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    A Blood Thing
    A Blood Thing
    A Blood Thing
    Audiobook11 hours

    A Blood Thing

    Written by James Hankins

    Narrated by Timothy Andres Pabon

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Never trust a blackmailer.

    Vermont’s promising young governor, Andrew Kane, is at another public meet-and-greet when a stranger from the crowd slips him a cell phone and whispers, “Keep this with you…keep it secret…you’re going to need it after the arrest.”

    Hours later, Andrew’s brother, Tyler, is taken into custody—framed for the brutal murder of a young woman—and Andrew discovers there is only one way to free him: answer the mysterious phone and agree to a blackmailer’s demands. All the governor has to do to make it all go away is compromise everything he stands for and grant a full pardon to a convicted felon. With no better option, he complies. Which is his first mistake…because the stranger isn’t through with him. He has another little condition. Then another. And another. And Andrew has no choice but to play along until he can find a way out of this personal and political nightmare. But he isn’t prepared for what he will face, or how far he will have to go to save his brother and keep his family together.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 5, 2018
    ISBN9781543686371
    A Blood Thing
    Author

    James Hankins

    James Hankins writes thrillers, mysteries, and novels of suspense, including his latest, The Inside Dark. His previous books—The Prettiest One, Shady Cross, Brothers and Bones, Drawn, and Jack of Spades—all became Kindle #1 bestsellers, while Brothers and Bones was named to the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2013 list. Hankins lives north of Boston with his wife and sons, and can be reached through his website, www.jameshankinsbooks.com; on Twitter @James_Hankins_; and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JamesHankinsAuthorPage.

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      This book raised my blood pressure and stressed me out, but in all the best ways. I couldn’t stop listening. Lots of characters to keep straight, but it was so well done in both well written and performed.