Absolute Revenge

By: Margie Miklas

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

In this captivating psychological thriller, a bitter, ego-driven drug addict wages a personal vendetta and forces a couple’s romantic holiday into an intense struggle of survival.

ICU travel nurse Allison Jamison is found unresponsive with a needle in her arm, and implicated as a drug user.Awakening as a patient in her own unit, she discovers her fiancé, Detective Mark Derning is missing and so is her cell phone. The victim of an opiate poisoning, Mark is in critical condition, and Allison is unaware until three days later, when they are reunited.

Suspicions signal a connection between Mark’s attempted murder and Allison’s attacker. This close brush with death forces the couple to prioritize their lives as they escape for an overdue vacation.

Justin Tensington, a surgical technician, has been stealing Fentanyl and replacing the liquid with saline, compromising patients’ lives with the contaminated vials. An investigation into hospital-wide drug tampering and patient deaths caused by blood-borne pathogens, zeroes in on the surgery employee. Fears that the police might also link him to the attack on Allison and an attempt on Mark’s life force Tensington to flee.

Avoiding the authorities at home and intent on pursuing his personal vendetta, Tensington follows them to Italy. The couple’s romantic holiday transforms into a struggle to survive and an intense quest for their assailant, whose sinister motives include a far-ranging reach.

©2022 Margie Miklas (P)2023 Margie Miklas

Critic reviews

“Paced like a roller-coaster ride, Absolute Revenge invokes the inner workings of a critical care unit coupled with the deranged mind of a serial criminal that races through a tale of vengeance, duplicity, and betrayal—tempered with a touch of romance—in a mad dash from its hospital setting in Miami to the splendors of Italy that will keep you turning pages late into the night.” ~ Karen Neary Smithson, author of the Beth Getty Mystery Series

A Great Story

Attempted murder, an attack, and a poisoned cappuccino kept me going—the lost phone and fake messages had me wanting to know who was behind it all. This is the first thriller by this author that I’ve read (rather, listened to on audio), and I wanted to return to all its twists and turns. The narration was great. I suggest a listening speed of 1.25.

Fast-paced, exciting story!!

Absolute Revenge, an Audiobook by Margie Miklas is the riveting story of Mark and Allison. He’s a detective and she’s a nurse. She’s been set up and her fiancé almost pays the price. There’s a maddening race for them to leave…and the real culprit to follow. The deadly game commences!

Loved this story and the rapid-fire pace of the action! The romance seemed secondary to everything else, but the story is lightening in your veins and exciting!!!

This Audiobook was narrated by Vivienne Leheney, who flawlessly captures the characters’ essences. Thoroughly enjoyable story and the first for me by this author! Excellent!!!

Compelling

A true sociopath with no remorse and almost no feelings except revenge! This despicable person did one bad deed after another and seemed unrepentant and unconscionable in each of these actions. This person was single-minded in their attempts at ruining lives, but in the end they were a weak coward. I hoped they'd finally change, repent,
be an adult or anything human, but they were true to themselves and to their very rotten core to the bitter end. This was an invigorating story that kept my rapt attention to the end. I highly recommend this book. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest opinion. The narrator did a great job bringing it to life.

Great Listen!

I really enjoyed this book as it is so well written. The characters are so real that you feel as if you know them. This is a thriller and sweet romance. The narrator is absolutely amazing! Highly recommended to everyone!

Loved this book!

Margie takes her love of Italy and hospital background and weaves a mystery with many twists and turns. Enjoyed this book just like her previous two medical mysteries!

It was a long ride

It was a long ride and I was glad that, the antagonist finally got what he deserved. I tried to see the story from his pov and fell a little sorry for him, however all the things his did was unredeemable and he never felt sorry for it.