Hero

By: Thomas Perry

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Justine Poole takes her job seriously providing security for wealthy and high-profile Hollywood stars. When she prevents a brazen robbery at the Beverly Hills home of two of her clients—killing two of the five armed robbers in the process—she is initially lauded in the media as a local hero. But the spotlight soon puts her in the crosshairs of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.

Unable to stand the embarrassment of his lackeys having been defeated by a lone woman, Mr. Conger puts in a call to the one man who can make his problems disappear. Known for his swiftness and subtlety, Leo Sealy will kill anyone for a price. All he needs is a name and a face, any starting point to pick up his victim's trail. Luckily for him, the local news is as eager as he is for any information about the heroic bodyguard—and quick to broadcast their findings, regardless of what it might mean for her safety. But Sealy isn't prepared for just how quick and resourceful Justine can be. So begins a cat and mouse game between two people who know more about how to take down one's enemies than anyone else in the business.

Justine finds herself up against both a hardened killer and a fickle media landscape that can just as soon turn on her as celebrate her in this high-stakes thriller from the author of The Old Man.

©2024 Thomas Perry (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

The story

I liked the entire story it was exiting all the way through kept my attention and the ending was phenomenal

typically great

Story plot character development yada yada yada yada yada yada  yeah, yada yada yada
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Annoying Narrator

The narrator takes you out of the story with her horrible overacting. The dialog between characters comes off as completely unrealistic, with words being overemphasized for no reason. No human being would ever speak this way. It sounds like a parody of a bad TV show rather than a compelling thriller story.

thrilling

excellent story that kept me entertained while I am in bed fighting the latest illness. I love all this authors books.

Thoroughly enjoyable!

I've loved Thomas Perry since I read Jane Whitehall series in cheap paperbacks a zillion years ago. He's still as devious a master plot and character crafter as ever. Hero is a very satisfying dark tale of Good vs Evil. The protagonist is humanly flawed, very likable. A few humor bits thrown in- "He's a writer. He's a slave to his curiosity." I would welcome hearing more about these characters, or any others from Thomas Perry's fertile mind.

It's OK

I really wanted to like this, but it was just OK. I dislike the countless coincidences that felt lie they only existed to try to build tension that never came. I also disliked the stilted dialog, the stereotypical portrayal, the absurd scenarios, and the lack of confidence portrayed by the main character despite building her up to be a strong, capable woman.

This isn't the worst, though it's far from the best, so if you want something moderately interesting, go for it.

Thomas Perry nails it!

Another great one, the pacing, very suspenseful, totally believable characters, another strong woman character if I say more I’ll have spoilers!

The usual Perry.

Good old thriller that keeps you rolling along. Good girl alone vs bad guys this time. The narrator is very boring unfortunately but luckily the story overcomes that drawback. If you like Perry you’ll like this one.

Terrible narration.

Monotone, emotionless, lifeless reading of this novel destroys any chance of enjoying this newest work from one of my favorite authors. Extremely dissatisfied and disappointed. Might not even be able to listen to this snooze-inducing voice until the end of the book.

Perry does it again!

Seems way too long since he’s had a new book out. I found myself limiting my listen sessions to stretch it out. The Narrator was awesome!
Thanks Thomas for another great story and listen. Can’t wait for the next one!