You're Next

By: Gregg Hurwitz

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Mike Wingate, abandoned by his father at four and raised in foster care, is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he's happily married with a precocious 8-year-old daughter, and his construction company is about to finish a "green" housing development that will secure a solid future for them all. But then something from his own past, a past he doesn't even remember, comes back to visit terror upon him and his family.

Shady characters begin threatening Mike, and when he reports them, the police seem more interested in Mike's murky past than in protecting him. Now, with Mike, his wife Annabel and daughter Kat suddenly under attack from all sides, Mike turns to Shep, a dangerous man - and Mike's only true friend - from his childhood days in foster care. Together they will do whatever it takes to protect Mike's family against the hidden men behind the terrifying warning, "You're Next."

©2011 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Excellent...keeps Mike (and the reader) on edge, wondering what is happening to him and how far it will escalate. Highly recommended to Hurwitz’s many faithful readers and to fans of Linwood Barclay, Harlen Coben, and Lisa Gardner." --Booklist

"The bad guys are suitably evil and the mystery satisfying, but Hurwitz’s real success is depicting Mike’s hard-won life as a husband, father, and successful businessman. A first-rate thriller!" --Library Journal (starred review)

"Hurwitz masterfully provokes feelings of extreme dread...Shep and Mike fight and sleuth their way through intensifying mayhem until they find the unexpected answer...." --Publishers Weekly

Nail biter

It starts slow, but once it picks up it's hard to quit listening! This would make an excellent movie. Some of the criticism of this book centers on how the story is at times unbelievable. This is true, but I think sometimes a reader needs to be able to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the story. Definitely worth the listen!

So good

I ran out of orphan books to read, so I gave a few of his other titles a try. This one is by far the best. Seriously left me stressed out at times, but between the Great story and Scott brick, this one’s a winner. 

Great story great narrator!!

If you’re looking for a good mystery with lots of suspense and interesting characters. Look no further. This is another great one. If you’re familiar with his other stand alone novels this one has some similarities. Story structure, character development and type of characters. Also the enemy of my enemy comes into play like a couple of his other. I really enjoyed it!!

Love Scott Brick

Story was good! Shep was a great character. Just wished there had been more to the way it ended.

I quit

Reading some of the first reviews, I thought I should continue reading. Then I got to the ones who said what I was already thinking. I will quit wasting my time. Scott Brick can be too breathy and dramatic; and this is a perfect example. Not every paragraph can be that dramatic. I got very tired of it. Then when the author commented on "the middle class instead of the rich a**h***s;" I knew I was out of my element. That wasn't necessary.

I am sure Hurwitz/Brick will be a big hit, just not with us. I made it about 2 hours.

so-so.

became predictable pretty quickly. The precociousness of the eight-year-old daughter was annoying. unbelievable overall and wouldn't recommend.

Entertaining......

This book was an entertaining cat and mouse story. Never sure how it would end. Caution: Some gruesome parts but all and all pretty good.

One of Hurwitz's best!

I am a big Gregg Hurwitz fan. He had me hooked years ago with the unique telling of The Crime Writer. I love all the twists and turns in this and the slow unraveling of a fascinating past. Hurwitz writes as though he must know what it is like to be a parent also. I recommend this thriller.

Some Issues Here....

I am being intentionally vague because I hate placing a spoiler in a review.

I had some issues with this story. It felt unfinished to me, and some of the plot mechanisms used were unnecessary or ill suited to their intended purpose. There are characters that go under developed but we expect them to play a big role in the story, and the author does little to reconcile that.

The story moves along like a slow burning match you held too long and eventually burns you, but only because you forgot you were holding it.

Just know it is a slightly above mediocre effort that is not terrible, but not great.

Almost

Story lags until more than half way and narrator is laggy, too. It all comes together at the end.