The Last Man, Robert McNeil
The Last Man, Robert McNeil
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The Last Man

Author: Robert McNeil

Narrator: Antony Ferguson

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022


Synopsis

A cold case heats up as a British police detective investigates the murder of a union activist—while MI5 puts the pressure on . . .

DCI Alex Fleming has returned to work after convalescent leave to find that the Assistant Chief Constable wants him to review an old cold case. William Stroud, a union activist, was shot dead five years ago after a strike at the Atomic Weapons Establishment organised by union leader Bill Kauffman. No one had ever been arrested for the crime.

When Fleming later finds out that MI5 have an interest in the case and in what’s going on at the AWE, he realises how deep he’s going to have to dig. After speaking to the officer who originally investigated the case, he learns that another activist was the main suspect. But as the body count rises and Fleming uncovers an extramarital affair, he suspects the answers may lie in a very different place . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on March 04, 2021

DCI Alex Fleming is charged to handle a cold case, even though that is outside his scope of responsibilities. This is at the request of the Assistant Chief Constable, bypassing Fleming's superior and the head of the cold case division. Five year ago, William Stroud was shot to death following a strik......more

Goodreads review by Sally on March 20, 2023

Another audiobook, pretty high death toll and the end was sad as Fleming said he could not condone the perpetrators actions but did understand them. The narrator is not especially good but I will still happily listen to more of these novels.......more

Goodreads review by Linda on April 16, 2023

This book was extremely entertaining. Alex Fleming is tasked with taking on a cold case which needs to be solved as rapidly as possible. On the face of it, it appears to be very simple since the killer had already been identified. However, the evidence is somewhat lacking and there is a degree of do......more

Goodreads review by Alyson on March 17, 2021

This is the second story featuring DCI Alex Fleming working at the Thames Valley Police Major Crime Unit near Oxford with his close loyal team of DS Harry Logan and DC Naomi Anderson The chief constable Matthew Upton is demanding a better clear up rate since he has police and crime commissioner Ceci......more

Goodreads review by The Kentucky Fried Bibliophile on October 07, 2022

DCI Fleming is back to review an old murder case of William Stroud that went cold over 5 years ago, but he's being forced from Fleming's assistant chief constable, Eathan Younger. William Stroud was union member that was shot dead after a strike at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). The main su......more