The Art of Staying Dead

De: Joel Hames

Narrado por: Andrew Calverley

A secret prisoner holds the key to a 30-year old crime.

Sam Williams was meant for great things, until a fatal misstep crashed his career. Trying to salvage the remnants is a path which leads him to the wrong place at the worst time - a high security prison in the middle of a riot, and face to face with a man the world believes is long dead.

Sam quickly learns someone is willing to do whatever it takes make sure things stay that way.

The truth to a decades old mystery might save Sam’s skin, but the clock is ticking and this time he knows any missteps won’t just be fatal to his career...

An Amazon US/UK Top 10 best seller in:

• Crime Fiction
• International Mystery and Crime
• Conspiracy Thrillers
• Legal Thrillers
• Kidnapping
• Financial Thriller
• Political Thrillers and Suspense

©2015 Joel Hames (P)2021 Joel Hames

Very good narration

Fast paced, lots of things going on, lots of action, but I just didn't really enjoy this, I didn’t enjoy the London part so much, the Africa part was much more interesting and engaging, even though I just couldn't get into Sam’s character, but at least he has a sense of humour, or any of the other characters as it so happens.

Written in first person Sam and his thoughts are your thoughts, which were plentiful. Sure the storyline was a little far fetched, but this is a novel, so it really doesn't matter.

The positive parts to the book was the Africa bit, at least once it got going, it was much more interesting, that is, of course if you can actually get that far, and the ending was ok.

The best part of this is the narrator, he has a very nice voice and does the comedy side of the book very well bringing it to life and that is the reason for the 3 stars rather than less. I might have given up with this book if it hadn't been for the narrator.

This book has earned 3 stars.

Great audiobook

Great narration carries you through this complex storyline. Part physiological thriller, part action drama, part social drama, part lawyer drama, the sheer detail that would be slow moving in print form keeps the reader moving forward at smooth pace by Narrator Andrew Calverley. Author Joe Hames does such a fantastic job building up his characters, there were times when I could not determine if I liked Sam or loathed Sam.. but I kept “turning the page”! A great novel. A Great experience. Absolutely successful pairing of author and narrator.