The Destroyed

By: Brett Battles

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's Summary

Mila Voss is dead. That’s what the team hired to terminate her had reported, and that’s how her file had been marked. Dead. Six years now. So why did she suddenly show up on a hotel’s security camera in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania? Those who’d paid for her elimination are more than a little curious.

One person should know what happened—Jonathan Quinn, one of the best cleaners in the business, the man who’d been tasked with the disposal of her body. Only Quinn isn’t exactly easy to get ahold of these days, and he may not be willing to share the answer.

©2012 Brett Battles (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Wow!

Story - The Destroyed is an awesome espionage thriller. It is good from the first sentence, and the suspense and action never let up. There are no dull spots, no filler stuff, just great story from beginning to end. The book is not confusing or hard to follow, but you will need to pay close attention. There are lots of players and it alternates between two timelines that you will have to keep straight. There is violence and killing, but that is not the main thrust of the story.

This is Book 5 of the Jonathan Quinn series, but it's my first. I'm sure I missed out on some background information and history, but this story stands alone perfectly and the ending ties up everything nicely.

Narrator - I know Scott Brick is a favorite of Audible listeneres, and now I can understand why. He does a great job (and has a pretty sexy voice, too), but I withhold my 5's for great jobs done on more difficult performances.

Overall - Get this book. You will not be disppointed.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Good Spy Stuff

I thoroughly enjoyed Becoming Quinn, the novel that reveals how a rookie cop was recruited to become a professional cleaner. This was a good read with great suspense.

However I've been shying away from the novels centered around nearly super human characters. This book comes dangerously close.

Having said that, anyone who enjoys the Jack Reacher, Gray Man and Mitch Rapp series will love Jonathan Quinn series. You will not be disappointed.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

This guy is good! Really really good!

I have over 1600 books in my audio library most of which are serious. This is got to be one of the best series I've ever read! The auther has an amazing mind within attention to detail and Scott brick is awesome! Start from the beginning of the series you will not be sorry the books just keep getting better and better!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Keeps you on your toes - anticipating

Great read, another in the fabulous series & I can never get enough of Scott Bricks narrations.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Another great Johnathon Quinn "cleaner" story

After the the #4 novel in the Johnathan Quinn series I wondered where Brett Battles could go next. Not to worry. Battles has Quinn's sidekick Nate take up the slack until Quinn can recover from his loss of anonymity and get back on the case.

I don't consider #4.1 to be next. Too bad Battles didn't begin the series with that novel "Becoming Quinn."

To my pleasant surprise, Battles brings back Peter and a lot of the story line is flash back to a case that Quinn had hoped would never come up again. As with all the Quinn novels, Battles takes you right up to the last few minutes wondering how Quinn is going to come out on top.

I only gave Scott Brick a 4 for his narration since I feel he failed to create the sense of excitement that these Quinn novels produce. At least they are exciting to me.

I only spend one hour a day listening to Audible books (my only source of audio books) and I find myself really looking forward to listening to the Quinn novels and dreading the "The End" of each one.

If you haven't listened to any of novels in the series, begin with either #4.1 or #1 and try not to rush through them faster than Battles can write them.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Excellent addition to the Series

If you could sum up The Destroyed in three words, what would they be?

Action, Fast Paced

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Destroyed?

The Ending

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

Good job at changing voices with characters. You always know who is talking.

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

Really enjoyed it. Wanted to know what was going to happen next.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend reading the series in order, but definitely take time to get around to this one. Although The Cleaner, the first in the series, was good...the author's writing gets better as he goes along.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Brett Does it Again!

I'm not sure about the books outside this series but if you haven't followed Quinn's (anchor character) journey in this series (and you like a bit of well intentioned deviousness) then you're missing out. Battles is a master at taking story lines in different directions and crafting the evolution of characters. Mentor and 'student' become equals, but in a realistic (however surprising) way...to say any more would be too much information. Best value for money would be to read the entire series. I have and all were highly entertaining. Its frustrating trying to find well written espionage. They're usually either corny or unbelievable. As usual Scott Brick is perfect as narrator. Often narrators are distracting. Scott is a natural and always adds to the experience. I'm still curious about how an author can make you bond with a character that doesn't lose any sleep over killing. The 'means justifies the ends'? So, if you want to 'get even with the baddies' take a ride with Quinn. By the way: this book is for the ladies too. You won't regret it.

6 of 8 people found this review helpful

not a boring moment. great characters and story

I have been on a Brett Battles binge,
particularly the Jonathan Quinn series. thank you Mr Battles for being a prolific author

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Really like this series - always like Scott Brick

Would you listen to The Destroyed again? Why?

Probably will. Like to start at the beginning of a series and listen to all the books in the series before I listen to a new release. Going to get the next book in the series.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Incredible intrigue and friendships

This story was incredible! Twists and turns; told in a flashback way that at times seemed confusing but it all came together in the end. The luck and skills of these special agents, the voices; the narrator was incredible as well. French and other languages were no problem for Scott Brick.
I listen in the car and doing chores around the house and I had no trouble remembering what had happened.
The feelings and emotions and the utter frustration came through time and time again.
A book I will not soon forget.

Another good story from Brett Battles

This is another good story from Brett Battles, with all the key characters returning, along with a new support from a monk. Also, Peter from the "Office" plays a bigger part in the story.



All in all, a very enjoyable read (listen)



I listen to these stories in my car whist driving and they certainly help the miles to fly by!