Having His Back

By: Andrew Grey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Child Psychologist Kerry Sutherland’s life gets turned upside down with a phone call. His sister is gone and his two nephews need him. Rushing from Seattle to Olympia, he finds the boys in shock and the police everywhere. Even the dog is affected. The only eventual bright spot in the mess is the detective handling the case, who it turns out not only truly wants to find out what happens, but awakens Kerry’s heart in a way he never thought possible.

The last thing Brian expected was to find someone to touch his soul at a crime scene. He is a professional, and this is not the time for things to get messy… well, more than they already are. Kerry and the boys truly get under his skin… in the best way possible, but Brian has a job to do and that must take priority… for now.

Kerry’s priority is the boys, and Brian’s is finding out what happened to their mother. Each has information the other needs, so working together, they hope to figure out what happened, help the boys begin to heal, and stop a further threat that could tear this fragile family apart, Time is of the essence if they want to be able to build a family after all the pieces come together.

Meh

I tried...but it was dreadful. I enjoy some of Andrew Grey's books. This one was tedious. I felt like I was listening to an outline of a story. It was written something like this: "Kerry did this. Then he did that. Then he had an emotion. Then he had a new family. " Ugh.

I wanted to test out virtual voice. It's as creepy and awkward as I suspected. Any longer of a story, and I wouldn't have bothered finishing even if the mystery was unresolved. It wasn't worth finishing anyway.

Just don't folks. Just don't. If you like Andrew Grey, go find a book that was worth having Greg Bordeaux narrate.

Conflicted

This was the audiobook version and i think the narration ruined the whole story. Andrew Grey writes books with a lot of emotion and is critical in differentiating him from other authors. That emotional depth was completely lost with the narration. In fact, the computer narration sounded flippant and childish with no human emotion. I don’t usually listen to audiobooks narrated by a computer voice but this is absolutely the worst. I’ll just read the book and get the emotion that was intended from this author.