Those Who Wish Me Dead by, Michael Koryta Narrated by,
Robert Petkoff
Hachette Audio
Nominated for an Audie in the Thriller/Suspense Category
I thought Robert Petkoff’s narration was amazing and very impressive especially the narration
of the 2 psycho hit men The Blackwell Brothers that are after Jace/Conner then
when one of the characters describes how these men talk, it was even more right
on because he narrated them exactly how the author describes them. Every
character has a distinct voice and his female voices were well done. I will be seeking out other books Petkoff has
narrated. I see he narrates quite a few of Koryta’s books so; I will be
listening to more of this author & narrator combo.
This was a great thriller; you could cut the tension with a
knife! Jace Wilson is in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnesses two
men getting rid of a body and to make matters worse the men know he saw them
and now he must die. Jace’s parents decide to send him to a mountain camp for
troubled kids, under an assumed name, he hides from the hit men but they know
he’s there somewhere and will stop at nothing to find him no matter who gets in
their way or who has to die. Ethan, the man running the camp knows he has a
witness in the group but doesn’t which boy it is. But the Blackwell brothers do
and these are two of the freakiest, creepiest killers I’ve read about in a long
time I would not want to be hunted by these men they scared the bejeezus out of
me, they were so well written!
This was my first book by Koryta but sure won’t be my last,
this book was very hard to stop listening because from beginning to end it was fraught
with tension and you just had to know if Jace and the people helping him were
going to make it out of these mountains alive.
This book is set in Beartooth Pass between Wyoming and
Montana I have been through this pass on the back of Harley in August and it
was snowing at the top so I could imagine what it was like hiking through there
and how steep it is and all the switchbacks coming up one side and down the
other. So was kind of fun to be able to picture this location in my head as I
was reading.
If you hadn’t guessed I really enjoyed this book and would
highly recommend this thriller!
4 ½ Stars
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