Cold Kill: A Thomas Caine Novella

Caine: Rapid Fire, Book 2

By: Andrew Warren

Narrated by: Andrew Tell

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

A betrayed assassin. A savage Russian commander. Who will be the victor in a brutal game of death?

Thomas Caine is being hunted.

To protect a friend, the vengeful assassin has taken on a sinister branch of the Russian Mafia. Blood has been spilled, and these ruthless gangsters know better than anyone that revenge is a dish best served cold....

Caine soon finds himself captured in the frozen mountains of Siberia. With no equipment, no supplies, and no weapons, he must survive in this icy wasteland, as a crack team of Russian mercenaries hunts him down. These expert killers are led by an infamous manhunter known as The Iron Wolf...a cold-blooded Spetsnaz commander who collects trophies from his human prey....

Can Caine outwit this lethal pack and prove himself the ultimate predator in a ghastly game of death?

Caine returns in another Rapid Fire adventure. Dive into Cold Kill, and get a quick shot of literary adrenaline today....

©2018 Andrew Warren (P)2018 Andrew Warren

A great example of this genre

Couldn't put it down, totally grabs you.
Well written great characters, and narration was brilliant.
It was so good it's going into my re-read pile.
I was given a free copy of this audio book at my request, and voluntarily leave this review.

If you like crime fiction, this is for you.

Thomas Caine makes a great character, the story is riveting and the narration makes the book flow easily. I received this audio book for free at my request and voluntarily reviewed.

Non-stop twists!

I really enjoy a good action-thriller story that keeps moving non-stop! This was my first listen by Andrew Warren and I greatly enjoyed the book. Andrew Tell did an awesome performance with his various characters and accents. He added the right tension and suspense. Russian mob characters have intrigued me, and this book had such vivid imagery. I would definitely listen to more books in this series. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review.

action packed from the first sentence!

This book is well written and equally well narrated. The action is nonstop. Louis L'amour did a book along similar lines that I really enjoyed but I must say that Andrew Warren's effort is as good as that master story teller. In all honesty, I wish that I could unread this book... so that I could have the pleasure of experiencing it again. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. But know this, had I known how much that I enjoyed this novella I would have spent the credit.

A thriller you won't soon forget

A thriller that you can’t put down. The action is non-stop and the suspense keeps you turning page after page. You can’t imagine what can possibly happen next. Although we are introduced to Thomas Caine in the novella, Devil’s Due, Cold Kill is a stand-alone story that gives you everything you need to know about Thomas Caine, his former and current life, and the people who are important to him. When these people are threatened, by persons unknown Caine takes action to protect them, but hits a wall with the Russian Mafia. Caine is drugged, flown to Sibera, and dropped out of an airplane in a cage onto the frozen tundra in the winter. And this is only the mild part. The story actually goes from here. Incredible action and suspense. Highly recommend this amazing thriller and look forward to more in this series from this very talented author.

Action Packed Story!

I enjoyed this action packed introduction to an interesting character. I’m sure further tales about his adventures will be equally as entertaining.

Great listen

I really enjoyed listening to Cold Kill. It is a thriller that kept my attention throughout and left me wanting to read or listen to more books by this author. The narrator did a great job with each of the characters.

Step aboard The Siberian Express

Would you listen to Cold Kill: A Thomas Caine Novella again? Why?

Well not right away but sure after a certain amount of time has passed.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes..... being involved in any way with the Russian Mob a group that plays with no rules
could rattle anyone.

Which character – as performed by Andrew Tell – was your favorite?

Caine of course.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and you can very easily.

Any additional comments?

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

Fantastic

This was another outstanding story from a Talented writer. It was impossible to stop listening once I started. The narrator was easy to listen to and extremely enjoyable.

A Near-Perfect Thriller

4.5 out of 5 stars

Without giving too much away - Cold Kill is a story exactly as Warren describes: "Thomas Caine is being hunted." Honestly, much more information than that will give the entire story away.

I found myself really getting into the story and Warren wastes NO time getting into the action. I felt like I was just thrust directly into the driver's seat going 100 MPH (and I loved every moment of it). Caine is as much of a bad-youknowwhat as you remember - reminding me of the Bourne movies/books that I love so much with a little sprinkle of Bond in there.  He always seems to find himself in these situations that you think "there's no possible way he's going to get out of it..." and yet you're proven wrong time and time again.

The story seems to be a bit of an homage to the great story The Most Dangerous Game - taking someone and hunting them for sport.  The problem is - they don't know just how good Caine really is. I loved the back and forth between the men and Caine (and the men and each other when they realized this wasn't just some other hunt).

Warren is able to write about the cold in a way that makes you turn the heat up in the car when you're driving.  Of course, when I was listening to this, I was driving home from work, in the snow, in April - so it was cold. He was able to run a chill up my spine numerous times from talking about the cold and from the closeness that Caine would come to disaster. A feat that's not easy.

Cold Kill was narrated by Andrew Tell. A first-time narrator to this series, but no rookie to narrating excellent titles.  Tell injects something to the Thomas Caine stories that weren't there before.  I liked the series, but with Tell behind the wheel, I have a new found appreciation for the pacing and storytelling ability of Warren. He just breathes life into the story that you don't get with every narrator.

Overall, Cold Kill is probably my favorite Caine story to date and with the addition of Tell as the narrator - I'm pretty darn happy with this.  I finished it in just about one day and I loved the length of it.  I thought Warren told his story without any extra details needed.

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