Fiction
Antifan Girlfriend ~ Reminiscences of a Stock Operator~ God & the Western World ~ Murder at Volcano House ~ Puck & Minnie ~ The Fountain of Youth ~ Full Count ~ Dana Cooper ~ Unsustainable ~ Hidden ~ Keystroke Killer ~ Ball of Light ~ Leon and Esther ~ Jacqueline Willoughby ~ Breakdown ~ Strike the Match ~ Acoustic Shadows ~ The Savants ~ Frozen Brush ~ Dick Danks ~ The Year the Lake Went Low
The Antifan Girlfriend
By Paula T. Weiss
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 30 hrs and 12 mins
Summary: It’s now 2089, several decades after civil war has divided America into a blue socialist dictatorship on the coasts, and the still-free red flyover country. The woke Diversity Justice Republic, a vassal state of China, uses a social credit system that doles out preferential access to food, housing, vacations, and transportation. High-credit elites live in luxury, while low-credit types live in dormitories and scramble for crumbs. “Plores”, or Deplorables, are segregated from Crediteers and are forced to do menial work to survive. Gun ownership and Christian preaching are now capital crimes. The American culture that we have known is gone.
Malia is illegally reading the dangerous old books she safeguards from the public as a librarian. She stumbles into a relationship with David, a powerful Antifan Defense Forces commander, whose own Deplorable background distances him from the woke culture. The Antifans push Malia into the orbit of sinister bureaucrats conducting lethal experiments on low Social Crediteers under direction from Beijing, even as they try to separate her from David.
This novel comes at precisely the right moment as we figure out what 2020 means for the future. The Antifan Girlfriend shows you what will happen after the left has used the pandemic to destroy freedom: Political polarization erupts into civil war, the Green New Deal is used by elites to grab stuff for themselves, pagan Earth Mother religion replaces Judeo-Christian traditions, and the US surrenders its status as a world power.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
By Edwin Lefevre
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
Summary: This investment classic now includes bonus chapters where Jesse Livermore reveals his investment strategies and market insights. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a fictionalized story based on the trading career of Jesse Livermore. It follows his journey from the age of 15, when he made his first $1,000, to becoming a Wall Street legend. See how he learned the ins and outs of trading the hard way, while losing his fortune and then making it all back.
Decades after its original publication, readers and listeners are still getting tremendous value from Livermore's experience. This updated edition reveals the exact methods that Jessie Livermore used to make millions in the stock market. The bonus chapters chapters are based on a series of interviews conducted by top financial writer Richard D. Wyckoff and include extensive quotes from Livermore. Some of the topics he discusses include: how to identify what kinds of stocks to buy and when, building a solid investment strategy that doesn't rely on trick or fads, the psychology of trading and how to get into a winning mindset.
Click here for a free copy of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator!
God and the Western World
By George H. Hayes
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
Summary: This book was inspired by God. It brings God's activities on behalf of Earth's citizens from the shadows of history into illumination. God's mastery over the universe is brought to life from the Big Bang to modern times. A plausible theory is put forth regarding how God has employed his tools (only recently discovered but little understood by scientists), dark matter and dark energy, to create and sustain the universe as we know it.
God's book, this book, is a compliment to his Bible from which it differs in that, for today's intelligent humans, it explains how God advanced creation and evolution. After summarizing key portions of the Bible, this book focuses sequentially upon God's activities in Roman times, the Dark Ages, Medieval times, Renaissance times, Colonial times, and the rise of the United States through the big wars up to modern times. God led us through every period or we would not have reached these times as we are today. God used the West to advance the entire planet, as all Earth was afforded the opportunity to know Jesus Christ.
God's unseen struggles are summarized in the final chapter, but there are much more in depth presentations of God's tools, dark matter and dark energy, containing preliminary information on how to develop necessary communications to initiate their use by mankind to save Earth. God sees we are in imminent danger of flooding coastal areas worldwide because of the greenhouse gasses resulting from long over use of fossil fuels and subsequent melting of glaciers and icecaps. The author posits that by leading us through the millennia to our current level of understanding, and through this very book, God has prepared us to partner with him to save our civilization from devastation.
Click here to purchase God & The Western World on Audible.com
Murder at Volcano House: Surfing Detective Mystery Series, Book 4
By Chip Hughes
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
Summary: Kai Cooke comes to the Volcano House for his strangest case yet - protecting the CEO of a geothermal venture from the wrath of Pele, legendary goddess of volcanoes.
Rex Ransom is here in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park to attend the funeral for his second employee to die mysteriously in Pele’s domain. His wife sees a pattern and fears that Rex, having offended Pele by drilling in her sacred rainforest, is next. Kai is not so sure. But his faith in common sense receives a jolt when Ransom turns up in a steam vent, boiled alive. Kai investigates and finds others besides Pele who might want Ransom dead. An ex-wife, a former business partner, an anti-drilling activist, a loony woman who fancies herself Pele’s sister, and more. Did the goddess herself strike down Ransom? Or is the answer closer to home?
A quick-paced, vivid, island-hopping ride, Murder at Volcano House gives fans of the Surfing Detective reason to cheer, and fans of Hawai'i - who is not? - a welcome journey to these storied isles.
Click here to purchase Murder at Volcano House on Audible.com
Puck and Minnie: All That Is - named 2021 Young Adult Fiction Audiobook of the Year by Audiobook Reviewer
Puck & Minnie: All That Is
By Suzanne J. Warfield
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
Summary: It all begins a thousand years ago on the flats of Africa and follows a wolf-dog as he makes life-altering decisions not just for himself but for the human with whom he develops a bond. This union remains inviolable as Puck’s soul passes from one life to the next.
Puck’s story is as spiritual as it is terrestrial. His earthly visits are interwoven with returns to The Bridge and Azul, the latter a divinity who advises Puck but does not predetermine his actions - or his fate(s). Puck’s charge is to make good choices, something he fails to achieve when he kills a man who is attempting to harm “his” Minnie in one of her early manifestations. This death plagues Puck throughout his ensuing lives, and his heart cannot be made pure again until he atones for his misdeed.
Puck and Minnie offers a poignant view of fear’s role in fomenting hate, and my narrative shows love possible even under the most demanding of circumstances. It’s a story that may open your mind and soul to the possibilities of the question of what if the animals of this planet are indeed, divine beings here to teach and guide us into the heart of God, which we know as "All that Is"...and All That Is, is love.
Reviews:
“The narrator, Scott Ellis gives a strong performance. Ellis moves the story at a steady pace offering up intense and emotional moments as reflected in the story. As the dog – Puck – he is able to sound innocent; as the others in the story, his voices reflect their personalities and the situations clearly.
I do not like to cry. I usually go out of my way to avoid those sappy movies or books that pull at the audience’s heartstrings making the tears flow freely. However, this book is well worth the tears and heartache as the story and its ending are perfect!” - AudioBook Reviewer
Click here to purchase Puck and Minnie: All That Is on Audible.com!
The Fountain of Youth
By Nathaniel Warner
Narrated by Scott Ellis & Kay Insley
Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
Summary: When Jack enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he expected adventure and danger. He expected to see new and terrible things. And he expected to be in the company of those he could trust and those who would help see him safely through. But he never expected the love of his life would be by his side. Or that they would be marooned on a tropical island paradise. An island paradise that may hold the secrets to the mythical Fountain of Youth.
Together, with a small group of shipwreck survivors, they will either weather the challenges in front of them or die trying.
Click here for a free copy of Fountain of Youth
Click here to purchase a copy of Fountain of Youth on Audible.com!
Full Count
By Kimberly Readnour
Narrated by Scott Ellis & Marilyn James
Length: 8 hours and 12 mins
Summary: “Meet Garret Cartel in this friends-to-lovers sports romance! Dating my bestie? Yeah, I can only wish....Garret Cartel. Cessna University’s starting shortstop. Painstakingly gorgeous. Reserved. Friend-zoned since freshman year. I have a knack for falling for unattainable guys. Blame my trust issues. They keep me safe. But this is our final year. My last chance to break the dreaded friend-zone chains before graduation.
There’s one slight problem.
Every time we get close, Garret pulls away. There’s a secretive side to him I haven’t tapped. And I need to know. Is it his secret keeping us apart, or something bigger? No matter what holds him back, I intend to play my part. I don’t care how full his count is, I want my shot. And I don’t intend to stop until he’s mine.
Dana Cooper
By Parker Daniels
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
Summary: “Sometimes when you reach into the darkness, the darkness reaches back.”
When Special Agent Jonathon Howard gets the call telling him that the notorious serial killer he’s been chasing for five years has been caught, he jumps the nearest flight to Rappaport, North Dakota to bring the man in. But what he finds awaiting him there is not Jeffrey Marks, the serial sexual sadist. It’s Marks’s one remaining victim, Dana Cooper. A victim who, in a bizarre twist of fate, has murdered Marks in a fashion more brutal than anyone can understand or explain.
Is this a tale of the ultimate revenge? A poetic reversal of fortunes? Or a Faustian deal gone horribly wrong? As this dark tale unfolds, Agent Howard must discover what happened in that small, hidden shack in the isolated hills of North Dakota and, perhaps most frightening of all, who is Dana Cooper?
Unsustainable
By Jed O’Dea
Narrated by Scott Ellis & Lauren Mangiardi
Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
Summary: Millions of Americans are violently protesting; many more are refusing to pay federal income tax. States are threatening to secede from the United States of America; the president is desperately trying to avoid a civil war.
While Tucker is offering a solution, his family is under attack from the most intelligent person in the world - a person self-diagnosed as a sociopath and psychopath. The terrorist’s next assignment contained all the elements of life that he enjoyed - terrorism, explosives, cyberattacks, sex, murder, theft, weaponry, revenge, and stealth.
Life is good. Life will be better for him after he concludes his unfinished business with the Cherokee family and their protectors. The thin line between genius and insanity had been crossed a long time and many lives ago. While Russia and China take advantage of a weakened America, Tucker solves the unsolvable.
Hidden: The Silverton chronicles, book 3
By Carmen Fox
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
Summary: Heidi’s gone; her body lies curled up at my feet. Despite the ache inside my chest, it falls to me to alert our alpha and maintain calm within the pack. Those are rules I vowed to obey.
Yet, when my vampire neighbor Eli flashes his investigator’s badge, insisting Heidi’s death wasn’t the first, I join his hunt for the murderer, instead.
Eli should come with a warning label, though. Not only does he flaunt his distaste for authority, he’s also an incorrigible flirt - catnip to a single guy like me.
Lead after lead, we canvass the rainy streets of Silverton, CA, driven by one goal. Tonight, the killing will end.
Reviews:
In a world made up of werewolves, vampires, demons, satyrs and humans, hunting for a killer is not an easy task… The narrator, Scott Ellis was excellent….
Werewolves, vampires and the serial killer they are hunting down. That's a pretty good recipe for a book with a good narrator…
The Keystroke Killer: Transcendence, Part 1
By Melissa Caudle
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
Summary: Matthew Raymond, a private investigator, locked into a maze of deceit and deception uncovers the truth of Project Transcendence. For Matthew Raymond, his job as a private investigator is personal. Extremely personal.
After the disturbing 2053 murder of his sister, Livia, Matthew left in a rage searches for her killer and answers to the mysterious questions that lurked around her death. Now, three years later, Matthew realizes his problems just went from bad to worse as he discovers himself immersed in a city where the wealthy and corrupt politicians rule.
With his sister’s murder still his main focus, he finds himself in a cunning game of cat-and-mouse when he stumbles across The Keystroke Killer and uncovers a secret device capable of sending people to the fourth dimension without a trace. Project Transcendence becomes Matthew’s new fixation. Searching the Deep South for answers, he uncovers family secrets, lies, corruption and a world on the brink of destruction.
Can Matthew survive and save the world from the threat? Will he untangle the mystery of Livia’s death? Find out in this powerful story, The Keystroke Killer.
Reviews:
…Caudle creates characters that make you feel as if they are real people you know, and you are cool enough to be friends with. Anything she writes about, also rings true….
Excellent audiobook. The author kept the story flowing. Interesting theories, believable characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it…
Click here for a free copy of The Keystroke Killer
Click here for a copy of The Keystroke Killer from Audible.com
Ball of Light: Evolution
By A.R. Chen
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
Summary: After waking up, Steve doesn't know where he is. Heck, he doesn't know what he is. Despite his spotty memory, he's pretty sure he didn't used to be a floating ball of light.
He's also certain that he's not originally from this dangerous fantasy world...maybe. Okay, fairly certain. To make things stranger, he seems to be involved in something big, something magical...a game.
Who was he before? Will his memories come back? Why does he have an assistant explaining the game's rules to him?
He can evolve? There's a countdown timer?
One thing Steve does know is that he needs to figure out what's going on fast, and if he is playing a game, even a deadly one, he plans to win.
Leon and Esther
By Dorothy May Mercer
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Summary: The story is about love and romance in America, 1920s style.
Handsome Leon - tall, honest, and rugged farm overseer - winner of riding contests and women's hearts - meets lovely Esther, a petite and innocent farmer's daughter. His strong faith pulls him toward her, despite the 12-year difference in their ages.
Will his vision of a relationship, born of his faith, become a nightmare test of faith instead?
A mysterious stalker of small-town virgins has nearly ruined an innocent girl. Vicious gossips will finish the job and make your blood boil. Be there when a local midwife delivers a home birth.
Jacqueline Willoughby
By Schuyler Randall
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
Summary: A string of mysterious murders rocks Birmingham, Alabama, in the pause-resister Jacqueline Willoughby. At first glance, the murders seem to be connected to the Ten Commandments, but FBI agents Kason McAlester and Troy Stephens see that there is more to the story, that a rare book written decades ago by a woman named Jacqueline Willoughby may have the answer to solving the crimes.
Will the two agents be able to follow the trail of the old book and find the killer responsible for these grisly murders? You'll have to listen to Jacqueline Willoughby to find out.
Reviews:
This is an interesting story that could be a great Book if the characters and story was longer. I believe a story of this length can not reach its full potential. The Author should consider the possibility of giving greater depth to not only the characters but the plot itself. The Narrator did a good job with the material and made the Audio book entertaining.
'Jacqueline Willoughby' is a complicated short novella about a potential copy cat murderer. It felt to me like Randall was trying to do too much too quickly and that the story could have benefited from being elongated/expanded. Outside of that, the thrust of the story itself is compelling and the mystery is quite juicy. Scott Ellis provides a good narrative performance that kept me listening even though I wanted a more fleshed out story!
Breakdown: An EMP Survival Thriller
By J.R. Tate
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
Summary: A situation of this magnitude had always been talked about - but could it ever really happen?
Jake Shepherd is piloting a flight to Seattle when out of the blue, his aircraft falls from the sky. The power-grid across the United States crashes, leaving all computerized machines crippled, sending the country into a disastrous tailspin.
Alice Shepherd is working the emergency room when hundreds of injured people pour in needing help. With no electricity, resources are limited - once the back up generators fail, the hospital will not be able to handle the influx of patients being brought in, guaranteeing that all hell will break loose.
Everyone is speculating and panicking. No one knows what really happened. The only thing everyone can agree on is their simple, convenient, technological world is gone. Everyone is left to fight - kill or be killed. Survive or die.
Reviews:
I love books like this and this one starts off with a great idea…The story is great. The action scenes are good. But you don't get attached to anyone in the book. You don't learn much about them just that they are surviving this EMP attack…Scott Ellis did a wonderful job reading this and I will listen to future works by him.
The narrator. on the other hand, is the reason I think I got so far into the story and kept listening. I've heard him in other books and yes he was better, but I won't count this one against him and I would listen to him again.
Absolutely LOVED this book!!! Got hooked right away and could not stop listening!!! The narrator, Scott Ellis was OUTSTANDING and made it SO EASY for me to have a picture of all the characters and really feel the intensity of the book!
Strike the Match: Whistleblower Trilogy, Book 4
By Jim Heskett
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
Summary: Virginia Candle married the wrong man. She's known that for years. But when she finds out what her husband's company actually does to make their money, it's going to be a lot murkier than separating from a bad life partner.
When the company fires her husband, they're not sending him off with a severance check. He'll get a bullet in the head, plus one for her and their son Tucker. She can either lie down and die, or take action to stop it.
Virginia will have to take matters into her own hands and find a way to gain some leverage. Because she's not going to be a pawn in their game any longer. But when she learns the deception goes much deeper than she had originally thought, her plan threatens to tumble to the ground. How can she protect her son and find her way out of this mess?
This thrilling conclusion to The Whistleblower Saga jumps back in time 20 years to show you how it all began.... and the answers will surprise you!
Reviews:
The Whistleblower Trilogy is wonderful but leaves the reader with certain questions. This book, a complete stand alone thriller in it's own right, addresses these queries and provides a far deeper understanding of the characters involved. The author has been clever in giving us this prequel after the original series as, if read first, much of the mysteriousness of the earlier books would be lost. So potential readers/ listeners beware: do not read this until afterwards.
This is a good thriller, lots of action, well written dialogue and all is beautifully performed, as he always does, by the narrator, Scott Ellis. All of his voicings of individual characters, male and female, are distinctively different and appropriate and the text is read clearly, perfectly paced, with just the right tonal touch of emotion. He is a pleasure to hear: that the story is a good one is a bonus
Author Jim Heskett turns the clock back 20 years in this prequel to the Whistleblower trilogy. Tucker Candle is 12 years old and oblivious to the troublesome events set into motion by the man he believes to be his father. Tucker's mother will also find herself embroiled in the mess as she fights to ensure the safety of her son. A secret love affair and some surprising twists make this installment an exciting conclusion to the Whistleblower series.
Well written with a dash of humor, and superbly narrated by Scott Ellis, Strike the Match was an enjoyable listen.
Click here for a free copy of Strike the Match!
Acoustic Shadows
By Patrick Kendrick
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
Summary: A thriller that will take you on a heart-pounding, pulse-racing rollercoaster ride. Perfect for fans of James Patterson and Lee Child.
Erica Weisz, a new substitute teacher in the small town of Frosthaven, Florida, has a dangerous secret. When two gunmen attack the school where she works, it becomes impossible to keep the truth buried.
Wounded and running for her life, she must learn to trust the only person who can help her, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Agent Justin Thiery.
But Thiery has his own personal demons to overcome if he is to save Erica and find redemption for himself.
Review:
The narrator gives a very good performance with unique voices for each character. This is a fast paced story that benefits from Ellis' style.
This is the third or fourth audio book I've listened to utilizing Scott's talents. He is blessed with the ability to get the author's story across to his audience. Very listenable, a large range of believable voices. He develops excitement and drama appropriate to the books he chooses to interpret. Bottom line, he's very good at his chosen field!
To say that this story is one of constant action is almost to underestimate the fast paced excitement. But unlike many action thrillers which simply move swiftly from one incident filled scene to the next, Patrick Hendrick manages to infuse his various characters with solid, three dimensional life. This, of course, makes each harrowing attack, whether psychological or physical, that they endure so much more poignant and involving… The excellent characterizations are further enhanced by Scott Ellis's masterful performance. His voicing of each one is individual, distinct and pertinent to the person concerned. Hard to believe, sometimes, that this isn't a full cast but that he alone is reading
Click here for a free copy of Acoustic Shadows!
Click here to purchase a copy of Acoustic Shadows from Audible.com
The Savants
By Patrick Kendrick
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 7 hrs and 12m mins
Summary: Dr. Stephen Pevnick is a world renowned behavioral scientist as well as an advisor to the president of the United States. He has gathered the world's most prodigious savants - people with astonishing intellectual abilities - to his research center in Maine. His intent is to conduct an unprecedented experiment, to have the savants work on a common project together; a major challenge because the savants, while gifted, do not possess the social skills that might enable them to work as an effective team.
But, soon after they gather, a catastrophic event occurs that threatens to destroy the Eastern Seaboard. The world's best scientists are helpless to stop it as panic grips the country, and a sinister conspiracy emerges with the potential to eradicate the free world. Can this group, plagued by their own insecurities and doubts, come together and use their incredible skills to save the world, or will the dark forces that set this disaster in motion prevail?
Reviews:
This book was a treat. Awesome disaster thriller book. Really enjoyed the story and the characters, the savants were awesome. Lots of drama with a good bit of political drama. Which was unexpected. Seems like it was pretty well researched. No clue if the science is accurate but it seemed to make sense. As always I really hate it when religion is brought up but it wasn't to much so I wasn't bothered to much.
The narrator did a really good job. Great performance.It took me a couple of chapters to really get interested the story. It just didn’t pull me in at first. Once it did though I listened to it in one sitting. It is actually a very entertaining, engaging and interesting story. Great characters coupled with an intriguing plotline equals a really darn good book. Definitely worth your time.
Scott Ellis did a good job with the narration. Pleasant voice. Really good character voices. Clearly spoken with great delivery. He was able to bring the characters to life, especially the Savants. All around a very enjoyable listen.
Frozen Brush
By J. Mishna Dunn
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
Summary: The Pied Piper is back and Andrew Brush is out for blood. Desperate to lead the manhunt to find the mysterious and elusive Pied Piper, he is quickly sidetracked as the FBI sends him to Antarctica to investigate several missing persons cases involving employees at McMurdo Station. With his
hand-selected team in tow, he begins peeling back the layers of what first appears to be a standard series of abductions, while also dealing with the residual effects of the emotional trauma he experienced while battling El Diablo.
What he doesn't know, is that a few key players have risen from the ashes in Matamoros and are beginning to rebuild what he thought he had destroyed. Armed with an uncontrollable vengeance, enemy alliances are secretly made and multiple threats start bubbling to the surface.
At every turn, Andrew realizes the case in Antarctica is pointing to someone much more dangerous than he first suspected. Locked in at McMurdo Station for the winter season and thousands of miles from home, Brush is forced to solve this case as quickly as possible before enemies back home threaten those he cares most about.
Reviews:
I hated for it to end! Loved all the back stories. The narrator did an amazing job of portraying all of the different characters! This story really kept my attention. I listened to it every time I had a spare moment. I highly recommend this book and any books narrated by Scott Ellis.
If there were a test to determine if an audio book voice talent had their skills honed, this book may be the study guide. Wide range of voices? Scott has them. A sense of drama? Check. Add an easy to listen to and understandable voice and speech. Yep...
This is book 2 in "Andrew Brush" series. I didn't read the first book, so I'm not sure if it would of set this one up. There was plenty of action, suspense, evil humor and much much more. I did feel like there were too many characters to keep straight. The ending was a cliffhanger, so now I have to get ahold of the next book! The narration was well done. The characters were well portrayed. Scott Ellis added a lot of excitement to the storytelling.
Click here for a free copy of Frozen Brush!
Click here to purchase a copy of Frozen Brush from Audible.com
Dick Danks - Collected Stories
By Harris Tobias
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
Summary: The name's Danks - Dick Danks - and if you think my name is amusing then you and I have nothing more to say. A man's got no more control over what his parents name him than he does over the weather. Danks is a proud old name in Scotland or somewhere, and I have nothing to make excuses for. I'm a private eye. Most days, I sit like a spider in its web waiting for the phone to ring. I wait for someone to hire me to investigate something for them. It gives me lots of time to think. Mostly, I think about what a mess I've made of my life, how I'm going to pay the rent, and what's for lunch - not necessarily in that order.
Reviews:
If you enjoy the detectives of old time radio you will love this book. The narration is great and you feel transported to a time before books were full of bad language and gore.
Dick Danks, ex-cop, thrown of the force for unspecified corruption and now filling his time, when not at the bar, being a private eye, a somewhat unsuccessful one, too, where collecting a fee is concerned. And yes, he has a thing about his name - who wouldn't when he's heard as many jokes about it as he has?
This is an book of seven deliciously wry and understated short stories, related by Danks, about individual cases. Although following a detective noire format, none of the cases described are normal - the book starts and concludes, for example, with deaths which occurred in teleportation development companies.All are easy listening and fun. But it is the character of Danks himself which shines through the dialogue and makes this book so enjoyable.
This is greatly assisted by the admirable, lilting and lazy voice of the narrator, Scott Ellis, whose reading breathes life into the P.I. to give his cases authenticity even when imagination is stretched. Delicious.
Overall, a great light read book, especially suited to listeners with limited time sessions as the separate stories can be completed reasonably quickly but still give a sense of satisfaction.
The Year the Lake Went Low
By Brandon Nave
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
Summary: In a small Oklahoma town, riddled with broken dreams and methamphetamine addicts, a young man embarks on a mission to uncover the truth behind his sister's disappearance. As he desperately attempts to come to terms with his sister's apparent death, and the circumstances surrounding it, he inadvertently opens a Pandora's Box of secrets that an array of townsmen have diligently worked to keep covered.
Based on an unwavering promise to his beloved sister, Davey will stop at nothing to find the answers he so desperately seeks. In the process, however, he quickly learns that the truth is much more brutal and bizarre than anything he could have ever imagined. As he delves deeper into the mystery, Davey is left questioning everything he thought he knew about his baby sister as he attempts to come to grips with the cruel and undeniable truth.
Reviews:
I loved this book for several reasons. It had all the elements I look for in a good storyline - that which brings out a myriad of emotions - that which not only entertains, but makes me think, reflect and feel grateful for my life.
I felt the Narrator did an outstanding job in bringing each character to life. Each character was uniquely distinctive, never leaving me guessing which character was speaking. The story never got slow moving, which is another thing I look for in a good book. I felt like I was right there!Loved this book and absolutely loved the narrator!! His voices for the different characters were fantastic and I knew exactly who was talking before being told! Brought this story to life so wonderfully, I couldn't stop listening.. I want more from both this author and narrator!!