The Execution

De: Dick Wolf

Narrado por: Peter Ganim

NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk—introduced in Law & Order creator Dick Wolf’s New York Times bestselling debut The Intercept—must stop an assassin in the pay of a shadowy cartel in The Execution, a tense thriller that superbly blends suspense, politics, intrigue and high-flying action in the tradition of Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, and Robert Crais.

Ten days after the Mexican presidential election, twenty-three bodies are discovered beheaded on the United States border, each marked with a carving of a Hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency recognizes it: it is the signature of an assassin called Chuparosa. Garza has been pursuing the killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that he’s heading to New York—with the rest of the world.

It’s United Nations Week in Manhattan and Jeremy Fisk can’t let grief over a devastating loss keep him from safeguarding his city. Complicating matters is the startling news of a mass murder in nearby Rockaway—and the arrival of a disturbingly beautiful and assertive Mexican cop.

To have a chance at finding Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must learn to work together and fast. As they soon discover, there’s more to this threat than meets the eye—and that justice is not always blind.

Outstanding Storyline

I enjoyed the way this novel had connections to the previous novel. Jeremy Fisk is a very realistic character in the storyline is taught and very believable. Highly recommended.

lots of action

What did you love best about The Execution?

Keeps you guessing and always thinking

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

Lots of twists and turns no Blah Blah Blah

Any additional comments?

Good book!

The adventure continues

Detective Jeremy Fisk runs into, deals with, and partners with 'The Ice Queen' of the Mexican Federal Police. The twists and turns are there, but I found this book somehow more exciting than the first,

Wish the pacing of the performance was more varied

Would you try another book from Dick Wolf and/or Peter Ganim?

Wolf's first book had a great premiss and twist. I hope his third one will be back up there.

Would you recommend The Execution to your friends? Why or why not?

Performance doesn't bring out the tempo of the writing. And the plotting is just okay.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Peter Ganim?

No

could be true

Very realistic story. A little to much profanity, but pretty clean. Good look into modern era of the drug cartel plague in Mexico.

Great story and writing style - perfect narration

This author is really good. Characters are well developed and believable. The plot is realistic and all the sub plots have just the right amount of detail to pull everything back together.The narrator is perfect for this story. I thought the end of the story missed more than one opportunity for plot thickening but it was still great.

Well deserved rating!

Dick Wolf strikes again! Well written to capture and retain the listeners attention! And the narrator breaths life into the excellent storyline!

A book

This "review" is being written specifically to satisfy Audible's moronic decision to require a review to rate books.

could not finish it

Would you ever listen to anything by Dick Wolf again?

no

Any additional comments?

This book badly needs an editor, or a better one. The author is obsessed with describing everything around the protagonists to the point of absurdity, interrupting the flow of the story so that it is impossible to follow. He also does this in the form of digressions that make little sense. I will not give away anything if I note that close to the beginning here is a prolonged shootout, but it is interrupted by a completely superfluous memory flashback that is irritating and infuriating. Perhaps reading this one could skip easily, but that is harder to do with an audiobook. I finally became so frustrated with the pedantic descriptions and the interruptions of the narrative that i gave up.

Bad, really bad!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If this book would have been written like he writes his TV shows.

Would you ever listen to anything by Dick Wolf again?

No. I gave it 2 hours to pull me into the story. Those 2 hours are 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. I love Dick Wolf's TV shows. This book is too detailed.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Peter Ganim?

Will Patton