Private Games

By: James Patterson, Mark Sullivan

Narrated by: Paul Panting

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

On your mark...

Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protect more than 10,000 competitors, who represent more than 200 countries.

Get set...

The opening ceremony is hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Peter Knight, is called to the scene of a ruthless murder: a high-ranking member of the games' organizing committee has been killed. It's clear to Peter that this wasn't a crime of passion, but one of precise calculation and execution.

Die!

Newspaper reporter Karen Pope receives a letter from a person who calls himself Cronus, claiming responsibility. He promises to restore the Olympics to their ancient glory and to destroy all those who have corrupted the games with lies, corruption, and greed. Immediately, Karen hires Private to examine the letter, and she and Peter uncover a criminal genius who won't stop until he's completely destroyed the modern games.

"America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes) delivers an exhilarating, action-packed thriller that brings the splendor and emotion of the Olympics to a wildly powerful climax.

©2012 James Patterson (P)2012 Random House Audiobooks

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Start with one and keep going. They are all so good that when you get started you can't wait to hear more.

Any additional comments?

James once again hits a home run.

Ok

Not up to the standard of the first 2 Private books. Disappointed. Wish it stuck with the original characters more.

Ok

Not exactly one of those wow books. But interesting enough elements to it to keep me reading. Hoping the next book end of the series is an improvement.

Good book, bad recording

Narrator was very good but the sound mix was bad, lots of whispering then loud narrative.
good story dragged on at times.

Great Series!

Loved this series (3). This book was a little hard to listen to at first because the narrator's accent is British. But, once I got into the story, I didn't notice. Very entertaining. Hope there is a 4th in the series coming out soon. If you like James Patterson's detective novels, you will love this series.

Another good Private story

It had some really very good plot twists and the performance was very well done.

Liked this one a lot!

Where does Private Games rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Up there. Kept my interest better than PRIVATE did. Liked the story, but it could have been

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes, the characters mixed with the story and sub-stories are all interesting.

Have you listened to any of Paul Panting’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Any additional comments?

Current, and possible. Keep your eyes open!!

Amazing story. I. couldn't stop listening

Classic Patterson. A nail biter to the end. My only frustration was that the person who read the part of Chronos/Lancer seemed to drop to almost a whisper in places. That's great for effect, but not so much when competing with road noise.

slow start

The first half of the book was slow developing the story line. Then it became quite engaging.

Good story- Needs a new narrator though.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Not sure. The narrator turned me off so bad I feel like I don't want to subject anyone else to it...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He REALLY got on my nerves. He makes Jack (The American) sound like a robot!

Any additional comments?

The story was slow for the first third of the book, but came together quickly after that and kept my attention. I HATED the narrator though, he almost caused me to stop listening! His accent got on my nerves, and his attempt at an American accent ended up sounding like a robot. It's a great story though, as long as you can ignore the narrator...