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Casting Shadows Everywhere
- A Dark Psychological Thriller
- De: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
- Narrado por: Christopher Boucher
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 21
Jake saw something unspeakable when he was nine. An act of violence. Brutal. He doesn't know it, but this trauma will play a key role in shaping him later in life. Now, he's 15. A wimp. He flinches. Always. He seeks the guidance of the biggest bad-ass he knows, his cousin Nick. Nick is a professional burglar and makes Jake his apprentice. Nick teaches Jake his dark philosophy - that there is no right or wrong in the world, just a series of events that happen without meaning. At first this helps Jake, but it also unleashes an aggression in himself he never thought possible....
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1 out of 5 stars
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boring
- De michelle lynn keel en 07-29-19
- Casting Shadows Everywhere
- A Dark Psychological Thriller
- De: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
- Narrado por: Christopher Boucher
Great Story. Great Performance.
Revisado: 09-22-19
If you’ve read or listened to any of the McBain/Vargas books you’ll love this. I wrote the authors in the above order because, after reading and/or listening to their work, I’ve found a leaning in authorship with their works. This story runs along the lines of The Scattered and the Dead and Fade to Black. A first person perspective in a journal format of a young man dealing with the angst of being a teenager as well as struggling to find meaning in his life. As the authors have shown so well in the past we all deal with this existential issue in many different ways. Jake is just a little more out-there than most. The book, although being a character study, has twists and turns that kept this reader unable to stop listening. The narrator, Christopher Boucher, masters the speech of Jake’s character wonderfully. He is also able to pull off several female voices quite well. Between the quality writing and great performance this book offers a creepy escape into the mind of one scary puppy.
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What Lies Beneath (A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller)
- Victor Loshak, Book 2
- De: L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith, Tim McBain
- Narrado por: Curt Bonnem
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Some secrets don’t stay buried. Three elaborately staged victims. No clues. A public verging on panic. FBI profiler Victor Loshak heads to Kansas City to hunt another serial killer. But something about this case is all wrong. The three corpses lie posed. Face up. A glove laid to cover each right eye. The victims seem to be selected at random. Suburban. Upper middle class. Squeaky clean. It doesn’t make sense. A piece is missing from this puzzle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A very boring book.
- De Conni en 03-14-24
- What Lies Beneath (A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller)
- Victor Loshak, Book 2
- De: L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith, Tim McBain
- Narrado por: Curt Bonnem
Is Bonnem tired or is it the story?
Revisado: 08-28-19
There’s a mystery here and it’s not the story. I seem to have lost my two favorite writers somewhere. Lexi and Tim where have you gone? The suspense and edge that is in the Darger series is not here. This read is slow, almost tiring; or maybe it’s Bonnem’s read. He seems a little slow, making a few errors, even mispronouncing words (Someone tell the man that foyer is a French word. ). And what the hell happened to Loshak? Is this who he really is?
The big reveal of Victor Loshak’s character in this series is uncovering a warn out, middle-aged man who is tired and waiting to retire. He is no longer the super sleuth that he was portrayed as being in the Darger series. Not only does he come across as weak and ineffectual, but he also is breaking the laws he purports so vehemently. This is not the same man as in the previous books. Where did this new and not so interesting guy come from? That is the real mystery.
Something else missing in this book is the easy banter that went on between Sphinx and Loshak in “Beyond Good and Evil”. In fact, I felt that Sphinx was underutilized here. My favorite part of this book was his undercover episode which could have been so much more. I feel gipped.
The storyline is timely. The reality scary. The outcome of the novel disquieting. So much to work with. This is not the A game I am used to from the Vargas/McBain team. Again I wonder if it has something to do with the addition of Smith. Maybe too many authors does spoil a story. At least it seems to make it tired.
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