The Last Man

Written by Robert McNeil

Narrated by Antony Ferguson

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 . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Apr 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094442440

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 Last Man

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

Great story and twist at the end. Fleming is just like me

[Cilica · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Quite a decent storyline with three threds One needs to pay attention, though this is what makes the book interesting. The characters are likeable. The narrator does a good job.

[Kathryn Arnold · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Learned a lot about British struggles & intrigue. Love Fleming. I imagine David Tennant.

[Trevor · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good mystery. Worth the time to listen and enjoyed it.

[Helen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I liked the stories of Fleming's enquiries. I stuck to both from beginning to end. If you likr somewhat twisted police enquiries,then you'll find your fill with the 2 books in the series. And a third would be nice...

[Cindy McBrearty · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good character development. Not too many players but good intersecting mysteries

[Suslyn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3.5
More please.
I like his new tea and the way the angst in bk 1 was left behind

[gaby dickson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

A very boring book, read in a stilted and boring way. Everyone talks like an aging famous five. Only made it to chapter five because I couldn't pull over to hit stop.

[Mary King · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good story line. But way too many "F" bombs. Could do without them.

[Dian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The best thing about this story is the narrator it was so long and a little boring with all those F words it's really not call for it didn't help the story at all so
by the time the end comes around to caught the killer I was finish

[Cody Rabida · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Don't waste your time with this one, unless you want to listen to an author repeat themselves ten times across three characters that are flatter than a postcard.