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Bombshell

By: Catherine Coulter
Narrated by: Renee Raudman, Paul Costanzo
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Publisher's summary

The number-one New York Times best-selling author is back with an electrifying new entry in the FBI series featuring Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock.

FBI Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith, last seen in Backfire, has been recruited by Dillon Savich to join his unit in Washington, D.C. Savich sees something special in Hammersmith, an almost preternatural instinct for tracking criminals. While on his way to D.C., Hammersmith plans to visit his sister, Delsey, a student at Stanislaus School of Music in Maestro, Virginia. Before he arrives, he gets a phone call that Delsey has been found naked and unconscious, lying in a pool of blood, after a wild party. The blood isn’t hers - so to whom does it belong? Griffin must protect Delsey, but from whom?

Meanwhile, back in D.C., FBI Agents Savich and Sherlock have their hands full when the grandson of a former Federal Reserve Bank chairman is found murdered, every bone in his body broken, his corpse frozen at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. Was it revenge against his grandfather for the banking crisis, or something more insidious and personal?

It’s a bitter winter, and in the endless cold, evil lurks.

©2013 Catherine Coulter (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Meh. Just okay.

I typically enjoy this series but really struggled to be interested in this one. It did not flow well. The narration really killed it for me. I felt over-performed and the voices just weren’t right for the story. Disappointed.

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I am not even half way thru - narration- UGH!!

The story is pretty good- but for some reason it is not just being read - but “performed” and not well. The voice of the young lead character in one of the stories sounds like a 70 year old woman and is difficult to take. I have increased the speed to 1.2 to try to get thru it faster. I really like this author and am so irked by this narration.

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Didn't like

I didn't finish it. It was slow and the narration sounded like a soap opera. Characters were not interesting.

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Worst narration!

I couldn't listen to these narrators for more that 50 minutes...just horrible. I thought it would get better...it didn't....

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Good plot, poorly written and spoken

Coulter it's a good story, but she doesn't write it the way people speak, she seems to write it to increase word count for her publisher. A lot of things are repeated over and over and her failure to use contractions that are part of normal speech makes character's speech sound stilted and unreal. The male lead in the audio was fairly good, but the female lead was done poorly with pauses in the wrong spots and accents that were totally unbelievable. At times her French accent sounded like something out of the Balkans.

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A little slow moving for my taste.

Good thing it was audio. I might not have finished if was a hard copy.

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Poor narration

The narration is stilted -- almost broken, so much so that I almost gave up on this book. The storyline, however, is excellent and woven together well.

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THRILLER? SERIOUSLY?

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Catherine, baby, work with me here! A cheesy line...for an even cheesier story line and extra cheesy narration!

What was most disappointing about Catherine Coulter’s story?

Catherine Coulter has always been one of my favorite authors with books that grip you from beginning to end. This book, however, was so full of unbelievable characters and silly situations that I just could NOT get into it. I get that the main character was attractive, but does every character in the story have to drool and swoon over him....even his sister comments about his looks...get over it!

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator was so over the top, with so many accents thrown into the mix, it was hard to focus on the actual story. From the syrupy southern belle to the Pink Panther french accents
and the sister that sounded like a ten year old child, it was hard to imagine any of them in this story.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Bombshell?

UHH! Where do I begin....to cut scenes from this book, I would have to give away too much of the story to other readers.

Any additional comments?

When the book is listed as an FBI thriller, I'm excited and expect to be thrilled.... this was not a thriller. Somewhere in among all the silly character portrayals there was probably a good detective story at most. Will still watch for the next Catherine Coulter novel, but please....choose another narrator who will not deter from the story.

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Not My Favorite In The Series

What did you love best about Bombshell?

I like this series very much. I like the continuing story of Sherlock & Savich. I love how she brings new characters in and creates relationships with established characters. I even like seeing Sean grow. Her spin off characters are wonderful.

Would you ever listen to anything by Catherine Coulter again?

Absolutely.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I don't have a specific answer for this. I'm just not overly impressed by either narrator in general.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Paul Costanzo is a little "over the top" in my opinion. Rene Raudman's slushy "s" sound irritates me. I have no idea if it's actually HER inflection or what she uses for Sherlock and it's a small thing, but it never fails to make me cringe.

Any additional comments?

This has been my least favorite in the series so far; the story just didn't grab me, but I'm re-listening right now in anticipation of listening to Final Cut which I just ordered.

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  • 10-29-13

Bad, worse, terrible

What would have made Bombshell better?

No plot, no story line. Author fail.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not this author

Would you be willing to try another one of Renee Raudman and Paul Costanzo ’s performances?

Not really. Renee is not a good narrator. This is my first Paul Constanzo. Will try him again

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment.

Any additional comments?

I fail to understand why this author continues to publish in hard back. Has not had an original story line since Savich/Sherlock were first introduced

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