The Dying Squad, Adam Simcox
The Dying Squad, Adam Simcox
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The Dying Squad

Author: Adam Simcox

Narrator: Sophie Aldred

Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 07/22/2021


Synopsis

'Darkly entertaining police procedural with a difference' CRIME REVIEW

'Fizzes with life' - STUART TURTON, Costa First Novel Award winner

'A thrilling ride with dark humour, action and a touching side that's hard to forget' SUN five stars (book of the week)

WHO BETTER TO SOLVE A MURDER THAN A DEAD DETECTIVE?

When Detective Inspector Joe Lazarus storms a Lincolnshire farmhouse, he expects to bring down a notorious drug gang; instead, he discovers his own dead body and a spirit guide called Daisy-May.

She's there to enlist him to the Dying Squad, a spectral police force made up of the recently deceased. Joe soon realises there are fates far worse than death. To escape being stuck in purgatory, he must solve his own murder.

Reluctantly partnering with Daisy-May, Joe faces dangers from both the living and the dead in the quest to find his killer - before they kill again.

Recruits are loving THE DYING SQUAD:

'At times evocative of Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim series, but without its hardboiled cynicism, this is an impressive and memorable debut' CRIME TIME

'Whip-smart, fresh with a dash of dark humour, The Dying Squad is a wildly entertaining read. Highly recommended' - ADAM HAMDY, Sunday Times bestselling author

'Adam has crafted something unique with The Dying Squad, mashing fantasy and crime together in a way I've not seen before . . . I'm sure it will be a huge success' - JAMES OSWALD, author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series

'Superbly plotted and packs an emotional heft rarely seen in a debut' - MW CRAVEN, CWA Gold Dagger Award winner

'Funny, creepy and compelling' - ANNA STEPHENS, acclaimed author of Godblind

'Grim, wry and inventive, a twisting tale with both guts and heart. Never has Lincolnshire seemed more desolate, or more menacing' - DAVID WRAGG, The Black Hawks

About Adam Simcox

Adam is a London-based filmmaker who's shot commercials for brands such as McLaren, Primark and Vice, and music videos for Britpop veterans as well as fresh on the scene alt-country stars. He began his film career by writing and directing three features: the first sold to Netflix; the second and third won awards and critical acclaim at festivals worldwide. A graduate of the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course, The Generation Killer is Adam's second novel in The Dying Squad series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on April 26, 2021

I loved this! A dead detective solving his own murder. Purgatory as a setting. An imaginative piece of world building with intriguing heaven and hell rules. SO addictive and clever with enough twists and turns to satisfy fans of mystery and a speculative plot that is entirely compelling. Fairly sure......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on July 11, 2021

Detective Inspector Joe Lazarus storms into the farmhouse to bring down a drug gang. Instead, he finds his own dead body. What the fuck? A spirit guide, the foul-mouthed and snarky Daisy - May, breaks the situation to him and recruits him into the Dying Squad. Joe must solve his murder before the ki......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on July 28, 2021

The Dying Squad is the very first instalment in the gritty and gripping Detective Inspector Joe Lazarus series of supernatural thrillers. DI Joe Lazarus has always believed he could solve any murder, but that was until it came to his own. When Lazarus storms a Lincolnshire farmhouse, he expects to b......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 22, 2021

This book was everything I hoped it would be, and more, and honestly I just want to shout very loudly 'Go Buy This Book!' The notion of a detective, on a murky stakeout, investigating county lines drug runners, who finds his own dead body, had me hooked. That his name is Joe Lazarus (arisen from the......more

Goodreads review by Anna on April 07, 2021

Fun, creepy and twisty, this is a book where no one is who they seem, dead or alive. Good people doing bad things, bad people doing bad things, and bad people doing good things. There's a lot going on. I had a couple of continuity issues towards the end, but then I was reading an arc and I'm sure the......more


Quotes

Untameably original, so stylish and packed with a biting humour Rob Parker, author of A Wanted Man

THE DYING SQUAD is one of those books that fizzes with life. Every page has a new idea, or a funny line, and Daisy May is just a brilliant character to spend time with. Also, the ending arrives in a steel-tipped boot. Well played Adam Stuart Turton, Sunday Times bestelling author and winner of the Costa First Novel Award for The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Excellent. Funny, creepy and "oh no he did not just throw that twist in there" compelling' Anna Stephens, author of The Godblind trilogy

Grim, wry and inventive, a twisting tale with both guts and heart. Never has Lincolnshire seemed more desolate, or more menacing David Wragg, The Black Hawks

Whip-smart, fresh with a dash of dark humour, The Dying Squad is a wildly entertaining read. Highly recommended Adam Hamdy

A thrilling ride with dark humour, action and a touching side that's hard to forget The Sun

Adam has crafted something unique with The Dying Squad, mashing fantasy and crime together in a way I've not seen before ... I'm sure it will be a huge success. James Oswald

A fascinating debut ... At times evocative of Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim series, but without its hardboiled cynicism, this is an impressive and memorable debut. Crime Time