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Bait

By: Kenneth Abel
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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With some of the most spine-chilling scenes in modern suspense fiction, Bait guarantees the listener a roller coaster ride with a hero not afraid to cross the line. Life for narcotics detective Jack Walsh is one continuous drunken binge - until one blurry night when his car veers into an oncoming car, killing the son of Boston’s premier crime boss. Now Jack must decide if he wants to hide from D’Angelo’s vengeful compatriots or reclaim his life.

©1994 Kenneth Abel (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC

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Don't bother. Sucks is too flattering a word.

What disappointed you about Bait?

Bait reads like an automotive repair manual. The characters are flat to the point I had no feeling for the protagonist and couldn't care whether he lived, died or blew up in a cloud of smoke. In fact, everyone in this book feels wooden, like furniture.

Thrillers need to move quickly and typically do this through economic prose. But there is economy and there is terseness. Abel is so terse and ground is covered so quickly, it is nearly impossible to follow the plot. I gave up after three chapters and I read a LOT of thrillers.

Has Bait turned you off from other books in this genre?

No. It's so bad, it's in a class by itself.

Did Frank Muller do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

No. His performance was as flat as the text.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None whatsoever.

Any additional comments?

Buy something else—anything whatsoever.

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