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Don't Be Home for Christmas

By: Richard Wickliffe
Narrated by: Jesse Fister
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Kyle Colbert just wants to go home for Christmas. So, why does everyone suddenly want to kill him? Kyle savors his train commute from a hectic Manhattan job to his idyllic, small town. But as he arrives on Christmas Eve, his family tries to kill him. His neighbors and the entire community suddenly want him dead. He can’t flee to the authorities because even the FBI is in a deadly pursuit.

With a $1,000,000 reward for his “death or whereabouts”, he must stay alive long enough to solve the mystery and stop an even-greater tragedy.

The author's last thriller was optioned by 20th Century Fox. This action-thriller with humor is a short, fun listen.

©2019 Richard Wickliffe (P)2019 Richard Wickliffe

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Very poor narration

The story line seems well thought out and entertaining, but the narration is difficult to get past. The narrators attempt to annunciate every word precisely make the reading very choppy and difficult to tolerate. It is like listening to a child who has just begun reading. If it weren’t for the poor narration, this might have been a good listen but unfortunately it turned into something else.

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The story wasn’t bad but the narrator kept it from being good. He was very stilted and I had a hard time getting past the pronunciation of certain words, such as wisemen for Wise Men.
The Wise Men scenario didn’t fit really well in the story when everything else was so technical

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Surprisingly Good

Great little thriller right here, would’ve passed it by if it wasn’t for a recommendation of a friend. Really worth the listen. Some audiobooks have a *terrible* reader but this one was good. A+

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Disappointing

Even for a fun and silly action story, there were several plot points which stretched credulity to the point of distraction. Although the narrator was decent overall, there were several fairly common words that he did not seem to know how to pronounce, which was just odd.

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Not a good story

I did not like this book at all. I am going to return it. It was not worth my time.

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