Brianne J Butcher

Rushed

Revisado: 03-25-25

Good idea for a story and good characters but rushed. Felt like a made-for-tv version of a very long book that was cut down. To many details left out and choppy ending.

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great story but the American accents are distractingly bad

Revisado: 07-15-24

Another great story by Kirk with the best characters of any writer! I usually love Angus King’s narration, but this is the second book I have heard him narrate set in America and the American accents are distractingly bad. They are something like a 1950’s tv western and a northeast accent from 1940’s radio rolled into one, and completely wrong for any particular region, especially Florida and Nevada where the story is set. It was a rough listen.

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Great start

Revisado: 01-02-24

Great start to a new series. Really enjoy the writing style and character development. As always, angus king brings another layer and the performance was great. I look forward to more books in this series.

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Decent story overshadowed by lunacy

Revisado: 11-03-23

I keep listening to this series because there is a good story buried under the dreadful dialogue between characters, annoying voices in Kate’s head, totally unrealistic police procedure, and just kind of unlikeable characters. The tinny, and somehow simultaneously robotic and melodramatic narration doesn’t help.

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Fair knockoff

Revisado: 05-03-23

Okay story, although character development is shallow. Plot moves along fine, and then just falls off at the end like the author had to get the book to the publisher the next morning and tried to wrap it up in a few pages. My biggest issue with the book is the STRIKING character and plot similarities to Kirk’s DCI Logan series. Walking a thin line and barely stayed on this side of plagiarism IMO.
But at least there was solid narration by Angus King.

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Every cliche

Revisado: 04-27-23

No suspense, an uninteresting mystery, a romance that was completely unbelievable and forced, unlikable characters, and cliche male detective swooping in to save the helpless female who is dead set on becoming a victim.

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Contrived dialogue

Revisado: 07-15-22

The dialogue throughout this book is so contrived and doesn’t flow naturally at all. Seemed almost melodramatic how they kept calling criminals “villains.” And the performance makes it difficult to tell who is talking.

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A Michael bay movie

Revisado: 04-05-22

While I still love the characters and dialogue, this book had one long fight scene after another. We get it, Bob can fight. By the 20th fight scene, it overwhelmed the storyline without adding anything interesting.

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Back on track

Revisado: 01-14-22

The narrator, Steve Worsley, is back after the last 2 books in the series were narrated (poorly) by the author. Although the switching back and forth of narrators in the series is difficult, I am so happy to have the original narrator back! The story also was much more engaging after a lull. I think this series is back on track!

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A flop

Revisado: 12-24-21

The first several books in this series were suspenseful with clever twists and nice character development. This one was a mess. It never addressed so many loose ends from the previous book ending. It was so unrealistic; I can suspend reality to an extent, but this was ridiculous. And once you realize it is written in the style of a bad crime drama spoof, it became mind-numbingly predictable. Finally the change in narrator for this book did nothing to help.

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