Stag Party

Blanco County Mysteries, Book 8

De: Ben Rehder

Narrado por: Robert King Ross

When the 102-year-old inventor of an amazing new hunting product is murdered, the clues point toward the Endicotts, a controversial reality-show family. Did one of the members do something desperate to claim the invention as their own and boost their waning popularity? Blanco County game warden John Marlin intends to find out, if he can prevent his best friend from having a deadly run-in with the prime suspect. Stag Party is the eighth novel in Ben Rehder's hilarious Blanco County mystery series.

©2014 Ben Rehder (P)2015 Ben Rehder

Stag Party

Another crazy murder to be solved and I’m really starting to get an idea about what some of these characters will do before they even do it (it has become a game for me now). As with all the previous books in this series, I feel it can be read as a stand alone and I really enjoyed the progression this book took o solve the crimes.

Great colorful characters!!!!

Not my favorite narrator. He makes some of the character sound a little washed out, and theses are colorful characters. Hopefully Mr Rehder will keep the blanco county mysteries coming!!!

Central Texas Mystery Masterpiece.

Ben Rehder was born and raised in Central Texas. His love of the country and the (sometimes) colorful people is in full bloom in his book. I purchased a map of the area just to be better able to follow the action as chases and locations are often on actual roads and places. He blends in his mystery plot and twist beautifully. His mystery is fun to read and fun to listen to; one just can’t go wrong.

Another great installment... sort of...

So, there is humor, romance, small town life and a solid murder mystery — all the things you’d expect from this series.

There are also questions of society and morality. This time, we hear about ecoterrorism, reality tv, organ donation and antisocial disorders.

Usually, the morality angle doesn’t affect my reviews... both sides get some airtime and there is a moderate resolution. This time though, it upset me. The resolution of the ecoterrorism and antisocial behavior disorder plots just doesn’t sit well with me, personally. So, if you hold any strong views on such, you might want to skip this installment and move on to the next one.

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a fair review.

stag party

A crazy cast if characters with a good storyline that grows and grows. I love that these stories cover several sub stories within. They grow and gave a life of their own. Red and Bob Don are still scheming to get rich quick. I still feel empathy for Harley not cashing in on his invention, and some distant relative going to destroy his hard work. Seems sad. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review. The narrator did a great job with voices and expressions bringing it to life.

Great story by Ben Rehder

Thanks to Ben Rehder for continuing the Blanco Co mystery series. Hilarious and engaging. The narrator however ruined the story for me. He tries unsuccessfully for a Texas drawl and it is distracting and tedious and prevented me from getting beyond the 2nd chapter. If you like Ben Rehder, you might just want to read the ones narrated by Robert King Ross.

An otherwise good story ruined by the narrator

Unfortunately this selection serves as a perfect example of how the choice of narrator can make or break an otherwise entertaining and well-written book. This reading was so annoying I couldn't get through a third of it after three separate tries.

[I wasted one credit on this dog. IMO Audible ought to allow exchanges in circumstances like this - something that happens a bit too often to sit well with this otherwise grateful and devoted Audible customer.]