MarvelousCon & Tax Cons

Time Travelling Taxman, Book 3

De: Rachel Ford

Narrado por: John Carter Aimone

A routine tax audit. A panicked phone call. A senseless tragedy.

He could have avoided it all. But Alfred Favero, Senior Analyst with the IRS, didn’t. To save the woman he loves, he must rewind time itself to learn the secrets that will claim her life.

But fate isn’t done with him yet. To get to the truth, he must go undercover to a comic book convention. In costume, no less. The stakes couldn’t be higher. But Alfred is determined that his most challenging case yet will not be his last - because he’ll be darned if he’s going to die wearing pointy ears and face paint....

©2019 Rachel Ford (P)2019 Rachel Ford

The most dangerous arena: An SF con

Our hero reluctantly agrees to go to an SF con. Who knows, he might actually have fun, if they can avoid getting murdered first.

This is book three of the series. There are some references to the previous story, but overall it stands up just fine on its own, so feel free to start here. However, if you enjoy this one as much as I did, you will want to go back and read/listen to the previous books anyway.

This is a light science fiction novel with a heavy dose of dry humor. After all, what would you expect when the hero is a taxman who doesn't get why everyone dislikes tax collectors? The story is very well written and easy to read, but the plot has plenty of twists and turns that keep the reader guessing. The characters are also fantastic, really well developed with personalities that bring the story to life. Overall, a fun read that had be addicted from the start.

I should also mention that the narrator did a great job. The narration was clear, easy to follow and provided just the right hint of character emotions to support the story.

Highly recommended.

Yes! The Taxman is time traveling again!

This entire review can be summed up with this: Yes, the Taxman is time traveling again! A time traveling taxman is just too good of a plot device not to bring back, and I'm glad Rachel Ford did so.

As in the previous books in this series, we get an Alfred Favero who is gung-ho in his role as an IRS agent. But this Alfred is one who is learning how to love and what that means. I enjoyed Alfred's foray into understanding his emotions and how Nancy plays into that. Add in an Alfred that feels extremely out of place at a nerd convention - but he goes anyway because he loves Nancy and wants her to be happy - and you get a recipe for antics and laughter.

The plot is pretty obvious and I had a good guess as to where it was going when it came to tax fraud. This series, however, doesn't depend on a great mystery. The best parts are Alfred and his surrounding cast of characters.

Again, John Carter Aimone is a great narrator for this series and I can't imagine Alfred without hearing his voice. I'll reiterate that Aimone does narrate at a very slow pace, so I've routinely upped my speed on the audiobook to 1.35x. It sounds great at this pace.

One last note ... the cover art for this entire series so far has been amazing.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

MarvelousCon & Tax Cons

I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

The best part of this one is the "romance." That's all I'll say. I don't want to spoil anything. If you haven't read the other ones first, do that for context.

Another fun story Time Travelling Tax Man series

Another fun story in the Time Travelling Tax Man series.

I was a little concerned with the title...it sounded just a little to cheesy to me. But after getting into the story, cheesy is actually kind of appropriate. Alfred, the main character, is not a big fan of super hero films, and definitely not a fan of a convention dedicated to super heroes. So he will view it as cheesy.

Overall, the story makes good use of time travel technology, which gets used over and over, although everyone agrees it should never be used. The story is full of stereotypes, and everyone has great fun in exploiting them.

Narration was again great, with a very good ability to voice sarcasm and snark. Well done

I was given a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an unbiased review.

The tax man is back and taking on a comic con

First book is a must for back story. 2nd book will make you fall in love with this series...this 3rd installment will build On that and keep you wanting to hear more of the taxman and his zany group and their adventures. In this installment there is a ridiculous amount of time traveling going on, tons of murders, pointy Spock ears (though sadly no red shirt deaths, truly missed out on continuing one of the greatest standing jokes of sci-fi) and a whole lot of parody of marvel, DC and the whole con world in general. Loved it loved it loved it!!!! I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher