Aftermath

The Harry Starke Novels, Book 14

By: Blair Howard

Narrated by: Tom Lennon

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

An elite force of private military contractors. A ragtag band of aging war heroes and civilians. It began with a simple kidnapping. It ended in an all-out private war. In Harry Starke’s world, nothing is ever quite as it seems. His wife is lying in hospital in a coma. His best friend and business partner is not who he says he is. Once again Harry says never again, but when his intellectually disabled uncle is kidnapped and becomes a pawn in a deadly game of cat and mouse, he finds himself plunged back into a life he so desperately wants to leave behind....

Aftermath is the 14th standalone novel in a series of hard-boiled thrillers. If you like tough-as-nails heroes, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Blair Howard’s latest gritty, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

©2019 Blair Howard (P)2019 Blair Howard

Ceylon mckinnis

Recommend reading all of his books. I enjoy and read them over and over again. Can’t wait for book 15 to come out. I have all of the books. Now it is so exciting to finally jade what a boys in the part of the book. I was so afraid they wasn’t going to make it through, so glad both of them did. Glad to know that Joseph was okay. This was a new twist in the book. Each book is better than the last one. I hate waiting, so now i am board waiting for another good book to read. Thanks for writing the book. I hope one day my book will be out there for everyone to read.

Excellent narration

AFTERMATH. Blair Howard. Harry Stark. # 14
Harry thinking about Amanda and his baby Jade what will be the future for them. Calling a meeting wanting to turning his PI investigation company over to his partners. It was a good business till Kate and the chief dragged him into a criminal case after another and that was not what he wanted. His people started getting hurt. Now he is looking over his shoulder, and when he wanted Kate’s helped she didn’t come thru. They tell him it was his choice, and now for him to talk to his dad. He was a lawyer, the finest there was, competetive, a billionaire. To find his younger special need brother had been abducted. They said it was Harry that picked him up from the special home. Another case, Harry is back at it. Threats are being made against those he loves. A situation , a warehouse, the highest levels of government and now all has been cleaned. Now Harry has more questions then answers. A great story that pulls you in with his families, his workers, and friends, and wondering about .Amanda. The tension and emotions are high and once again we have a story we want to read, Another winner in this series.
Given ARC audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion..

Tightly woven & well-written, 5 stars

Aftermath (The Harry Starke Novels Book 14), my forty-fifth read from author Blair Howard. Well-written and enjoyable, edge-of-your-seat detective fiction, thoroughly entertaining! I always look forward to the next work from Howard. A Blair Howard book is like a visit from an old detective friend. I received a free Audible copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review." Tom Lennon’s excellent narration to the enjoyment of an excellent book. The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

The Battle of Tuhude Wilderness!

Our protagonist Harry Starke runs a small investigative detective agency. The story quickly develops. Harry’s wife Amanda had been involved in a prior incident and was currently in a coma at the hospital. In a seemingly unrelated fatal auto accident, the other vehicle is quickly identified as a van owned by a company called CSC and driven by a former military soldier named Louis Walker. Nickolas Christmas a former Army Ranger, runs a small covert private security agency, Christmas Security Concepts (CSC) with connections to U.S. Military Intelligence. Again seemingly unrelated, Harry’s uncle Joseph is taken from the nursing home facility he lived at. Several days later, Harry’s father August, a high-end millionaire lawyer, receives an anonymous phone call that if he does not resign from a wrongful death case involving CSC, his brother Joseph will be killed. Everything points to CSC. Harry and his crew have their hands full and they get started! Lots of action and a couple great firefights. I enjoyed the story and would recommend. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A wild ride

Aftermath is a thrilling adventure in the Harry Starke series involving kidnapping, human traffic, mercenaries, and outright battle. It’s a wild ride almost to the point of being ridiculous, but it’s still lots of fun to read. Thankfully Amanda sleeps through the whole mess.

I do wish there had been happy endings or even more care for the people being trafficked, and I think Harry was unfairly rude to his property’s “caretakers” after the big battle, but then again, he’s often rude to people, and they kind of deserved it.

The narrator is the same one who does the rest of the series, and he does just fine.

I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Harry Rambo

I really enjoy this series but this one kind of Jumped the Shark on me. Harry and his PI friends, along with some crazy old Vets and screw-loose rednecks, take on an army of Soldiers of Fortune!?! I won't give away any spoilers about their results or casualties during those encounters/wars. Nor will I discuss the outcome of Amanda's coma. Just be prepared to see Harry out of his element, or is he?!?