After years of narrating novels by Alex Finlay, Stephen Hunter, and Don Winslow, narrator Jon Lindstrom has decided to craft his own thriller, one that highlights his flinty, resonant voice and draws from his years of Hollywood acting experience. The result is an entertaining, often violent, addition to the L.A. noir genre. The plot is familiar--a washed-up B-List former star, along with a disillusioned ex-cop and a celebrity stuntman, must rescue the actor's estranged drug-addled daughter from three dysfunctional kidnappers. The players are an amalgam of characters we've met in books by Elmore Leonard and Michael Connelly. Still, the audiobook masks these derivative elements and maintains the tension with the help of Lindstrom's burnished voice and dramatic pacing. R.W.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
Winston Greene, a has-been film star, wakes one morning to find his six-year-old granddaughter at his bedside-traumatized, unattended, and gripping onto a thumb drive. She comes bearing video proof that her mother, Win's troubled adult daughter, has been kidnapped by a murderous gang demanding all his “movie money” for her safe return. But what they don't know is that his movie money is long gone. Unable to go to the police for fear the kidnappers will make good on their promise to kill his daughter, Winston turns to two close friends-a legendary Hollywood stuntman and a disgraced former LAPD detective. There's no easy way out for Winston or his daughter-the gang is violent and willing to do anything to get the money they're after, and Winston begins to realize that to get his daughter back, he'll have to beat the kidnappers at their own game. This propulsive and tense thriller will transport listeners to the seedier side of LA as depicted in bold prose by a Hollywood insider.
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Hollywood Hustle
Winston Greene, a has-been film star, wakes one morning to find his six-year-old granddaughter at his bedside-traumatized, unattended, and gripping onto a thumb drive. She comes bearing video proof that her mother, Win's troubled adult daughter, has been kidnapped by a murderous gang demanding all his “movie money” for her safe return. But what they don't know is that his movie money is long gone. Unable to go to the police for fear the kidnappers will make good on their promise to kill his daughter, Winston turns to two close friends-a legendary Hollywood stuntman and a disgraced former LAPD detective. There's no easy way out for Winston or his daughter-the gang is violent and willing to do anything to get the money they're after, and Winston begins to realize that to get his daughter back, he'll have to beat the kidnappers at their own game. This propulsive and tense thriller will transport listeners to the seedier side of LA as depicted in bold prose by a Hollywood insider.
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| BN ID: | 2940160222301 |
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| Publisher: | Dreamscape Media |
| Publication date: | 02/06/2024 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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