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    The Driver: A Novel
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    The Driver: A Novel
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    The Driver: A Novel

    Written by Hart Hanson

    Narrated by Ari Fliakos

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From the creator of the TV show Bones comes a "riveting, smart and funny" (Harlan Coben) debut thriller. 

    "Everything a great thriller should be—always smart, often funny, and relentlessly exciting. I loved every page."—Scott Turow
     
    Michael Skellig is a limo driver waiting for his client in the alley behind an upscale hotel. He's spent the past twenty-eight hours ferrying around Bismarck Avila, a celebrity skateboard mogul who isn't going home any time soon. Suddenly the wind begins to speak to Skellig in the guttural accent of the Chechen torturer he shot through the eye in Yemen a decade ago: Troubletroubletrouble. Skellig has heard these warnings before—he's an Army Special Forces sergeant whose limo company is staffed by a ragtag band of wounded veterans, including his Afghan interpreter—and he knows to listen carefully.

    Skellig runs inside just in time to save Avila from two gunmen but too late for one of Avila's bodyguards—and wakes up hours later in the hospital, the only person of interest in custody for the murder. Complicating matters further is the appearance of Detective Delilah Groopman of the LAPD, gorgeous and brash, for whom Skellig has always held a candle. As for Avila? He's willing to help clear Skellig's name under one peculiar condition: that Skellig become Avila's personal chauffeur. A cushy gig for any driver, except for the fact that someone is clearly trying to kill Avila, and Skellig is literally the only person sitting between Avila and a bullet to the head.

    "It is so hard to be unique in crime fiction and Hart Hanson has done it big time with The Driver. It's got all the ingredients: high risks, strong momentum, unseen turns and a set of gripping characters. You can't ask for more!" --Michael Connelly
     
    "The Driver has it all—crisp dialogue, complex characters, and a plot that zips at breathtaking speed."—Kathy Reichs
     
    "The Driver is grim, funny, violent, and moving—all on the same page."—T. Jefferson Parker
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 8, 2017
    ISBN9781524776749
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    • 4/5
      "This was nothing more or less then an elemental tussle of wills between a street rat and an ex-con, even if the street rat was dressed up as a lifestyle mogul and the criminal was dressed like a Latvian schoolteacher's fantasy of a Navajo mountain surfer cowboy." This author is a TV writer and he has a way with dialogue, quirky characters with cute nicknames, action scenes and unbelievable storylines. I could see this book as a movie, or even a TV series with the core group of characters getting involved in another zany adventure each week. My favorite character was Bismarck Avila, a skateboarding hip-hop mogul. However the main group was comprised of Michael Skellig (no nickname) the owner of a limo service and his employees Ripple, Lucky and Tinkertoy. Skellig winds up being the driver for Avila and that puts him at the center of a series of criminal and violent situations. The book generally had a jokey tone, although at the end it became very violent. Everyone in it is a wiseass. The women in the book had responsible jobs (detective, doctor, lawyer) but they really just existed to be hit on by one of the male characters, who are apparently irresistible. The book was pretty entertaining, but I doubt that I would dvr the series. The tone would get tiresome over time. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
    • 5/5
      This one goes in my top 10 for the year. It's just plain fun. What other book has a California Senator's son with several masters degrees and the owner of a limo service as the main protagonist. His supporting cast is made up of a crew of vets with various ailments. The gist of the story centers around a skate rat celebrity who misappropriates some barrel full of a money from a decidedly not nice fella. What ensues will have you chuckling on the edge of your seat.
    • 4/5
      Fast paced, wise guy, amusing thriller. Limo owner Skellig collects a rag tag band of broken (literally and figuratively) Afghan vets. Considerable violence, just FYI.
    • 2/5
      If I had to use one word to describe this book it would be boredom. This book was very slow for my liking. The plotline intrigued me at the beginning but many times I wanted to dnf it. I found it very annoying the many times the author made it clear a character was hispanic by speaking in Spanish and English.

      I got this book in exchange for my honest feedback. Check this book out and come up with your own conclusions.
      Happy reading
    • 4/5
      Intuition get limo driver Michael Skellig in trouble when he muscles his way into a nightclub to save his client’s life. The bodyguard dies. Everyone but the client blames Michael. Now the Army veterans turned limo company operatives face death and betrayal worse than an Afghan ambush. This is a fast paced and violent tale about money, power, and greed. Goodreads Giveaway randomly chose me to receive this book. Although encouraged, I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.