The Fifth Suspect

Written by Robert McNeil

Narrated by Antony Ferguson

A DCI deals with a homicide on a boat in the Thames—and hostility from his own colleagues—in the debut of this police thriller series.

A shady London nightclub owner is found dead on his boat on the River Thames—and newly promoted DCI Alex Fleming, a man with a troubled past, is keen to prove his worth with his first murder case after joining the Major Crime Unit of Thames Valley Police.

But Bill Watson, a belligerent fellow DCI, gives Fleming a hostile reception and, as internal politics come into play, Fleming finds himself up against both a difficult case and his own colleagues. During the course of the investigation, Fleming and his sergeant identify five suspects. Now they need to eliminate them one by one—or figure out whether they should be looking somewhere else entirely—in this first book in an electrifying new crime series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Mar 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094442426

Robert McNeil

Robert McNeil grew up in Hawick in the Scottish Borders. He worked briefly for Pringle of Scotland before joining the Royal Air Force, serving at home and in the Persian Gulf. He subsequently had brief spells working for a local authority and as a sales representative before embarking on a thirty-three-year career with the Home Office. The last sixteen years were spent in the Home Office headquarters Commercial Directorate in Westminster where he advised on procurement and the commercial aspects of business cases for multi-million-pound contracts. Robert had a lifelong ambition to write a novel and finally achieved this when he retired from the Home Office where he developed the idea for his debut book, The Janus File, a political, spy thriller available on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. He loves a good crime, whodunit novel and hopes that his debut crime novel, The Fifth Suspect, will be the first of many. When not writing, Robert spends his time gardening, reading, and playing golf. He is married and now lives in Shropshire.

Reviews for The Fifth Suspect

[Tina · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Not the best reading.. The story is predictable and repetitive.

[Richard McQueen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good storyline and suspense unraveling. The narrator’s voice did characters well but the inflections when reading were hard to follow.

[rahaf qudah · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Can't rate it fairly because I couldn't finish it.. the narration wasn't my cup of tea and neither was the main character. Even though I like mystery, this one is just not my cuppa tea

[poppy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The storyline sounded interesting. But stopped listening due to the language. Really shouldn't be listed in christian fiction.

[RitaCII · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A good story narrated by a great narrator - the voice genius Anthony Ferguson.

[elizabeth.forrest2018 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A bit clinically written. Is it really necessary to repeat the exact words of cautioning the criminal every time? The bad guy is unrelentingly bad, the good guy completely misunderstood and in maverick fashion constantly getting into trouble with the boss although there is little depth to the character to understand why he’s like this. In other words all the characters are unrelentingly 2 dimensional. Me McNeil has grabbed a bunch of cliched characters and situations and meticulously stitched them together.

[Tracy pye · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I did enjoy this book, typical British cop stuff with a few twists but mostly predictable. Having said that I found myself liking the characters and feel I would like to get to know them more..on the down side, I am Welsh, and the narrators Welsh accent was awful just another version of Scottish. Other than that he wasn't bad. All in all worth a listen

[Cilica · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An intertwined story full of interest and good writing to bring you along the story. The narrator is the right choice here.

[Jeff Fambrough · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Such an awesome story. Characters and a turn at the end

[Ela · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Captivating storyline with twists and plots. I enjoyed the narrative.

[mcstephen2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Interesting story. Well written. Good and believeable characters in this story

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This storyline is interesting, and you will follow the characters and keep reading

[octavio o nunez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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excelente
If you like mystery

[Meea · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Appalling narration. Very difficult to keep with it. Generally good police procedural.

[safehavensystem · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I couldn’t make it through chapter one because of the awful narration. It was robotic and whatever accident they were trying to pull off was all over the place — very off putting.

[Jean McCord · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I liked the story, but would have enjoyed it so much more with a better narrator. Ferguson did good accents, although I can’t attest to their accuracy! The narrator’s job is to bring the story and its characters to life! But his delivery was flat; there was no imagination in it. As a result, the characters are wooden.
I’d definitely listen to more in this series if there was a narrator who cared – and made me care – about the characters.

[Matthew van Praag · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great book with a great narrator. Looking forward to the next in series.

[Gina Rodgers · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Narrator’s faux accents were dreadful. Story was OK but complicated, maybe if the narrator’s accents didnt make everyone sound the same the characters would have stood out more but with so many characters it was hard to keep track of who was who.

[Carolyn Josrph · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I truly enjoyed this book. It kept my interest from beginning to end.

[Zack Coolioart · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a very well written and narrated audio book. I did enjoy every second of it.

[Barbara Railton-Jones · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Clever and fast paced. Kept me guessing until the end

[Suslyn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3.5 I'd read or listen to a sequel. Had no problem with the narrator . There's a sequel available! Yay

[Barbara Porter · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Awful narration. Writing stilted and doesn't flow. Couldn't finish it.

[Kate Donaldson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable enough story but not enamoured with the narrator, too stilted and attempts at a Welsh accent jarred!

[paolo coppotelli · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent book love all the twist and especially the narration nailed the accents perfectly great performance and book highly recommend! Slow start but it’s gets you sucked in I devoured it!

[Fi Jay · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The writing was somewhat poor and repetitive and the narration was too much a monotone. The story was pretty good, but seriously whoever edited this writer’s book just couldn’t really be ars**d.

[John Shankland · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Quite unreal. Too many interconnected crimes which seem to be put in just to heighten the complexity of the plot

[Teacher · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Couldn’t get past the overdone narration enough to get into the story, and didn’t want to tolerate it for hours more. Didn’t finish.

[annette Lane · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely loved it . As so many books repeat the self’s in how green the grass is . This book was a pleasure

[wfc · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The narration was spellbinding in itself and the storyline captivating to the end!