The Hanged Man

The Mira Morales Series, Book 1

De: T.J. MacGregor

Narrado por: Patrice Gambardella

In a quiet home in the Fort Lauderdale suburbs, a woman psychically witnesses a murder. In a posh estate a few miles away, a man lies dead. The only clues are a collection of tarot cards sent to the victim's home and a nuisance call from a Fort Lauderdale woman who claims to have had a vision of the killing. For Detective Wayne Sheppard, the killing of famous criminologist Andrew Steele and the disappearance of his beautiful wife is about to test everything he has ever believed and everything he knows about logic, police work, and scientific truth.

©2010 Patricia J. MacGregor (P)2018 David N. Wilson

Dynamic Duo Writer and Narrator

What did you love best about The Hanged Man?

The interesting characters combined with a well written story.

What did you like best about this story?

Although the plot seems difficult to believe it is based on some truth.Our Government had a C.I.A. program to train individuals who had proven ESP powers.

What about Patrice Gambardella’s performance did you like?

She is a good performer who makes the Audio book a pleasant experience.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

N/A

Any additional comments?

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Psychic sleuth

Mira is a psychic who foresaw her husband’s murder 4 years before it happened. She has once again seen a murder in her mind and contacts the police to report it. She is ignored until Detective Wayne Sheppard is put on the murder case and he is open to working with a psychic. The plot is interesting with ex-prisoners with mind controlling capabilities to a very secret Government organization using these psychic powers as a weapon. I enjoyed the characters and plot. I did find that the narration was rushed between chapters and quite often had to rewind this audio book to realize that a new chapter had started.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Psychics and the government. Oh my.

Mira is a psychic and she has had a vision of the murder of a man. She does what she believes is the right thing and notifies the police. The police kind of ignore her because well, she's a psychic and they kind of think of those types of people as wing-nuts. Mira's problem is that her husband was murdered and the police couldn't figure out why she couldn't tell them who had done it or why if she was psychic she didn't warn him. The detective working on the murder of the man that Mira saw contacts her at her business One World to get information about some tarot cards found at the scene. And so it begins. This is just the start of the fleshing out of the back story about the victim, his wife, the husbands partner in the government experiment of prisoners, the kidnapper/murderer and his prison buddies and fellow guinea pigs.

There are several stories and characters going on here and it takes time to develop each one. There are times when the story gets bogged down with all this information. More information than I needed to hear. I knew certain people were attracted to each other I just didn't find it necessary to the story to hear about what they do in the bedroom. I liked hearing about the different abilities of all the characters. Not everyone that has these gifts uses their gifts for good. I received this audio book copy for free in return for a review. I can see myself continuing with this series. Good book. Good narrator

Not bad but long

I enjoyed the idea of this story more than the actual tale. Im not sure why but I didn’t feel particular love for the characters. I’m not sure what it was,liked Mira enough but I guess I expected more of a cozy fun style mystery. Instead it was more of a dark psychological style that just felt like it dragged out a little. It wasn’t a horrible story and held my interest good enough I suppose however it’s not one that I would really listen to again. The narrator did do a wonderful job with all the characters and I would certainly listen to her again. I received a free review copy of this book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Interesting story

What did you like best about The Hanged Man? What did you like least?

I disliked the child and how the plot seemed to move so slowly

Would you be willing to try another book from T.J. MacGregor? Why or why not?

Possibly

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Patrice Gambardella?

Not sure

Do you think The Hanged Man needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

maybe.

Any additional comments?

I got this copy free, in return for my honest review.