Bloody Sunday

Dewey Andreas Series, Book 8

By: Ben Coes

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's Summary

"The narration raises an excellent thriller to a must-listen, even for those new to the series." (AudioFile Magazine)

Bloody Sunday is the latest in Ben Coes' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Dewey Andreas series. 

North Korea, increasingly isolated from most of the rest of the world, is led by an absolute dictator and a madman with a major goal - he's determined to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. While they have built and continue to successfully test nuclear bombs, North Korea has yet to develop a ballistic missile with the range necessary to attack America. But their missiles are improving, reaching a point where the US absolutely must respond.

What the US doesn't know is that North Korea has made a deal with Iran. In exchange for effective missiles from Iran, they will trade nuclear triggers and fissionable material. An exchange, if it goes through, that will create two new nuclear powers, both with dangerous plans.

Dewey Andreas, still reeling from recent revelations about his own past, is ready to retire from the CIA. But he's the only available agent with the skills to carry out the CIA's plan to stop North Korea. The plan is to inject a singular designer poison into the head of the North Korean military and in exchange for the nuclear plans provide him with the one existing dose of the antidote. But it goes awry when Dewey manages to inject a small amount of the poison into himself. Now, to survive, Dewey must get into North Korea and access the antidote and, while there, thwart the nuclear ambitions of both North Korea and Iran. And he has less than 24 hours to do so - in the latest audiobook thriller from Ben Coes.

©2018 Ben Coes (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Critic Reviews

"Ben Coes' Bloody Sunday is a propulsive [listen] with enough plot hooks, twists, and action to fill five thrillers. Dewey Andreas finds himself in a race against the clock with impossibly high stakes on multiple geopolitical and personal levels, while the White House deals with an imminent nuclear attack from North Korea.... Fans of Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Tom Clancy will tear through Bloody Sunday and close the book counting the days till Dewey’s next adventure." (Mark Greaney, New York Times best-selling author of Agent in Place)

"Wildly entertaining...Coes takes a terrifyingly plausible scenario - an Iran-North Korea deal that puts the U.S. in the crosshairs - and ratchets up the suspense with a countdown to annihilation. Dewey Andreas is the hero these times demand, and Bloody Sunday is a heart-stopping thrill ride." (Joseph Finder, New York Times best-selling author of Suspicion and The Switch)

"A simple premise drives bestseller Coes’s excellent eighth thriller featuring indomitable CIA agent Dewey Andreas.... It’s a complicated mission, and in the end only Dewey has the skills, courage, and sheer badass tenacity to pull it off. A ticking clock ratchets up the tension in the best entry in the series so far." (Publishers Weekly)

FANTASTIC!!

One word says it all - WOW!!!!
Ben Coes has completely outdone himself with his new book. He has raised the bar for other author's of this genre.
This book is taught, fast paced, nerve wracking and so completely entertaining I wish I could go back and do it all over again (for the first time)!!!!
I won't restate the plot, I think the publisher's summary says enough. I will say I don't think Dewey has ever been in such a dire situation and it is GREAT!
I can't say enough about this book but I won't say anymore then GET THIS BOOK!!
Ari Fliakos nails it perfectly.
My HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS!
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Great! But would recommend the previous novel 1st

I haven't read a bad Ben Coes novel, and this one was no exception. They say writers are trying to beat the headlines, and I truly feel like Coes did it with this thriller. With an all-too-real plot, Coes knits a tightly woven story that, although fiction, sounds like it could happen tomorrow. You get a more in-depth look at his protagonist, Dewey Andreas, who Coes has been slowly revealing more and more over the past three novels. I absolutely loved Bloody Sunday, and I think it jumped up to one of my favorite novels of all-time, no joke. This, I believe, is the best Coes novel yet, and arguably the best thriller of the year. I am very impressed how Coes continues to write relevant, exciting, very real thrillers.

For the audiobook, the narrators of this series has changed, after going from Peter Hermann to Jay Snyder for TRAP THE DEVIL, and now Ari Fliakos. First, I love Snyder as a narrator, and I thought he did great with Andreas, but Fliakos was top-notch. I haven't heard him much since Dalton Fury's books, but I loved him as the narrator for BLOODY SUNDAY. He made the story better, in my opinion. Great story, great narrator. This book is a must--have.

I would, however, recommend reading TRAP THE DEVIL before reading BLOODY SUNDAY. Although this novel can technically stand-alone, I would highly recommend reading some at least the book prior to this in the series.

Author Ben Coes demonstrates how to build suspense

I've listened to all eight novels on the Dewey Andras series immediately after their release. BEN COES NEVER DISAPPOINTS!! All of his novels earn 5 stars. Coes and Mark Greaney are the two best authors of the espionage thriller genre currently alive.

BLOODY SUNDAY is a textbook case all authors of the suspense/thriller should study on how to to build and sustain suspense. The plot is superb and is ripped out of current events. Bloody Sunday is the first Ben Coes full length novel Ari Fliakos has narrated; he does an excellent job.

Bloody Sunday and all other Ben Coes novels are must listens. VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Ari kills it

Addition of Ari Fliakos (Brad Thor novels’ narrator) plus the coordinated, fly by wire style of Coes is dynamite. Or should I say C4? Coes if he keeps writing will be #1 with the Gray Man and Mark Greaney. Excellent read/listen, highest recommendation from the 1000 title library guy (me)

A great new author I like.

Not bad for an author I hadn't heard before, same with the narrator. Amazing work. A stand-alone, even if it's part of a serires. Kim would probably do something like this in real life. I'd recommend it to spy novel fans.

I Miss Peter Hermann

Maybe it's the narration or the story line, but since Peter Hermann stopped narrating Coes' novels, they just haven't been the same. Fliakos is good and I've enjoyed his Colt Rainor narration, but somehow he doesn't fit a guy like Dewey Andreas. Anyway, if you like pure superhero stories, you'll probably like Coes' newest installment of Dewey Andreas the superhuman warrior. Personally, I liked it better when his stories had more depth and were more realistic. Nothing will ever beat Power Down. It was private equity and financial terrorism-based, something Coes knows a lot about from his former life as a private equity guy. We'll see how the next one is.

Just gets better and better

I have been hooked on this series since Power Down. This one is the best. I could not stop listening as it seemed there was no way out for Dewey. How could I have doubted him?

To Ben Coes: I hope you are busy writing #9.

Achtung Baby!

Bloody Sunday accomplished a feat writers love to take but rarely pull off, especially in this genre: piecing together the perfect mix of reality and fiction. Dewey Andreas fans will be bloody pleased indeed. Masterfully written and narrated. Bravo.

Short Story Better

I buy by narrator and l love mr Fliakos reads as his female voices are just as good as males.
I am new to this author and this had great reviews so l can’t put my finger on why l rolled my eyes in the first 20 chapters.
So l am holding off on the rest of the novels read by Ari. So many reviewers buy by the story but since I don’t I’m not compelled to go back to book one which might have been much much better written but I don’t know those readers and I don’t care to buy them. If l run out of mr Fliakos reads then l will be forced to buy more of this series.
OBTW, l love the St. Bernard Ferrari scenes. Had there been just a bit more of this type of humor as also in the short story, the l would be a instant fan.
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Excellent! Do not miss this one

I love it! Really great story line, kept you on the edge of your seat the entire time.
Wish it could really happen ......
Loved reading all the books in the Dewey Andres series one after the other, and now I have to wait a year for the next one, that is sad!
Narrator ok, but not the best, his Dewey voice is not nice.