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Background noise

Revisado: 03-27-24

A departure from previous books that detailed a working detective and instead fleshed out more of the personal life of Matt Ballard.  If you’ve appreciated her previous work, this is a new take that you’ll like.
 However, there is a background noise in the recording through the entire book that will drive you absolutely up the wall. My suggestion is to sample it before purchase.

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Becoming predictable

Revisado: 01-03-23

So far I’ve listened to three of the books in this series. The stories themselves are riveting and surprising which I enjoy. However, a repetitive theme is becoming quite predictable, and frankly quite annoying. Every book so far has a female investigator with some past issue of abuse - she is always smart, gorgeous and built. She gets partnered with a local who she at first hates, but he’s a Greek god so she falls in bed with him, they have epic sex and the author just goes on and on and on about how hot these two people are and has in depth descriptions of sexual encounters that are not humanly achievable in the real world. I’ve started just fast forwarding thru that nonsense. I’m fine with romance and sex in a novel but it’s to the point that it’s cut-and-paste from one book to the other.

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Zzzzzz

Revisado: 08-17-21

Good book. Lots of details, which is good for true crime. But this book could have been monumentally shorter. Too much extraneous detail, repetitive detail, even so far as word for word paragraphs in more than one place. I don’t need to know the favorite breakfast of the lead detective or his wife’s bra size. Just way overboard on the back stories of people that weren’t even central to the story and a lot of skipping around in time and place and perspective. But I like true crime, so I hung in there til the end.

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THAT’S the end??

Revisado: 08-04-21

Loved the romantic writing style and the olde English way of speaking. The ending is a complete letdown. Will never get another book from this author.

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Where do I begin?

Revisado: 12-18-20

One of the worst picks I’ve ever had on Audible. The story line was weak and convoluted. The ending is a complete let down and you’re left wondering why the author wasted paper. Many scenes are so protracted so as to be filler that you literally say “ok - I get it. Move on already!”
Then there’s the narration - which is excruciating to say the least.
Don’t waste a credit on this book.

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Excruciating narration

Revisado: 11-16-20

I’ve always loved true crime and the book is not bad on its own. The narration was absolutely excruciating to listen to. I had to force myself to listen to the end. I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t been so interested in the topic. Listen to a sample to decide if you can take 52 chapters of the droning before you buy.

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very disappointing

Revisado: 03-19-20

no conclusion is reached. You are left with more questions than you had before you started listening

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Disappointing

Revisado: 08-13-19

My first book by this author. Not a fan of her writing style. Story was nowhere close to believable (or even interesting) and the reader had a voice that grated on my nerves and made every minute excruciating.

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Will Trent jumped the Shark

Revisado: 08-09-19

I have loved the Will Trent series, but this last edition was so far fetched and convoluted, I found it hard to keep listening.

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Have nothing better to do

Revisado: 06-03-19

interesting story line but very convoluted. The narrator was terrible. She spoke very slowly and therefore, combined with the excruciatingly over-descriptive interludes, I struggled to finish the book. Some chapters drug on and on with information not really needed and it was difficult not to fast forward. And the story line was a bit of a let down. You suffer through all the yammering and yet you wait in anticipation for all the nuances to come together and make the whole story make sense. Not so much. The ending was rather abrupt and it just wasn't a lock. You expect to get to the end and think "OMG that could totally happen!" I never got there - mine was more of "I waded through all the nonsense for this lame, sophomoric ending?" Hence the title of my review - have nothing better to do with your time before starting this book....

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