The Dali Deception

A Kilchester Caper, Book 1

By: Adam Maxwell

Narrated by: R J Alldred

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Dark, funny, effortlessly cool, and utterly thrilling. Join Violet Winters as she pulls the heist of her life. Will she succeed, or will she end up dead?

For one-woman crime wave Violet Winters, stealing is as natural as breathing. When she’s offered the heist of a lifetime, she barely hesitates before agreeing.

Unfortunately, taking this job means returning to the city she once called home. And Kilchester is a city so rotten, it hasn’t just spoiled the whole barrel, it’s turned the contents to cider and sold it to schoolchildren. Which can mean only one thing - a smorgasbord of trouble.

Violet’s plan to steal a priceless masterpiece is, in her own words, "a masterpiece", but can her crack team of misfits and ne’er-do-wells use their diversely nefarious skills to bag the booty before the wheels come off?

Will they fall victim to Kilchester’s finest vertically challenged psychopath, Violet’s vengeful yet strangely magnetic ex-lover, or just the general human cack-handedness that accompanies all truly brilliant plans?

Eat. Sleep. Steal. Repeat.

Slick, funny, and surreal, this fast-paced thriller will grab you by the scruff of the neck and hurl you into a criminal world like no other.

©2016 Adam Maxwell (P)2017 Adam Maxwell

A lot like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Really loved twists and turns in the story and the Narration was similar to Crackanory.

A fun heist story.

I really enjoyed the narrator, and the story was fun all the way through. It was a little hard to keep all of characters straight at times, and the timeline was a bit confusing.

Overall still a really fun book.

Good stuff!

Would you listen to The Dali Deception again? Why?

Yes, I would listen to "The Dali Deception" again. It is a fun book, a lot of witty and dry humor.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The plot kept me interested the whole time. I wanted to know how the heist and all the deceptions going along with it finished in the end.

Which character – as performed by R J Alldred – was your favorite?

I liked Violet the most. Close second was Big Terry

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Violet recruits Lucas to her enterprise, interrupting his latest con and on the fly, helping him sell it to his marks.

Any additional comments?

Enjoyable and definitely an author I would read more from in the future.

Interesting short read.

This was an good short read about an art heist. Violet is hired to steal an interesting Dali art piece. She gets a crew together, but her past comes back and causes some problems. She must figure out how to deal with, get revenge and steal the piece. The characters were likeable and the story progresses well. I didnt care for the narration that much. Her voice sounded a little raspy at times and was a little low. I had to turn the volume higher than normal to listen to it without missing anything.