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The Hanging Shed: Douglas Brodie Series, Book 1 [Kindle Edition]

Gordon Ferris (Author)
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An impressive example of what's now called `Scottish noir'... a hit on the Kindle charts before its release in hard cover, it's the start of a Brodie series, and if its successors are as good we might just have found a new Ian Rankin.
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258 of 264 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I bought this book on my Kindle, and loved the fact that it was set in Scotland. Loved the way it was written, with the descriptions of Glasgow pubs, fish suppers and the harshness of living in the Gorbals. I really enjoyed the way that there were a couple of subplots and a few wrong turns. I found it difficult to put this book down, though towards the end I felt it was a bit of a mish-mash and I was a little bit disappointed with the ending - however if Brodie is going to become a regular character in Gordon Ferris books, then as I say as good as if not better than Ian Rankin! Another Brodie book soon please!

I'm just disappointed now that I can't get his other books for my Kindle, so please put the others onto Kindle so I can read them!
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122 of 128 people found the following review helpful
The Hanging Shed 26 Jan 2011
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Like many other reviewers I received a Kindle for Christmas and took advantage of Amazon's Twelve Days of Christmas offer where they made a number of books available for £1. The Hanging Shed is a bit of a mixed read. I loved the descriptions of post war Glasgow and although too young to remember Glasgow at that time, I felt that there was an authenticity to the descriptions although at times (not many) there was a tad too much detail which made the descriptions seemed a bit forced. But that's just a minor niggle. Much more significant is how the plot develops. It started off so well with the protagonist, Brodie (a great name for the character) getting a phone call from an old friend. This poor man has not only been horribly injured during the war but has been framed for the murder and rape of his ex girlfriend's son and is awaiting his sentence of being hanged to death. Brodie reluctantly agrees to try to help and so returns to Scotland. There he hooks up with his friend's lawyer, an older but attractive woman and tries to find out what really happens. For about two thirds, the book is really gripping but then it just loses it and becomes unrealistic in the way of so many thrillers with people getting out of implausibly difficult situations unscathed. It would have been so much better if it had concentrated on proving the innocence of the accused as it was in this part of the book that there was the least action but most tension.
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64 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Thumping good read 30 Dec 2010
By Lou
Format:Kindle Edition
The first book I read on my Kindle and although I found it a little slow at first (although this may be to do with my first Kindle experience), it soon gripped me and I was completely engrossed in the story. Thoroughly enjoyable, difficult to predict the storyline and hard to put down! Recommended
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Awful
Had to junk this after about 10 pages. The cliche count was so high it was unreadable, whatever the merits of the plot.
Published 12 days ago by S. Rouse
one of my likes
A great read that take you into an other world.Just what a book is supposed to do.Get lost in the story and not bother about facts or grammar not quite right.
Published 17 days ago by dave-ear
A cracking good read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a pacey fast moving story, I sat up until 2am to finish it. Read more
Published 18 days ago by N.G. England
Couldn't put it down!
I couldn't put this book down!

I really enjoyed the post war Glasgow setting, it was really interesting to read something set in that era. Read more
Published 25 days ago by LMS72
good but restricted by format
The Hanging Shed has all the ingredients of a successful crime novel - strong characters, a compelling plot, good pace, credible dialogue and action, and good contextualisation and... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Rob Kitchin
Northern Grit
Ex 'polis'man Douglas Brodie returns from the second world war filled with demons and the desire to cast off his old life. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kym Hamer
Excelent read
Donovan is a war hero, and has returned to Scotland horribly disfigured, due to having being shot down by Nazi's, which had initially led Brodie to assume he was dead. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss Mac M
The Hanging Shed
This book will have you hanging off your chair it has everything the murder of a child and the wrong man framed and set to hang. Read more
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Bought it because I liked the cover I do this regularly and I find it just as good as trawling through reviews, and at only £1 you can't go wrong.I was hooked on the first page. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Erin
very readable
Easy to read, lots of action and twists of which some you may see coming others are a surprise. The story bounces along at a decent rate and Brodie is a very likable character. Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. J. Taylor
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