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  • False Profit

  • Hard Luck Hank, Book 11
  • By: Steven Campbell
  • Narrated by: Liam Owen
  • Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (208 ratings)

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False Profit

By: Steven Campbell
Narrated by: Liam Owen
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Publisher's summary

The economy has taken a turn for the worse, and Hank is working as a part-time gravedigger (and more than part-time graverobber). Despite being an expert shoveler, it’s not his top career choice, and he’s anxious to take any "legitimate" criminal work that comes along.

In that vein, he finds himself hired by a mysterious woman who wants him to recover an even more mysterious trunk that was stolen from her mansion. He’s also tasked by the new Adjunct Overwatch to find out who has been tampering with the Upper City. Hank struggles against competitive rivals, government red tape, serial killers, and his ever-present grumbling stomach.

All of this takes place with the backdrop of the Thad Elon Festival. It was put on as a means to drum up tourism revenue for the city. But there’s a concern that the destructive demigod in question might show up in person to take part in the celebration.

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typical hank story but the editor should be shot

if you liked previous books your going to like this one.
only thing is there are numerous times the audio repeats itself like they did 2 takes and left them both in. It is awful and the audio editor should feel awful.

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Great series but repeating lines really killed it.

I wish they would take this book and edit it to remove the double takes. So many hilarious scenes are wrecked by them. Other then that, I really enjoyed the book and voice acting.

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Needs editing

The editing was atrocious, it contained dozens of repeated lines. Other than that,It was a regular Hank book, nothing too exciting.

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Great Story/Poor editing job

As many have said, there are editing errors throughout. More than a hundred, I would guess. Not the end of the world, but it should have already been fixed in this day and age.

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needs editing

no one at the publisher has listened to this book all the way through.

needs editing. Narrator repeats himself a distracting amount of times

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Poor recording on a great story

The story is really good, but the recording repeats itself all the time. It’s like they left in all the second takes for lines. It’s very frustrating and takes you out of the story when the narrator repeats lines with them stated slightly differently.

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OMG - Edit your recording!!

Another fun romp with Hank almost totally ruined by unedited dialog re-recordings. I’ve always enjoyed Liam Owen’s vocal choices on these books. Unfortunately the re-recorded takes that we’re not deleted from the final recording we’re a problem. Still, I do not regret spending a credit for a new Hank Story.

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Another great Hank story

Another great Hanks story. But the editing detracts from the overall rating. Lots of repeated sentences disrupts the flow of the story. Stephen Campbell is a genius and Liam. Owen gives a fantastic performance.

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Bad editing

The editor is not adequately working out the recordings. The book was enjoyable when not getting endless repeats. This majorly disrupts the flow of the book.

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Belleville is the best!

I absolutely love this book. A great world with fun characters. I love this series, and somehow each book keeps getting better.

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