Perfect Narration

I loved this audiobook. The narration was second to none and the script jumped from the page. The character development, arch of the story and realistic crime details…well done.

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Good plot

Thats was a good story with an intriguing plot that keeps you wondering. I just hoped it would have had more romance to it.

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good story

I liked this however I felt it dragged a bit in places it feels different than reading it and I am an avid reader and an avid audio book listener

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Edge of your seat suspense!

A great murder mystery that grabbed my interest in the first chapter! I couldn’t stop listening and the narrator was excellent as well.

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Uncomfortably Graphic At Times - But Great

Lisa Jackson offers a creditable Crime-Thriller about a psychopath serial killer stalking a radio call-in show therapist in New Orleans ('Dr. Samantha Leeds').
The plot is "out-of-the-headlines" plausible, loaded with interesting twists & turns, and delivered with capable - if imperfect - vocabulary & prose.
True, Jackson sometimes has difficulty balancing the "procedural" aspects of the investigation & building sexual tension/steamy romance (between *impossibly* sexy/good-looking people, btw)..
..aaaand she describes the murders from the victim's POV, for some reason (a woman struggling for air & praying for her child as the killer strangles her while raping her is not something the reader needs to hear - those scenes are more disturbing than elucidating).. but I enjoyed the book overall.

As to presentation: Reader Alyssa Bresnahan is impressively understated. On the one hand, avoiding Louisiana accents voids the setting (this story could take place *anywhere*) - but the risk of attempting a bad Southern accent is significant (I know I couldn't pull one off). Bresnahan could have RUINED the book entirely. Bravo for the judicious decision.
She reads a little bit too slowly (setting playback speed at 1.10X restores a more natural rate), but her diction, timbre, cadence, and tone are all praiseworthy.
In toto, this Recorded Books Inc. listening product is "commendable".

Altogether, 'Hot Blooded' wastes the potentially fascinating setting and I strongly suspect that the books in this "series" will be standalones - connected tenuously by the inclusion of recurring poorly-explored NOPD Detectives 'Rick Bentz' and 'Reuben Montoya' - but this 7.5/10-star audiobook is good enough to prompt me to give 'Cold Blooded' a listen, too.

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Excellent

I really enjoyed this book it was intriguing from beginning to end. The narrator was excellent as well !!

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great narration

I enjoyed this very much. will now listen to Cold Blood by same author! highly recommend.

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Best yet!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. A great who dunnit read from start to finish. Performances excellent.
Especially pleased, with the fact that there were minimal extraordinary steamy scenes complete with vulgar language.
Highly recommend!

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Ok

Just ok. For how long it was I had higher expectations of a compelling story line and character development, but we skimmed the surface of both. There was also a lot of repetition of phrases which I didn’t enjoy (ie “if she could just find a weapon…anything!….if she could just find something to use as a weapon…anything!”). The performance was good. But overall just ok!

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Great book!

Keeps you guessing until the end. Excellent book, will be reading more of her books for sure!

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