Mister Slaughter: A Matthew Corbett Novel, Book 3 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Robert R. McCammon (Author), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon. The latest entry in the popular Matthew Corbett series, which began with Speaks the Nightbird and continued in The Queen of Bedlam, Mister Slaughter opens in the emerging metropolis of New York City in 1702, and proceeds to take both Matthew and the reader on an unforgettable journey of horror, violence, and personal discovery.

The journey begins when Matthew, now an apprentice problem solver for the London-based Herrald Agency, accepts an unusual and hazardous commission. Together with his colleague, Hudson Greathouse, he agrees to escort the notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter from an asylum outside Philadelphia to the docks of New York. Along the way, Slaughter makes his captors a surprising - and extremely tempting - offer. Their response to this offer will alter the course of the novel, setting in motion a series of astonishing, ultimately catastrophic events.

Mister Slaughter is at once a classic portrait of an archetypal serial killer and an exquisitely detailed account of a fledgling nation still in the process of inventing itself. Suspenseful, illuminating, never less than compulsively readable, it is, by any measure, an extraordinary achievement, the largest accomplishment to date from one of our most gifted - and necessary - writers.

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16 hours and 17 minutes
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Robert R. McCammon
Narrator

Edoardo Ballerini
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May 29 2012
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English
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Audible Studios
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B071S4WLPX
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	16 hours and 17 minutes
Author	Robert R. McCammon
Narrator	Edoardo Ballerini
Audible.ca Release Date	May 29 2012
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B071S4WLPX
Best Sellers Rank	#5,914 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #57 in Historical Mysteries #209 in Historical Thrillers (Books) #221 in Historical Mystery

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Ben Mears

Haletant!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 15, 2012

Cette chasse à l`homme est palpitante et ne manque pas de rebondissements.Certains passages sont parfois durs mais McCammon nous offre un très bon thriller.Ceci est le 3è tome des aventures de Matthew Corbett.Bravo!

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cbuddy

Excellent Addition to The Corbett Series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 6, 2010

Mister Slaughter is an excellent addition to McCammon's Matthew Corbett series. It is better than the previous Queen of Bedlam, and can be read at a good clip. It could use more character development, but nonetheless it is good summer reading.

I look forward to his next volume in this series.

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Surprisingly Boring

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 17, 2012

Ever since McCammon's Swan Song, I have been a fan. His detour from the horror genre into this historical mystery series covering the adventures of Matthew Corbett in colonial America has been very entertaining. This third outing started with a well depicted tavern brawl. The description of characters and action was first-rate and promised a rousing novel. Unfortunately that was not the case despite a Jack the Ripper-type protagonist, an unceasingly fascinating backdrop, and the well-established, earnest character of Corbett. What results is a repetitive chase with unnecessary gore and some lazy stereotypes. The latter most example is a Native American who can only be related to because he had been Shanghai'd into a theater show in Britain at a young age - therefore he knew English and its customs. I still intend to read the fourth in the outing and hope that Corbett is placed in a plot requiring more nuanced detection.

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L. Cothren

Review is for the perplexing lack of a Kindle edition for the third outing in this series!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 20, 2019

These are wonderful books, but it's ridiculous that all of the Matthew Corbett books are available on Kindle except for this one, the third in the series. Given that they should be read in order, I now have to wait until this is available on Kindle in order to read (AND BUY -- HINT, HINT) the rest of them.

Otherwise, this is a wonderful series. Matthew Corbett is an engaging character, and McCammon's writing is at its best here..

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McCammon and this series just gets better.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 3, 2012

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Mr Slaughter marks the third entry into the historical fiction series featuring Matthew Corbett and the fourth book Robert McCammon has written since his return from retirement.

Matthew Corbett is a problem solver and in the last book "Queen of Bedlam" established an agency with Hudson Greathouse, a sort of enforced mentor to young Matthew at least in the art of combat.

As the title suggests the books focuses on Mr Slaughter - A notorious killer who Matthew and Hudson are hired to escort from the asylum back to London where he is due to be hanged. As you can probably imagine, the job goes far from smoothly.

The character of Tyrannus Slaughter is everything I hoped he would be from the moment we first meet him. A man who on the outside appears to be quite the gentleman but oozes danger with every calculated breath he takes. Despite their experience and reluctance to talk to the criminal, Tyrannus Slaughter soon gets into the minds of both Matthew and Hudson, expertly playing them off each other.

Mr Slaughter, is an expert portrayal in the game of Cat and Mouse. Robert McCammon weaves so many facets into the story and takes Matthew on about a hundred different tangents whilst still keeping the plot fresh and interesting. Personally, I couldn't get enough of the Tyrannus Slaughter, he consumed me every time he appeared on the page. Robert managed to make him both latently lethal whilst also being quite humorous in places. The "women" line is quite exquisite.

The Colonial era is once again superbly portrayed whilst still being accessible. The supporting cast is fantastic, whether the characters are in the story for seconds or throughout. If there is a criticism it is minor and that is Hudson Greathouse depicted as so cynical and cautious in the "Queen of Bedlam" makes some odd decisions in this book. However, with a great invention like Ty Slaughter manipulating your mind, this can be excused.

As with all Robert McCammon books the end is satisfying and even leaves on a bit of a cliff-hanger. All in all a fantastic entry into the series by an author that has not let me down yet. Overall rating: 9.4

Ian Williams

McCammon does it again.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 27, 2010

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I almost docked this third volume in the Matthew Corbett proto-detective in colonial New York series a star because his potential love interest, the charming Berry, barely appears but the rest makes up for it. It also doesn't take place in New York either, well not much of it. Corbett and Greathouse, his partner in the problem-solving agency are hired to pick up a killer from an asylum (see previous volume) and take him back to New York to put him on a boat for England where he'll be hanged. Needless to say, it all goes wrong and young Matthew is left to track down an insane but brilliant and utterly monstrous serial killer who not only butchers and rapes but who also casually murders dogs and small children.

Um, that's it really. Well, apart from the terrific prose which drags you into the story, the charismatic monster that is Tyranthus Slaughter, the various in-jokes/references to British actor Todd Slaughter and his career which inspired the character, the several interesting supporting characters who Matthew meets in his travels to tracks down the monster, plus more revelations about his mysterious nemesis Professor Fell.

This is really great stuff and I hope we see another Mattew Corbett adventure before too long.

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Mr Macabre

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 5, 2017

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This is the third installment in the Matthew Corbett series and although I enjoyed it I didn't think it was quite as good as it's predecessors. That's not to say it wasn't good, it was, but I thought the first two were exceptional.

In this one we see Matthew and Greathouse tasked with transporting Tyranthus Slaughter from Asylum to port for transport to England.

We realise fairly quickly that Slaughter is a nasty piece of work! He's a thoroughly despicable man who leads them on a merry dance.

For me the story really took off in the second half linking nicely to the bigger picture and the nefarious Professor Fell!

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Andy

mr slaughter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 28, 2012

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Robert McCammon,s third Matthew Corbert novel is another outstanding novel from a master storyteller.set in colonial
America.It is a follow on to the Queen of bedlam,but can be read as a stand alone novel.Corbert now working for the Herrald
detective agency,along with Hudson Greathouse,have to escort the murderer Mr Slaughter from pensylvania to New York where he will be put on a ship to England.An offer from Slaughter,for separate reasons,invites greed in both men and sets in motion a series of events,both murderous and tragic that make for a compelling read,with characters to care about,action,plot,and a tip of the hat towards Sherlock holmes,Robert McCammon is sure to deliver a superb series,I for one am looking to the next one.As with everything I have ordered from Amazon it was delivered on time and in perfect condition.

Amazon Customer

At Last

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 16, 2011

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At long last a book I just couldn't put down. Third in the series featuring Mr Corbett and what a roller coaster of a read. Loved all the characters, both new and old, and now eagerly await the next book which can't come soon enough. After wading my way through so much literary dross over the last few months this has restored my faith in the written word. Brilliant!

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