The Evening Wolves

Iron on Iron, Book 4

By: Gregory Ashe

Narrated by: Tristan James

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Every victory comes at a cost.

The trail has gone cold. For months now, Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset have been trying to find something—anything—that might help them uncover the truth about the criminal organization operating out of the Cottonmouth Club. But every lead has turned out to be a dead end, and every step forward has cost them two steps back.

Until, one night, John-Henry is arrested for a terrible crime.

As their friends gather again in Wahredua, Emery and John-Henry must rush to prove John-Henry's innocence. The falsified evidence used to implicate him provides them with fresh clues, but as the charges against John-Henry ripple out into the community, they find themselves without their usual resources, and facing new and unexpected opposition.

Putting an end to this evil, they discover, might be possible.

All it will cost them is everything.

©2024 Gregory Ashe (P)2024 Gregory Ashe

Nakita Thomas

The Evening Wolves Loved it from start to finish and Welcome back Tristan James! 💖💖💖💖💖

Hurts so good!

Mr. Ashe pulled out all the feels for this final book wrapping up this series. Of course the mysteries are always engaging, but what I enjoyed most was the interaction between all the Hazardverse characters. Even when I wanted to cry or throw something, one of them managed to sneak in a chuckle! Bravo Gregory Ashe and Tristan James for his spot-on narrating.

Wonderful story!

I am so glad Hazard and Somerset are back in motion, I loved seeing them working together so perfectly together. I also loved how all of the other main players were there to help these two figure out what was happening to John Henry. His father is such a bad man and I couldn’t believe what he was telling his son to quit so he doesn’t look bad for what he was wrongfully accused of doing. Also this shows how you know who your friends are when things get hard. I definitely recommend this book to everyone who loves mm mystery romance stories with a happy ending.

Narration didn't live up to the story's quality

As I said in my review of the written version of this book, it's more than a four-star read. Yet a few things didn't quite jell for me.

First things first: It's an excellent conclusion to an excellent series. I loved seeing John-Henry put in this horrific situation and coming thisclose to breaking and NOT breaking. (Well, with the exception of that appalling "let's have a baby" nonsense, which, yes, is part of the reason this book didn't get five stars from me. Ew, no.)

The other thing that didn't entirely work for me was that I didn't get an idea of how this Big Bad was... that big? That is, how they came to wield as much power as they did.

Those quibbles aside, what a masterpiece the personal interactions in this book are. And that's where, unfortunately, the narration fell down on the job. The voices for the other guys just... did not work. John and Emery were great, of course, but everyone else was mediocre at best. Was North supposed to sound like... a weird New Yorker? And Tean, and—yeah, everyone else, really. I get that doing all those different voices is a challenge for the narrator. I certainly couldn't do it! And yet... that's their job. So that aspect was definitely a disappointment.

Despite it not hitting the mark on all points, this is a worthwhile version of the story, and I'll be listening to it again.

My thanks to the author for a complimentary copy of this audiobook.

The full team assembled...

After following these various sets of characters thtough many books, short stories, and audio books, this four book arc is a perfect blending. each book in the series features one set of characters, in aid to the others, and the parallel audio book is performed by the person associated with each series. In this conclusion, Tristan James gives voice to John Henry and Emory--- a perfect pairing. He also does an excellent job with North and Shaw, etc. In this book, John Henry faces the greatest challenge of his professional life, and Emery, with their motley band of brothers, work to save him, and each other, from a network of evil. It is complex, thrilling, brutal at times, and peppered with Ashe's trademark humor---thank you Shaw, Jem, and Augie! As dark as Ashe's books can be, there is an emotional core to them, and his vivid main characters feel emotionally true to the reader. The outstanding performances in the audio books just sharpen the sense that these characters are real, authentic, and worthy.

the love and trust amoung the men

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OMG

Another fabulous story from Gregory Ashe. And Tristan James brought the story to life with his narration.