Pirates in Las Vegas

Peyton Brooks, FBI, Book 11

De: M.L. Hamilton

Narrado por: Kelley Hazen

With both Peyton and Marco advancing in their careers, they look forward to a future that has never seemed more secure. However, huge decisions face the couple as they begin the next exciting chapter of their lives.

As Marco settles into his role as captain and Peyton navigates the complicated process of becoming the lead in the Hate Crimes Division, Peyton’s first case as an FBI agent suddenly dominates her world once more.

Lance Corporal Daws died of a drug overdose in a sleazy Las Vegas hotel room with a mysterious coin and two napkins with random numbers written on them. Although the case was pulled back to the Las Vegas field office, Peyton has been getting cryptic messages from Enigma, a man who speaks in riddles. With the help of her team, Peyton has never been as close as she is now to cracking the case...

And she’s never been in so much danger.

©2022 M.L. Hamilton (P)2022 M.L. Hamilton

I’d like some more please!

Pirates in Las Vegas is another excellent addition to the Peyton Brooks, FBI series.

I miss them already (I finished listening about 15-minutes ago).

Kelley Hazen is wonderful!

I love the Peyton brooks mysteries… it they really come to life with Kelley Hazen! Best performance I’ve heard yet probably. Her voices are unique and varied and I love the little things like a hollow phone voice and voicing all the characters and putting it together when they shout in unison. I truly loved this listening experience!

This series never disappoints.

Loved everything about this story. As in the past, it masterfully weaves Peyton’s FBI world with Marco’s police world and the family of friends they’ve gathered around them. It is beautifully performed and held my interest all the way. I was curious, anxious, touched and amused. Perfect!

Another great book in the series...:)

It's been a while since my last meeting with Peyton and Marco and I seem to have forgotten how fast-paced and engaging the books are:)
The plot as always is full of surprises, twists, complications and mysteries; as always, a lot happens also in Peyton's private life - this time she's expecting her first baby, an adventure in itself both for her and Marco. That also adds to the tension - will the elusive enemy attack her while she's carrying or will he be hesitant because of her pregnancy? That is the question we constantly ask ourselves...
I like the structure of the book - coming back and forth in time makes you follow the plotline more intensely as you have to keep up with where you are in the investigation.
As always, the characters are well-defined and well-described, although it definitely would be helpful if you knew previous books in the series: there are a lot of characters that appear for one or two scenes only. As they are all part of Peyton and Marco's circle of co-workers and friends, introduced to us before, their presence in this installment is plausible and logical. But that really huge number of individuals may be confusing for those readers/listeners who are new to the series - and that's the only flaw of the book I can pinpoint:)

Narration by Ms Hazen is very good, as usual, although this time I did not really like some of the voices she's given a few characters (I just remembered these were the ones I didn't like in the previous books either - Ms Hazen is very meticulous about maintaining the same voicing of particular characters throughout a series - which I love about her narrations:)). That said, she's a great interpreter of emotions the characters feel and she carries those emotions to us and brings the whole books to life with her wonderful interpretations.

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

An Awesome Listen

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the narrator and enjoyed it very much. As with all the other books in this series, this book was hard to turn off. Great characters, with suspense and humor made you want to listen to it to the very end. Peyton and Marco are waiting for the birth of their first child as they continue solving crimes with the help of the friends. The trip to the delivery room had twists and turns to get there, but is was an extremely enjoyable trip. Many mysteries are answered in this book, but the foundation of a new series is also started. Which means we will get to listen to this great combination of author and narrator again. I'm eagerly waiting for the first book in this new series.