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A Blood Thing

By: James Hankins
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
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Never trust a blackmailer.

Vermont’s promising young governor, Andrew Kane, is at another public meet-and-greet when a stranger from the crowd slips him a cell phone and whispers, “Keep this with you...keep it secret...you’re going to need it after the arrest.”

Hours later, Andrew’s brother, Tyler, is taken into custody - framed for the brutal murder of a young woman - and Andrew discovers there is only one way to free him: answer the mysterious phone and agree to a blackmailer’s demands. All the governor has to do to make it all go away is compromise everything he stands for and grant a full pardon to a convicted felon. With no better option, he complies. Which is his first mistake...because the stranger isn’t through with him. He has another little condition. Then another. And another. And Andrew has no choice but to play along until he can find a way out of this personal and political nightmare. But he isn’t prepared for what he will face, or how far he will have to go to save his brother and keep his family together.

©2018 James Hankins (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Mystery Police Procedural Political Psychological Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage Fiction Murder Exciting Crime
Engaging Thriller • Unexpected Twists • Excellent Character Voices • Family Dynamics • Suspenseful Plot
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The story and author were engaging, but I couldn’t get past the fact (without giving things away) they didn’t report things from the very beginning, but somehow had no issues doing so in the end? Could have saved a lot of headache, but wouldn’t have made a very good story ;).

Entertaining with one fatal flaw

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I really like this book. It is intense for sure! It is about the governor of Vermont and how he tries to save his mentality challenged brother who has been framed for murder. Great characters and a fantastic plot. Five Stars across the board on this one!

Great Story!

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This book was very good and kept my interest. The narrator was very good as well.

Very good!

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I enjoyed this story. A good portrait of a family and interesting crime and moral dilemma. But it wasn’t a stellar story or a life changing event.

Good

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This was book was amazing and once more displays how awesome the writer is at bringing all his stories to life. I am a huge fan of this author’s work. I loved all the jumping through hoops, twists and turns, the non-stop action, deep family dynamics and bonds, murder, betrayals, and lastly, how everything concluded. This book deserved the rating I gifted it. Yes, it had some sad moments and moments of helplessness when it comes to the lovable but deeply flawed Kane family, but it’s a blood thing and they will do anything for the ones they care about.

Blood is Everything!

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Most of the story was Excellent. Somewhere in the middle I considered raising the speed to 1.5 but I'm glad I didn't.
I think there were too many unneeded details that slowed the pace.
Overall Very Good.

I'd like to give this a 4.5

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Better than I thought it would be, glad listen to it. I will listen to more of this author.

Pretty good.

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I enjoyed this book. The story was good, it had good and mostly believable characters. No one was perfect. Pace moved well. Some aspects were a little less believable, but maybe they are plausible. It did not detract from the story.

Narration was good in general, but the narrator used the same voice for multiple characters, so you have to pay attention to figure out who is talking.

Good story overall

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The mystery & intrigue kept my attention. The performance was good. The story was also good, right up until the end, when the "good guys" take absolutely no responsibility for what they've done. The author really performs some impressive mental gymnastics to give reasons why the person responsible should not pay.

Pretty good, right up until the end

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I listened to this book while driving to North Carolina. I didn’t want to stop for breaks because the story kept my interest.

This book kept me driving !!

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