Option to Kill

A Nathan McBride Novel, Book 3

By: Andrew Peterson

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Nathan McBride, “the most brutally effective thriller hero to appear in years” (Ridley Pearson, author of Killer Weekend), returns in the third installment of one of the best new series in thriller fiction.

When Nathan McBride receives a text message from someone who claims she’s been kidnapped, it triggers a deadly chain of events that has the potential to haunt him for the rest of his life. Nathan will soon learn that nothing from his past could ever prepare him for the crisis he’ll soon be facing. The girl’s name is Lauren and she’s just 12 years old. With virtually no experience with children, Nathan’s patience and compassion are about to be tested to their limits.

In a violent confrontation, Nathan rescues Lauren from her kidnapper, but as he unravels Lauren's story, he realizes his troubles are only beginning. She says she's in the Witness Security Program, and doesn't trust the US Marshals because she thinks they're complicit in her abduction. Not only that, her stepdad was murdered last night.

In a desperate and unlikely alliance, Nathan and Lauren must stay one step ahead of her kidnapper and the brutal mercenaries who will kill anyone who gets in their way. Played out over the course of 36 lightning-fast hours, Nathan and Lauren must learn to trust each other or they won’t survive.

©2012 Andrew Peterson (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

I really wanted to like this but...

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Well it filled some otherwise dead time driving. Wasn't totally unlistenable but not outstanding in any way

Has Option to Kill turned you off from other books in this genre?

no

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

no

Any additional comments?

There was a lot of what I considered bizarre rationalization going on with some religious references that just seemed odd. Nathan's condition of attacking people randomly when he wakes and having nightmares seems to me to be a really bad combination for someone supposedly in the professional security business. He needs to be getting help and not being allowed to ramp about all over creation administering his own brand of justice.

Other adventure hero types can be coldly rational and predictable in their behavior. After 3 Nathan McBride books I can't warm to him as the heroic type at all

Love these books!

Andrew Peterson writes these characters in a way that you care about them and root for them to prevail.

Option to kill

I just love a thriller. It just makes me pay attention more to people around me

Another outstanding Nathan McBride book

This book is interesting and engaging from page one. Just a fantastic launch to the story. McBride receives a text message from a strange who knows his classified callsign. The message claims the sender has been kidnapped. It's enough to cause McBride to take immediate action. And where things go from there? It's clever, and it will have repercussions throughout the rest of the series. Great character development, well-developed suspense, and outstanding action.

In short, another outstanding Nathan McBride book.

Peterson continues a great series.

Peterson continues a great series. Dick Hill does a great job as usual., keeping the characters real and moving.

Can't Take Any More Dick Hill

I've never enjoyed Dick Hill's work...but sometimes the material made it worth tolerating his bizarre tough-guy affect. But the more I hear him, the more he just sounds like a caricature of a human being. And when the writing is as cheesy as it feels in this one, well, I'm just done. I enjoyed some of his Peterson's earlier work, but this felt like paint-by-numbers writing. I made it to Chapter 8...just because I was too busy to turn it off. But, as of now...stick a fork in it...this one's done. *sigh*

Great story

Likes the change of story and characters. Good one to listen to! 8 words remaining to review this online now

Fast paced from the beginning!

What made the experience of listening to Option to Kill the most enjoyable?

Unlike normal 'super hero' books. The story is much different than the others in the Nathan McBride series but with enough similarity.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lauren

What does Dick Hill bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Amazing ability to display the character as he illustrates and narrates the book.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughter over some of the statements of Lauren and yes I cried a few times.

Any additional comments?

Best in the series!

I would listen to Dick Hill read the phone book

Nathan McBride is a good, solid character. Story holds close to Jack Reacher novel. A series also read by Dick Hill. Mr. Hill makes the material better. Like a great actor he can make a good story great. No wonder he has won so many audible awards. If there is a better reader--I have not heard them yet. Very entertaining and now I want to hear the other two books in this series.

Captivating!

The story starts of with a BANG! Then becomes more and more CAPTIVATING as the store unfolds!

This book is well worth a listening to....

The Performance was a bit of a stretch Mr Hill in the female voice. As one listens to the story is NOT of any significant problem....