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  • Overkill

  • By: Sandra Brown
  • Narrated by: Kyf Brewer
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,036 ratings)

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Overkill

By: Sandra Brown
Narrated by: Kyf Brewer
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Publisher's summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller where a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for their lives.

Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn’t seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for some time—not since their volatile marriage imploded—so he’s shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he—despite their divorce—has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks away, letting Rebecca's parents have the final say.

Four years later, Rebecca's attacker, Eban—the scion of a wealthy family in Atlanta—gets an early release from prison. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state prosecutor, is determined to put him back behind bars. Rebecca’s parents have kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to change—if she were to die—Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder.

It isn’t lost on Zach that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca’s murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects Kate’s legal standpoint but can’t resist their ill-timed attraction to each other. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he’s in, plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca—and the end of his freedom.

©2022 Sandra Brown (P)2022 Grand Central Publishing
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Editorial Review

The other side of debauchery
This was certainly a trip, literally. Rebecca, party animal and ex-wife of star football player Zach Bridger, parties a little too hard one night and ends up in a coma—thanks to the cold heart and violent temper of Eban, scion of a prominent family. He serves some jail time but not enough for anyone’s satisfaction. Enter a star prosecutor who explains to Zach that there’s only one way to put this loser back behind bars—Rebecca, who’s still on life support, has to die. Through a series of turns (and trysts), confrontations, a suicide, and a cold-blooded murder, I wallowed in this thriller—I was in no rush to finish as I savored the last roller-coaster half-hour. Alas! It ends, as all good things must do. Sandra Brown sure can spin a yarn. Brava! — Yvonne D.

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A long time since listening to a Sandra Brown book.
All the explicit sex part of story is not needed to be a good story

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Awesome

As usual, Sandra Brown has done an excellent job of creating strong characters and twisted plot. She managed a great balance between action, romance and peaceful country.

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One of my favorites!!

I really enjoyed this story! I’m not a football fan so started out not enjoying the lead character, but that quickly changed. This book is very much worth the listen. Great story and awesome narration!

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A Great narrator makes the story in audiobooks!

This narrator made the story better. As it can do in the reverse.
It was a good story, good ideas, not a prude but not really into the sex scenes in a suspense/thriller but get why some do.
I would listen to it again.

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Enjoyable

Good story. Kept my interest from beginning to end. The reader was good. Highly recommend.

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What an interesting storyline, one that is playing out in many cities every day. Too bad the rights of victims have been so grossly overshadowed by the rights of the criminal perpetrators. Most of the real cases like these don’t get wrapped up in such a neat little package at the end.

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An great book

A really good Sandra Brown story as usual. Highly recommend this book. Couldn't stop listening.

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I loved it!

Sandra Brown writes amazingly suspenseful and erotic stories. I thoroughly enjoy all her books. They are hard to put down.

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Big fan of Sandra Brown

I read or listen to over 100 books per year. I was not a fan of the voice that the narrator used for Zach Bridger. It was painful to hear and did not fit with how he was described. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the paper version.

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Excellent

As usual Ms Brown has the ability to tell an excellent story with many twists and turns. Enjoyed the story.

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