Deadly Shore

By: Andrew Cunningham

Narrated by: Greg Hernandez

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

It's July 5th, and the Cape Cod roadways are clogged with tourists heading home from the holiday weekend and trying to outrun an approaching potentially catastrophic hurricane. But in the blink of an eye, their lives are thrown into chaos when terrorists bring down the bridges to the Cape. Instantly, a half million terrified people have no way to escape. And when the terrorists threaten to release anthrax on the captive population if their demands aren't met, fear turns to all-out panic.

With time running out, Marcus Baldwin, a private investigator and former CIA operative, and Sara Cross, a disgraced ex-homicide detective, are brought together by a sole clue to the identity of the terrorists. They quickly realize that they may be the only ones with even a chance at stopping the plot before it's too late.

With Hurricane Chad barreling up the coast on a path for a direct hit on Cape Cod, it becomes frighteningly clear to everyone trapped on what has now become an island - one way or another they are probably all going to die.

©2015 Andrew Cunningham (P)2017 Andrew Cunningham

Top Notch Thriller

Any additional comments?

At the beginning of this book I was sort of startled by how simply and easily the catastrophic events seemed to happen. It's as if the author (and the narrator) were nonchalant about it (no spoilers, this is chapter 1). But I realized as the book went on that when terror attacks occur, that's how it feels. It just happened. That absolutely catastrophic, terrifying thing just... happened. In this case, it was the bridges to Cape Cod that were destroyed and that was only the beginning. Cunningham does a stellar job of taking the reader through what felt like a true-crime style series of events of real acts of terrorism.

Additionally, this book features characters from all walks of life in a colorful and truly diverse representation of people. My favorite character, Ann, is a badass old lady. Read this book to fall in love with Ann, too. You won't regret it!

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Surprising and Good

I like stories like this where there's a crisis and you get to see how the crisis effects average people, both well-intentioned and people with ill intentions. At first, I wasn't sure who to root for, and I liked how the author changed my opinion about one of the characters over the course of the story.

The narrator was excellent and did a great job with both the pace and the voices. He wasn't overly dramatic when it would have been really easy to do so, and he did an especially good job doing the voice of a frightened old woman.

Near the start, it took me a little while to figure out who was who and what was going on, but then things started falling into place.

Overall, this was a good thriller that made me want to curl up with a hot coco.

* I was voluntarily provided this free copy by the author, narrator, or publisher in exchange for an honest review. *

Great Thriller! Very Suspensful!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! It was an excellent thriller with good characters and some very nice narration.

Which scene was your favorite?

When they finally killed the terrorist in the middle of a hurricane!

Any additional comments?

This audiobook was gifted to me for free by the author or producer for an unbiased review.

A taught and suspense filled thriller!

How would you respond to a terrorist attack, or a huge hurricane barrelling down on you? How about both at once? Greg Hernandez gives a brilliant performance and perfectly compliments this lightening paced thriller that Andrew Cunningham has penned. Highly recommended!

Suspenfulnthriller

Interesting concept of both natural and terrorist disasters colliding. Scary thought. Story is well written and narrated. An enjoyable listen


I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.”

An intriguing read

It is an intriguing thriller. A great concept , fast paced terrorist plot.
Superb narration.
A great read/listen.

Fast Moving Thriller

What made the experience of listening to Deadly Shore the most enjoyable?

Clean cut story that moves.

What about Greg Hernandez’s performance did you like?

Solid performance that in no way distracted from the story.

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

Yes. There were no slow parts. The main characters were likable and the premise, though a bit over the top, put you in the "what would I do" frame of mind.

A great story

This is a great story about a hurricane and terrorists. What more can you ask for. Oh yeah, a little romance. I received this for free, but voluntarily reviewed.

Deadly Shore

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3.5 stars

Very entertaining and engaging story. It pulls you in from the start. Having lived on Cape Cod for several years I could picture the areas in my head which just added to my overall enjoyment of the story.

Plenty of fast paced action, intrigue and mystery with an interesting storyline.

Great cast of well rounded characters. When an author can make you actually like one of the "bad" guys and root for him in the end, you know the characters are well done.

Love the description of the characters before Sara knew their names. In her head she calls them Clint Eastwood, pudgy guy, bushes guy to tell them apart. It was a fun and creative way to describe them instead of just guy 1,2 or 3.

Even though you know early on who is behind the events taking place the thrill of the chase and the race against the clock keeps you glued to the story. Can they find him in time before he carries out his full plan?

The combination of a terrorist attack combined with a major hurricane barreling down on the Cape was a great scenario. In reality it's a scary thought to think about how easily the people on the Cape could be trapped with no way of escape in a situation like this.

You never know how a major event in someone's life will effect them long term. Everyone handles grief differently. Grief and loss can send some people over the edge.

Greg Hernandez did a really good job with the narration. Nice voice. Easy to listen to for long periods of time. Clearly spoken with a nice even pace. Good character voices. Even though there is not much difference between his male and female character voices, I love that he didn't try to do a high falsetto voice for Sara. I hate when narrators do that. He wasn't just reading story. He was able to pull you into the story through his narration and bring the story to life. Very enjoyable

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher.

Anthrax, hurricane, heist gone wrong

Set on Cape Cod island just after July 4th, plenty of folks are heading home after the holiday weekend. Terrorists put an end to their fun by cutting the island off from the mainland killing several and threatening more damage. On top of this, Hurricane Chad is about to hit land and hit it hard.

This was a fast-paced fun action read. There’s Marcus, a CIA operative, who’s been following a suspicious crew and ended up saving Seth’s life. Seth has a key to the terrorists’s plans. Meanwhile, disgraced ex-police detective Sara has noticed Marcus skulking around and the two have to decide whether to work together on this major threat or work independently. Then there’s Joe Doyle who made a very questionable decision to steal from his boss, but he got more than he bargained for and now he’s on the run for his life. With the island cut off, he decides to hide in a little tucked away place, taking the elderly Anne hostage.

I love big weather events and how they impact humans, so the hurricane element of this story was a lot of fun for me. People have to prepare for it. Well, the smart people prepare for it. Hopefully the authorities prepare for it. It was interesting to see how having the island completely cut off affected this aspect of the story. Now the folks on the island can’t expect supplies and recovery crews to come in right after the storm. So they have to adjust, stretching out the supplies they do have to last longer.

My favorite character in this tale was Anne. She’s in her 80s and has weathered many a storm on the island. She’s gone the shelters before and found them wanting so some years ago she made the decision to wait out any storm at home. She’s smart enough to prepare her home for the fury of Mother Nature and has laid in supplies and boarded up windows. But she wasn’t expecting a desperate Joe to show up at her door. I like her response to this situation though I felt that Joe’s ineptness was a bit overplayed. He’s in his mid 30s and yet he acts like he’s in his 20s. Anne treated him like a wayward kid that just needed some guidance, but I think there comes an age where very few of us can pull off being simply a wayward kid who just needs a little push in the right direction.

The back and forth between Sara and Marcus was OK. I liked Sara’s backstory but I found her acceptance of Marcus (who she just witness kill someone with a silencer) to be a little too quick. I don’t recall anyone at any time during the story independently verifying Marcus’s credentials. Seth was a bumbling idiot who was used by the terrorists but he helped move the plot forward.

The plot pulls in many threads. The US President made a promise 3 years ago to spend the weekend at a certain key supporter’s house on the very weekend of the attack. Then there’s anthrax, which may or may not be more of problem with the hurricane coming in. Then a lost valuable that belonged to a murdered priest turns up. The mastermind behind it all has a personal vendetta with a Cape Cod family. All these little strings got pulled into the overall plot and some of them mattered and some of them didn’t go anywhere at all. for instance, I would have liked a line or two to wrap up the ending for the murdered priest.

All together, it was a fun action flick with some interesting characters. I would like to see Sara and Marcus team up again. I hope Anne gets a chance to have a little vacation in Bermuda.

I received a free copy of this book via The Audiobook Worm.

The Narration: Greg Hernandez was OK. While he was good with some emotions (excitement, surprise, anger), he didn’t really have distinct character voices. I had to pay close attention during dialogue sections to keep track of who said what. His female voices weren’t particularly feminine. His pacing was good and the volume level was steady all the way through.