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Blood Runs Deep

DS Malkie McCulloch, Book 1

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Blood Runs Deep

By: Doug Sinclair
Narrated by: Angus King
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Family ties can be deadly

In the shadow of the Pentland Hills, a man has been callously struck down in front of his home. Tyre marks suggest it was no accidental hit-and-run. Somebody wanted him dead and as the man fights for every breath, they might still get their wish.

Grappling with the demons he thought he could leave behind after months away on enforced leave, D.S. Malkie McCulloch resists pressure from his superiors to pass the case on to the road policing unit, convinced that whoever was behind the wheel will be waiting for the chance to finish the job.

With the help of his partner DCI Steph Lang, Malkie uncovers evidence that leads him to a former soldier suffering with PTSD. Risking his already tarnished career – and his life – he must unpick a complex web of family ties, deception, and greed to reveal the secrets at the heart of the case. When the former soldier decides to take justice into his own hands, and a key witness reveals information that implicates somebody within the police, can Malkie piece together the truth before the body count soars?

The first in an utterly gripping new Scottish crime thriller series featuring DS Malkie McCulloch, a brilliantly complex detective who will risk everything to protect the innocent. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, JM Dalgliesh and JD Kirk.

©2024 Doug Sinclair (P)2024 Storm Publishing
Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense

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Too depressing

I’m not in the mood for having both the criminal and the cop being majorly screwed up.

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Frustrating in it's woke correctness

The story was slim in believability, but ok. I put it aside quite a few times when the detective work was following mental illness outcomes as absolute. "he couldn't have committed the crime or he would have remembered, and he's far too reliable even though he's clearly violent and insane". It made this a tough story to attach to emotionally.

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All the interior questioning was wearing

The repetitive angst felt like filler. Trying book 2 with hopes for improvement. Fingers crossed.

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Book 1 of a new series.

I expect a lot of ground work to be laid in a book 1. But this was too unnecessarily long and repetitive without building a base for future stories. The inner dialogues were very annoying.
Angus King was the best part of the listen.

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Most entertaining!

Loved angus king- getting ready for a brand new series. This was a job well done not much more to say

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A wild ride to uncover the truth

An exciting and thrilling book. Nonstop thriller that will keep you reading until the very end. Narrator is totally amazing. Looking forward to the next break in the series

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Of course Angus King King of Narration

Story ran too long
Constantly looping over itself
I kept fast forwarding
Main character was closely becoming annoying with the endless selfish whining
Ending was anticlimactic, bit of a letdown

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I love Angus King as the narrator in these books.

The one thing that I did begin to dislike was Malkie’s constant running into danger without thinking things through. It did become a bit annoying for me.

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Too much internal dialogue

This book would have been vastly improved if the main character did not have so much internal dialogue. The struggles he faced emotionallydid not weigh up to the super long, super boring, internal monologues that we had to endure. The book probably would’ve been cut down by about a third, had they been appropriate. The issue with the main character’s mother‘s death didn’t seem weighty enough for the guilt suffered by Malcolm.
The performance of the book was fine, there were a lot of characters and they were pretty easy to identify just by the actor’s voice changes.
Overall, I would not recommend this book, at least without more editing.

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Unsympathetic protagonist

I understand many LEOs have something of a god-complex. In this story, this tendency is reflected as he assumes responsibility for everyone else’s situation with addressing his own issues. Further, he gives no credit to other adults having free will to make their own choices. This main person is really lacking in depth, more a 2-dimensional character. The traumas he has experienced are vaguely referred to, but never fully explained, though very occasionally a new “clue” to them shows up. I had to stop listening 3/4 of the way through. I know who did what, I know how and why already. I am so annoyed by Malkie’s whinging, I no longer am rooting for him or care if he saves his career. Based on the choices he has made so far, he SHOULD lose his job, but since this is Book 1, clearly he does not. That is not believable, that he would save his career with the actions he has knowingly taken, regardless of any criminal activity on his nominal “boss’ ” part or not.

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