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The Cleaner
- John Milton, Book 1
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list.
But now, after 10 years, he's had enough - there's blood on his hands and he wants out. Trouble is, this job is not one you can just walk away from. He goes on the run, seeking atonement for his sins by helping the people he meets along the way.
But his past cannot be easily forgotten, and before long it is Milton who is hunted, and not the hunter. The Cleaner. A career of state-sanctioned murder has taken its toll. Milton is troubled by nightmares, a long line of ghosts who torment his dreams. He resolves to make his next job his last and, then, perhaps, he can start to make amends for everything that he has done.
Sharon Warriner is a single mother in the East End of London, suicidal with fear that she's lost her young son to a life in the gangs. After Milton saves her life, he promises to help. But the gang, and the charismatic rapper who leads it, is not about to cooperate with him.
As London burns through summer riots, Milton finds himself in unfamiliar territory, dealing with an unfamiliar foe. And when his employer sends another agent after him, the odds against him are stacked even higher.
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- Tim
- 07-10-15
Not bad, worth a read/listen
A reasonable start to a hopefully good series.
The characters are well performed and I think the main figure may turn out to be a good chap!
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- jane baxter
- 17-01-19
The new Jack Ryan
Great narration. & story. Couldn't switch it off! John Milton is the new Jack Ryan with bells on. Great book.
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- M. Mcdermott
- 18-04-17
Horrible narration
I ended up reading this on kindle as the narrator was so poor.
His tone was more in keeping with reading a children's short story than an action thriller.
How anyone thought he was the man for the job is beyond me?
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- Michael Bath
- 10-04-17
okay
wasnt bad listening may get the next book later on in the year made a good change.
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- Stevie G
- 28-06-21
Great story
First time I've come across this author and it was a great listen and wants me to read the follow up stories.
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- boggins
- 23-03-21
the cleaner. A great listen
excellent narration,clear an crisp with good character accents
fast paced story with good detail.
I will look out for more by this author and narrator
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- Anonymous User
- 21-05-21
Awesome title
This is quite different to any book I would have expected but still has his own brand of logic and pragmatism that I enjoyed
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- Lmbmjjw
- 28-05-21
Really good
The book was really good and now going to buy the next one! Cant wait to see what happens next.
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- Pete
- 14-11-19
Cringeworthy narration
I'm new to the John Milton series so had no expectation other than enjoying the authors The Vault audible original performance.
The narration is frankly embarrassing, dropping in and out of some pseudo jamaican, yardie slang. It is toecurlingly cringeworthy and I hope the narrator found it as uncomfortable to narrate as I am listening.
I am pretty sure this will be the last novel I read from the author which is a shame as the The Vault was far more enjoyable
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- jp59
- 18-05-17
Mediocre
I found the gangster dialogue too long winded and annoying, could have been done with English accents, they are English school kids after all.
I have already listened to one book so served as a bit of background to John Milton
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