Audiobook Review: Blood Money by Doug Richardson, read by Tim DeKay
Blood Money is the first book in the Lucky Dey Series of Mystery Thrillers by Doug Richardson and it was released in audiobook format this July, about 6 years after its original publication. As the saying goes, better late than never, especially when we are talking about such an interesting, well written and immersive novel.
The audiobook is narrated by Tim DeKay and discovering him was another nice surprise, as his reading style and voice reminds me a lot of the great Dick Hill, who has retired from the Audiobook Industry about two years ago. But, i’ll get to Tim later.
In Blood Money we follow deputy Lucky Dey as he tries to find and stop a very dangerous individual that at the beginning of the story kills in cold blood Lucky‘s little brother and two others, one of them a rising star in Hollywood, loved by millions of children.
Haunted by guilt, fuelled by hate, disregarding all the orders from his superiors, Lucky follows the trail of murder and destruction left behind by the killer. The only compromise he does is that he grudgingly accepts to be paired with an LAPD Detective.
What follows is an unputdownable adventure, filled with action, interesting characters, immersive scenarios and set in and around Lost Angeles, aka The City of Angels.
The audiobook version of Blood Money is brought to life with much love and work by actor and now, narrator, Tin DeKay. He reads the story in a voice that many of us audiobook listeners will at times confuse with Dick Hill, but let me assure you that none of them knew about one another until now. I fixed that, as I consider Dick a great friend. Even he said that the similarities are there for sure.
I mentioned this in my review because what can be a bigger compliment to a newcommer in this industry as to be compaired with one of the best voices in it. Rest assured, although Blood Money is his first audiobook, Tim is a renowned actor who played important roles in a lot of TV Series for USA and HBO, plus other appearances in movies and theatre.
Tim reads the story, acts the parts, brings all the characters to life with care and keeps the action going all the time. I am really glad that this series has such a great narrator, because that makes all the difference, between a good audiobook and one made better by the man or woman who brings it to life in the listener’s mind.
Both author Doug Richardson and narrator Tim DeKay are in top shape with Blood Money and I will be keeping an eye for all upcoming audiobooks in this series. At this time there are two more novels available in audio and I’ll review them both in the upcoming months, as this pair of author and narrator deserves a big shoutout for what they are doing.
Oh, yeah, and one more thing. Doug Richardson has written in the past such movies as Die Hard 2, Bad Boys and Hostage, so you can bet that he knows how to tell an entertaining story.
If you enjoy Mystery Thrillers, if you like Michael Connelly or Robert Crais, and miss, like I do, Dick Hill as narrator, you’ll be very satisfied with Blood Money.
Title: Blood Money, Author: Doug Richardson, Narrator: Tim Dekay, Series: Lucky Dey, book 1, Duration: 9 Hours and 35 Minuttes, Publisher: Velvet Elvis Entertainment
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