Behind His Time

De: Richard Ridpath

Narrado por: Rick Ridpath

The young woman was in terrible danger. Mike Chance knew it. He wanted to help her, but he just didn’t know how to go about it. He was a 50-year-old finance manager at a community college with a calm and sedate life.

It all started with his neighbor, Trace Poston, revealing a secret that was beyond unbelievable, possibly even the delusions of an unstable person. No device could do what Trace stated as fact that it could.

It had to be a joke. A device that could open a window in time, a look at the future! Then Trace performed a demonstration of the machine, and the drastic consequences became all too real. Life and death real.

©2018 Richard Ridpath (P)2021 Richard Ridpath

Philadelightful Sci-fi Mystery

A quick & delightful sci-fi bent suburban mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. Philadelphians will especially appreciate all the local references and the unmistakable accents. The characters draw on some stereotypical traits but with welcome complexities peppered in, and the plot, while imperfect, kept me wondering the whole way through. The narrator (who is the author’s son) does an excellent job of sculpting each scene with his use of inflection and delivery, and giving each character their own flavor. I hope his father continues to write so we get more of his performances. And the orchestrations (composed and performed by the author’s grandson) are rich and beautiful bookends to the story. Manipulating time isn’t a new concept but Ridpath puts his own spin on the conventional narrative and winds up with an engaging, charming story definitely worth a listen.

Great story to dive into and escape reality

Cool story, a little bit of Sci-fi, part novel, drama and action. Listened to the whole book on a cross country flight.

An enjoyable listen that engages the audience

Behind His Time is an incredulous story set in a nondescript world. The grounded reality of main character Mike Chance renders his actions throughout the story as both plausible and implausible at the same time. The flashback format of the narrative made for an engaging hook, and the fact that the calendar days and dates aligned with the year 2021 as well as when I was actually listening to the book, made it all the more realistic despite the fantastic premise. The stand out character for me was Trace Poston, Mike’s neighbor and instigator of the events that unfold within the story. Trace is almost a caricature, Jeff Spicolli grown up, and his outlandish proclamations and surfer Zen turns of phrase paint a picture of a stereotypical laid-back Californian (although there is no indication that Trace is from there). By the end of the story, his boundless optimism and “veracity with tenacity” endear him to the listener. Overall, the story is well paced, and despite the occasional cliché or noticeable repetition of words, the various plot threads all lead to a satisfying conclusion.

A funny, enjoyable book to read.

Loved it. Like the book written by the book's main character, a funny, light, & enjoyable quick book to read. Love the Audible production by Richard, Rick, & Ricky Ridpath. It helps when a story is staged in place that the narator sounds like he, or she, is from that place. Can't wait till the next Ridpath Audible book.

"Veracity with tenacity."

A fun mystery thriller, more noted for it's main characters, Mike Chance and his larger than life neighbour, Trace Poston. Seemingly very successful whist spending most of his time playing golf, Trace was at first very low on Mike's list of people he liked until, unexpectedly, he was invited to view an artifact left to Trace by his father. It was to dominate his life in the immediate future and change his and his family's life into the future.
Unusual, rather delightfully old fashioned and the mystery' s solution unexpected. Read by Rick Ridpath in a style which fits with the story, and with a musical end excerpt by Ricky Ridpath, author Richard Ridpath has brought about an easy to enjoy short book (about five hours).
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