"This is Parson's best crime novel so far and underlines his exceptional talent for sensing the zeitgeist." ( Daily Mail, on The Hanging Club)

The best so far!

I love following the characters through the years — from our favorite detective and his the police colleagues to the boxing coach to the criminals — they gain dimensions as the series continues. And, who could resist Scout!

Well done, Mr. Parsons!

love this series

I really enjoyed this book, the police case is relevant to today and we see the personal effect it has on ordinary police officers.

I have listened to all of the Max Wolfe series and looking forward to the next one

I WANT A BOOK 5!

First off, if you haven't listened to the other 3 books in this series stop and start the series from book 1, The Murder Bag. This is a series that order will matter.

Parsons writes detective/ murder mystery books -- not action packed thrillers. The characters are well developed, especially over the series. Max, the main character is strong yet sensitive, brutal yet kind. He is the type of character you want on your side. I love the interaction between Max and his daughter, Scout, and their dog Stan. You can tell Parsons loves dogs. Some of his lines about our four legged friends made me laugh out loud.

Colin Mace is a master voice actor. He brings the characters to life. He makes a good book even better. Not all narrators have this skill. The quality of the recording is top notch.

I strongly recommend the entire series. If you like
Robert Galbraith, John Verdon or the Will Trent series you're most likely going to enjoy this series too. I hope there's more to come.

Brilliant

Colin mace is Max Wolfe for me now - love listening to his narration - his versatility on voices is amazing
Stunning story again from Tony Parsons and I am whizzing through the series unbidden

A little disappointed

This is a great series but I felt like this book was very poorly researched. I cannot say how many times I muttered "it doesn't work like that!". I can't really list all the examples without spoiling the story, but one minor element involved a guide dog for the blind who was just dropped off unceremoniously and then, when the person didn't want the dog, it was just casually handed over to another person and then that person handed it over to still another person. Guide dogs are extremely valuable and they aren't just dumped off at someone's house and then allowed to be given away or sold when the person instantly decides they don't want the dog. There is also a lot of training involved to teach a new handler how to handle their dog, they aren't just dropped off because a family member of the blind person says they want one. Another example involved shutting down an entire chain of a certain type of chain business in a way that is wildly implausible if you give it more than a moment's thought. Another thing that really bothered me was the way euphemisms were used, even by the police and other "good guys", to describe forced sex slavery in as inoffensive terms as possible, like "people smuggling" and "people trafficking". It always annoys me when kidnapping and selling people into slavery is downplayed this way. Hoping this is just a blip and the next book will be as good as the previous ones.