The Controller

Lynch and Rose Crime Thriller, Book 1

De: Matt Brolly

Narrado por: Joe James

From the best-selling author of the acclaimed DCI Lambert series comes The Controller, a gripping serial killer thriller introducing Sam Lynch and Special Agent Sandra Rose.

It is six years since special agent Samuel Lynch left the FBI following the disappearance of his son, Daniel. Lynch believes an underground organisation known as The Railroad is responsible and has never stopped searching.

When Special Agent Sandra Rose investigates a house invasion gone wrong, she discovers the assailant has the legendary, and infamous, Railroad tattoo carved onto his back and he claims to know Daniel’s whereabouts.

Rose draws Lynch in to her case, and together they become embroiled in an unparalleled world of violence and evil.

It seems that to see his son again, Lynch will have to confront his greatest fear and face the ultimate test: an encounter with the Railroad’s enigmatic and deadly leader, The Controller.

©2019 Matthew Brolly (P)2023 Matthew Brolly

Needs some editing, but good listen

Repeated phrases several times like a skip in a record, thought something was wrong with my app at first. Editing issue? Several mispronunciations throughout, but overall a decent performance and interesting listen

Not listening to next book

I will read the book for book two. The narration was so flat I had a hard time getting into the story.

Interesting story but poor audio

The story itself was fine but the reader was very dull and there were a few spots when it was poorly spliced together.

Odd Story

Maybe I just missed it, but by the time I got to the end, I still didn’t know why The Controller did what he did. What was his motivation? At one point he says he wants to own souls so maybe this elaborate underground prison he maintained had something to do with that. I don’t know. He was over the top evil, but the reader never learned why.

The editing was pretty bad. At one point the narrator even makes a comment about having to read a line again. The narrator also mispronounced words, some of them humorously so, but still, in general, I didn’t think he was terrible, but his cadence would change at times and I started getting the impression that he wasn’t really into it, Maybe the reader and the audio editor were just getting bored, which sadly, I was too. The story just could have ended a lot sooner.

Wooden performance

Interesting story but too far from believable. I mostly spent time debating with myself when I would stop listening as the narrator is wooden to the point of distraction. Finally the book was done. I have enjoyed other books much more. I hate giving a poor review as I could not write a novel nor narrate one but some do it so much better than this pair.