Blood Line by Paul Heatley
Book 1 in the Tom Rollins Thriller series
Narrated by Wayne Mitchell
Genre: crime thriller
Format: ebook & audiobook
Book 1 in the Tom Rollins Thriller series
Narrated by Wayne Mitchell
Genre: crime thriller
Format: ebook & audiobook
About Blood Line:
Tom Rollins has gone AWOL from his CIA black-ops unit and is living off-grid when he hears that the woman he loves, Alejandra, has been murdered by a person or persons unknown. Rollins is determined to punish her killers and sets out on his own personal search and destroy mission.
Applying pressure as only he knows how, he quickly discovers who was behind the killing — a vicious gang of hardened criminals. Using his dizzying array of lethal skills, Rollins begins to take out the leaders of the gang, one by one. But then he discovers that Alejandra’s murder was part of a larger conspiracy, one that threatens death and destruction on a horrifying scale. The conspirators are clever and ruthless. They’ve thought of everything, covered every angle. Except one — Tom Rollins. Can Rollins find justice for the woman he loves?
Source: Info in the "About Blood Line" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57473420-blood-line on 27/03/2024.
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My Thoughts:
Wonderful start to a new-to-me series!
For a crime fiction the plot was quite straight forward. But it is not so much the twistiness of the plot but of how the story was told. Now, that, was wonderful!
I like to throttle Anthony, though! That doesn't mean that the character development is bad. Quite the opposite in fact. The author painted him to be such a whiny little shit that it elicited an emotional response from me, the reader.
The audiobook is supposed to be about eight and a half hours long. It felt so much less than eight hours. The book just whizzed by me! I call that fast-paced!
I wanted the bad guys to be punished though. I think some got away lightly and some scot-free. I wanted my happily ever after...
This is my first Wayne Mitchell audiobook and I would listen to him again.
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (8 hrs and 24 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (8 hrs and 24 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Books In The Tom Rollins Thriller Series:
Meet The Author
About Paul Heatley:
Paul Heatley's books have been published by the likes of All Due Respect, Inkubator Books, Close To The Bone, and more. His short stories have appeared online and in print for publications such as Thuglit, Horror Sleaze Trash, Spelk, Near to the Knuckle, Shotgun Honey, the Crime Factory, and the Flash Fiction Offensive, among others.
The Narrator
About Wayne Mitchell:
Wayne Mitchell has been an actor all his life and has been described as a big guy with a big voice. He competed on the Forensics (Speech) Team in high school and college, doing mostly interpretation events (prose interpretation being a favorite). Since getting involved with audiobooks, Wayne feels like he's back doing Speech Team once again, and it's a welcome return!
As an LA based (Meisner trained) actor of twenty yearrs, he has appeared in a dozen TV shows, loop grouped over a hundred TV episodes and numerous movies, and in 2015 cowrote/directed an independent feature film called SOLEDAD, which is available on Amazon Prime.
Wayne brings versatility to any project. He's comfortable with a variety of voices and accents, but most importantly he brings a knack for conveying the truth. The truth of the words on the page. The truth of the experience the listener is being asked to participate in. Be that truth intergalactic in scope, or as familiar as Sunday brunch with Grandma.
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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
