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Fatal Judgment

By: Irene Hannon
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
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Publisher's summary

RITA Award winner Irene Hannon has also won the Holt Medallion and the Daphne du Maurier Award for her romantic suspense. U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor loathes guarding federal judge Liz Michaels. How can he protect the coldhearted workaholic who drove herlate husband, Jake’s best friend, to suicide? But as he gets to know Liz better, his heart—and her life—are soon in danger.

©2011 Irene Hannon (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

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“Hannon is a master at character development.” ( Library Journal)

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Awful reader very dry!!!! Needs a women's touch!!

Would you listen to Fatal Judgment again? Why?

Not by the same reader no!!! Storyline is good though!

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Please seek out women readers for your books

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irene Hannon at her best

A great suspense story well read. spell- binding from beginning to end. Such a worthwhile read..

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Hated when I had to stop listening!

Where does Fatal Judgment rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It is #1, although I haven't listened to very many audiobooks. It is a great book.

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It's too hard to pick just one.

What does Brian Hutchinson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

A definite voice for eacher character. I always hear them with a different voice when I read a book, but he gave them a real voice.

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Exciting

Very well written, holds your interest. Suspenseful right to the end even if a little predictable. Would highly recommend reading or listening.

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Good Book

The story was good, but slow at points. The voice paused so long at times I checked to see if I had paused it.

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Reading quality

I enjoyed this story very much. The vocal timbre of the reading is excellent. That said, however, the reading is filled with long pauses that sometimes made me feel the recording had stopped for some reason and always made me silently urge the reader to “get on with it!”

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Recommended

This is very definitely a Christian romantic suspense story. I emphasize christian because it is a prominent element in this story. I am a strong christain and am familiar with the climate but even that isn't as pervasive. Everyone talked about going to church without regard for how long they have know them. It was just a bit over the top and not at all realistic.

The story was interesting and held my attention from the beginning. The author made good use of foreshadowing and the characterization was excellent. Some of the technical aspects of the story reminded me of tv rather than real world but if it works there ... why not here?

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Well done

This was well done. The writing was great and the narration was very well done. I can only handle so much evil though. I realize that the world is full of just such evil people who believe they are patriots and doing what is needed, but I really have a hard time with all the collateral damage involved in these stories. I had to skip again to miss at least some of the crazy play by play. Still well written and performed.

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Intense suspense

This book has enjoyable characters and great suspense with a nice romance sprinkled in. The narration is very good.

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Good story, poor narration

The story was good. I enjoyed it but the narrator was not great. The whole thing was in a sing-songy tone with no change in emotion or anything to distinguish characters

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