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Highly recommended

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-30-23

I have hundreds of Audiobooks. I have read every Kindle book and listened to every Audiobook in this series by Peter Grainger and I rate these novels in the top five of my favourite authors. Plus, I think the narration by Gildart Jackson actually adds to the enjoyment and the feel for the characters in the story... it wouldn't be the same with any other narrator.
If you have any interest in this genre, do yourself a big favour and read the series from the beginning. While every novel is a rewarding listen in its own right, the character development and story arc is not to be missed.

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Only ok

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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-17-23

I have enjoyed all the John Corey books. This one, while, in my opinion, was not as good as the previous novels, was ok. For old times sake.

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Seemed to run flat

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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-25-22

Book 1 in this series was excellent, Book 2 seems to have run out of story to tell. The padding side stories didn't add to the book. I don't think I will be reading book 3. R C Bray narration is, as always, excellent and adds substantially to the novel's enjoyment.

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Great

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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-10-22

Suspend disbelief and its a very entertaining story. The interaction between our hero and his dog is excellent. Made me smile many times and even laugh out loud. Good escapist entertainment. Bray is, of course, simply excellent as the narrator making to book that much more enjoyable.

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Dissapointing

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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-04-22

Seriously disappointing. I didn't finish the book. It was so depressing and laborious to listen too I decided it would be better to do something else. Anything else. Scott Brick, who I normally like as a narrator, sounds like he is dragging his way thru reading the book and is, himself, clinically depressed.

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Could be better

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-29-22

I found the storyline hard to follow. Most chapters are set in different timeframes "Eight days before" "4 weeks earlier" "present day". In my opinion this treatment has overwhelmed what could have been an excellent story.
Maybe I should have taken notes to keep track.

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Disgusting

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Reviewed: 07-25-22

Save your time and your money.
Really. First couple of chapters just appalling on so many levels.

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Sorry Mr Eisler

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2 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 10-04-21

Narration spoils what would be a good read.
I liked Mr Eisler's novels (I have print versions of most all of them and I listened to Audio versions before and I persevered with the audio books after he chose to read his own books years ago)
I feel bad scoring low on the Story...I did not finish the book.... but every character just sounded like Barry reading his book so I gave up. Normally I would return a book like this ... but I left it in my library.
I appreciate lots of folks don't mind the narration but I am not one of them. So no more Eisler for me.

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Excellent.

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5 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 09-13-21

Another great story in the Jesse Stone series.
Like catching up with old friends.
If you haven't, do yourself a favour...but start at book 1

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Semi hysterical

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Reviewed: 01-21-21

Annoying semi hysterical characters; police officers behaving like gestapo; destroys any credibility this novel attempted to portray. Dnf.

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