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Gone

By: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Narrated by: Danny Mastrogiorgio, Henry Leyva
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A crime lord has declared war on America. Only Detective Michael Bennett knows why.

Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and he has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him.

Detective Bennett, along with his 10 adopted children, their nanny, and his grandfather, are hidden safely on a rural California farm, with guards courtesy of the FBI's witness protection program. Perrine begins to embark on an escalating series of assassinations across the country, killings whose brazenness and audacity bring into question the possibility of safety and law in the U.S. The FBI has no choice but to ask Detective Bennett to risk it all in Perrine's war on America.

With explosive action and fierce villainy that rivals James Bond movies at their best, Gone is the next astounding novel by James Patterson.

©2013 James Patterson (P)2013 Hachette Audio

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Missing Bobby!

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I missed hearing Bobby Cannavale as the voice of Michael Bennett. I guess I was spoiled hearing his voice. The story was a bit slower but the ending was good.

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Entertaining! Patterson did it again.

Detective Michael Bennet's stories are always entertaining for me. I recommend it.
I enjoyed reading it. Patterson did it again.

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A good recovery

I was hoping for more action in the second book and I was not disappointed. The nastiest villain ever. Also, just when you think the story is over it kicks back into full throttle action.

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Impossible to put downbeat

I read this book awhile ago. I enjoyed it immensely then. Earlier this afternoon I was looking for something to fill the void the end of another great read (Abducted by T. R. Ragan) left without purchasing additional credits. I randomly selected Gone thinking an hour of listening would suffice. 7 plus hours later and I'm as rivoted as I was the first time!

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Why did you change narrator?

Bobby was excellent as Mike Bennett, you shouldn't have messed with success! This guy was a flat monotone. You need Orlagh Cassidy back to do the female characters, through the whole series!

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Love this series! But not this performance.

Different narrators from previous books in the series. Primary narrator has a more choppy style and less range than the prior books.
Accents were terrible.

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Loved the book, not crazy about the narrator

I like all the Michael Bennett books. This narrator has the perfect voice but it's just the way he reads that erks me, I suppose.

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Outstanding!

I loved it! This book was outstanding as are all of James Patterson's books! Suspenseful, funny and exciting!

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a great story as always especially this series!

as always a great story, wishing the narrator from the other stories had done this one as they were beyond the best!!! just an opinion, but it was a great listen anyway.

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Storyline great. Performance not so much.

The story was great but performance and narration was lackluster in comparison. Bring back the previous narrators especially Cannavale! Also, there was no real need for the sound effects.

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