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Hush Money: A Mystery (2012)

by Chuck Greaves(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

125000523X (ISBN13: 9781250005236)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Jack MacTaggart

review 1: Jack MacTaggart is a newly hired lawyer at a prestigious law firm in Pasadena. He is assigned to handle an insurance claim on the death of a horse, a show jumper insured for $2 million dollars. Funny book though I found it a bit over done, sort of a low tech wanna-be James Bond. Even though Jack is the new kid, everyone turns to him for answers. He knows nothing about horses but quickly becomes the expert and the go to guy in case of emergency. The villains are appropriately sinister to off set our smart talking super hero Jack. Still, an entertaining story narrated by Dan Butler.
review 2: This was a new to me author and narrator and only picked it up because it is nominated for an Audie award in the mystery category.When the book started I thought ok it’s a... more legal thriller, then we have a death of a horse and all that goes along with the hoity toity horse crowd, then we have a murder and some medical mystery so this is hard to categorize. I enjoyed the main character lawyer Jack MacTaggert he was somewhat cynical, and has a dry sense of humor. I see there is a second book coming out and I will be picking it up because I did enjoy this character.You don’t have to be a horse person to enjoy this book but if you enjoy Dick Francis give this one a try. I am curious where Jack will end up going from here because the events at the end of this book left a few questions hanging out there.Dan Butler’s narration was good but I’m honestly not sure if it was award worthy. He had a few different characterizations but they weren’t always consistent, but his narration of the main character was well done and I felt he captured Jack’s snarky humor very well. I would listen to other narrations by Dan Butler.Not sure what else to add… this was a solid mystery and a good start to a new series that I will probably continue to read.3 ½ Stars less

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