This Case Is Gonna Kill Me

Linnet Ellery, Book 1

De: Phillipa Bornikova

Narrado por: Therese Plummer

What happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You get the Halls of Power - our modern world, but twisted. Law, finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-lived vampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make the best of rule by “the Spooks”, and contend among themselves to affiliate with the powers-that-be, in order to avoid becoming their prey. Very loyal humans are rewarded with power over other women and men. Very lucky humans are selected to join the vampires, werewolves, and elves - or, on occasion, to live at the Seelie Court.

Linnet Ellery is the offspring of an affluent Connecticut family dating back to Colonial times. Fresh out of law school, she’s beginning her career in a powerful New York “white fang” law firm. She has high hopes of eventually making partner.

But strange things keep happening to her. In a workplace where some humans will eventually achieve immense power and centuries of extra lifespan, office politics can be vicious beyond belief. After some initial missteps, she finds herself sidelined and assigned to unpromising cases. Then, for no reason she can see, she becomes the target of repeated, apparently random violent attacks, escaping injury each time through increasingly improbable circumstances. However, there’s apparently more to Linnet Ellery than a little old-money human privilege. More than even she knows. And as she comes to understand this, she’s going to shake up the system like you wouldn’t believe.

©2012 Melinda Snodgrass (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Surprise, surprise!!

I didn't read the blurb and found after 5 minutes of listening this was a story with vampires, werewolves and elves - not my chosen genre. Best mistake I have made with literature to date as I thoroughly enjoyed the story from start to finish. The reading was great to listen to and the story was entertaining and funny.

Better than expected series

What other book might you compare This Case Is Gonna Kill Me to and why?

This first book was a less dark type after the Hollows series by Kim Harrison. Also made me think of a sci-fi Grisham.

Which scene was your favorite?

I enjoyed the female office revolt, as it was funny, but the whole story was good.

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

Don't want to ruin it for others.

Any additional comments?

Try this book out if you enjoy a chase and sci-fi creatures in a world all their own.

GOOD START.

Very interesting start to a new series. I'm glad I took a chance with this one series. Therese Plummer is a very good narrator. Her voices for both male and female characters are good. The flow of the story runs smoothly. I hope Linnet will find her friend, John back. Lots of action with magic, supernatural,,werewolves,,vampires and a bit of romance. Excellent.

Incredible

I completely loved everything about this audiobook. It's a fantastic story very well narrated!
The storyline is so original, exciting and refreshing that I simply could not put it down. Great characters within a fascinating world.
I am so happy to have discovered this author. I am also going to be looking for other books done by this narrator!

I Couldn't Stop Listening! I loved it!

I really enjoyed this book, I will be recommending it to all my friends- something I don't do often, it's a great start to what looks to be a fun series. I ended up losing 4 hours of sleep because I couldn't stop listening. I get excited when I can add someone new to my Author Watch List, and I've now added Phillipa Bornikova! Im glad I ignored Robin's bad review. IncidentalIy, I was going to skip this book originally because of that bad review, but when I decided to check other sites for reviews (i.e. Amazon, Goodreads) all I found were good reviews - except, wierdly, by another review posted by "Robin" on the same day who also couldn't find anything good about the book, and who claimed to not even be able to finish reading her kindle edition and send it back requesting a refund. Is she talking about this book??? She certainly has gone to a lot of trouble to buy the book in different formats just to be able to post super negative reviews........mmmmm, I love a good mystery. Anyway, I don't often post reviews, but since this is a new book from a new author I didn't want anyone who might be wavering to pass this gem up just because of one bad review.