A Partridge in a Pear Tree short sto..., Stuart MacBride
A Partridge in a Pear Tree short sto..., Stuart MacBride
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A Partridge in a Pear Tree (short story)

Author: Stuart MacBride

Narrator: Ian Hanmore

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hemlock Press

Published: 12/01/2011

Synopsis

First story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Billy Partridge wasn’t really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was ‘do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered’. ‘Do the job’ seemed the least worst option. But he’s about to find out just how bad the least worst option can be…

About Stuart MacBride

Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. His work has won several prizes and in 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dundee University. Stuart lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife Fiona, cats Grendel, Onion and Beetroot, and other assorted animals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sushi (寿司)

Carina ma le prossime le prenderò in blocco unico. Purtroppo l'ho scoperto solo dopo aver comprato questa singola. Ringrazio Tsukino per avermelo detto. 😁......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan

It is difficult to rate each individual Twelve Days of Winter story, so the following is a review of all twelve stories when read back-to-back. I’ve had Stuart MacBride’s Twelve Days of Winter sitting on my Kindle for a couple of years now, and each year around Christmas I tell myself to dive in and......more

Goodreads review by David

good short story of a burglary......more

Goodreads review by Elaine

Very short story.......more

Quotes

Praise for Stuart MacBride: ‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’Mark Billingham ‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field’Independent ‘Admirers of tough, modern crime novels will be in seventh heaven – or should that be hell?’Express ‘Ferocious and funny, this is Tartan Noir at its best’Val McDermid ‘Hard-hitting prose with a bone-dry humour and characters you can genuinely believe in, Stuart MacBride’s novels are a real treat’Simon Kernick

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