Bloodmoney

A Novel of Espionage

By: David Ignatius

Narrated by: Firdous Bamji

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

A prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, David Ignatius penned this riveting suspense tale ripped from today’s headlines. Deep within Pakistan’s borders, a secret CIA team is being systematically dismantled by a cunning enemy. Soon, Sophie Marx, a young, ambitious agent, is on the ground searching for answers. But as she gets closer to the truth, she suffers a devastating betrayal and must risk more than her life to save the world from a terrifying fate.

©2011 David Ignatius (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

Good Plot - Too Much Narrative

The characterizations and storyline are imaginative and well-conceived. The author tends to extend the narrative beyond what is necessary to carry the plot. Lots of double-dealing and intrigue. The idea of a rogue secret service organization is original. Worth the time to listen to it. The narrator, Firdous Bamji does a good job bringing out the characterizations.

Another Great One!

David Ignatius is one of the best thriller writers in America. Plots based in part on his even better reporting on Intelligence and foreign policy for The WashPost.

great preformance. cheesy story.

early on you meet a character and its very obvious they are responsible as the perpetrator.

Another entertaining novel by a master of the espionage genre

Ignatius is on top of his game in this vastly entertaining novel with compelling characters, the manipulation of plot and suspense, tight dialogue, and clear writing. The story’s superiority shines through despite the mediocrity of the Audible performance by Firdous Bambi. What happened to George Guidall?

Typical Ignatius

This was the first audiobook I have listend too by David Ignatius. After reading Body of Lies I became a fan overnight. David write with much detail and the plots themselves are very believable.

As for the narrator Firdous Bamji, compliments too. After having just listened to Da Silva's Portrait of a Spy which was narrated by a British person, it took a little getting use to Firdous' voice, but he did very well. Accents and characters were very well done.

A good listen

Steve G.
Well written and entertaining, Ignatius created believable characters and a detailed narrative that combined to keep me listening. This was my first time hearing this narrator and I thought he did a good job and added to my enjoyment of the book.

Engrossing

David Ignatius is awesome and I am grateful he has the time to write provocative carefully textured spy thrillers.

A Walk Into The Shadows

It's a shame that the cover and title of Bloodmoney suggest a run of the mill potboiler when Bloodmoney's pleasures are so much headier: Ignatius gives us a dizzyingly fun but convincing tour of some of the most mysterious subjects in the modern world in modern Pakistan, the CIA and the world of high finance. While it is fictional, Ignatius paints a conspiracy with a startling ring of truth by portraying a dark intersection between these worlds. It helps that he fills Bloodmoney with engaging, believable characters - from the colorful CIA chief to the brusque boss of a CIA shadow organization to the pious Pakistani militant to the slyly witty ISI chief, each character is fully realized enough to evoke a separate world. The ultimate effect is a story that shows the human consequences of labyrinthine, secretive organizations with the heady joy of The Wire.

Firdous Bamji's reading is masterful - he covers plot exposition with a cool/unaffected tone in keeping with the story, and he acts the dialogue to perfection, giving real life to each character. "His" CIA and ISI chiefs are some of the most well acted performances in my recent listens.

Excellent Thriller

I don't write reviews often, all I can say is this is perhaps the best thriller I've listened to in quite some time. It blends the far east, espionage, the recent financial tumult without any of the sound effects or dual performers I've recent been exposed to in other productions. Buy it and enjoy!

Excellent Audio Book

I really enjoyed this audio book. The story is exciting with good tempo, and the narrator gives the different characters subtle inflections that add color to the characters. There were good bits of info on the Pashtun culture that in reality all Americans should understand. I will shop for other Ignatius books for sure.