Not every audiobook is great most audiobook veterans have been burned by a bad narrator. But when you do come across that perfect synergy of story and performance, it’s like magic. They help me squeeze books into moments that would be otherwise tragically bookless. Sometimes I listen in the shower, or while also playing video games, or while walking my dog. I listen to audiobooks pretty much constantly in the car, before bed, while cooking. I listened at my usual 1.5x speed.Confession: I do about half my reading via audiobook. The rest of the narration was more normally paced and it was fine. There parts are spoken very quickly with no breaths but not really higher in pitch. The new narrator is Bronson Pinchot He has a strange way of handling female voices. McLeod Andrews has narrated all the previous books and honestly, I really enjoyed him. These clients have money and yet the case is not handled in a very professional manner with proper protection for the vulnerable. I’m not sure if it is the change in narrator, the lack of Minnesota setting, the slightly increased focus on Nils’ personal life, or the convoluted investigation in the case but I didn’t enjoy it as much. He spends more time visiting old friends and colleagues from when he lived here. He is having personal issues and ends up helping only sporadically. Jameson is along as a bodyguard and help navigating since he lived here and once drove a taxi in LA. The original case morphs into something else entirely. Everyone has their own aspirations and is trying to be more. The crazy world of actors, writers and film production is well, crazy. The cover is attending the life celebration of his girlfriend who died. He is sent on an “easy” job to find out for grandparents if their grandson is “wasting” his wealth on Hollywood movie productions. He’s not sure if he wants to take risks in solving cases, which is an outlook change. He has great friends and a job he enjoys. He is engaged to Gabriela and has a new baby daughter, Evelyn. ![]() Nils has many changes in his personal life. I’m uncertain what change made this a less favored read. Dead West, the fourth book in the series, is a whole different feel as it takes place mostly in Los Angeles, California. ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed the Minnesota setting since so much is familiar, having lived there for many years. ![]() I listened to Gone to Dust after seeing it as an Audible daily deal and have continued with the Nils Shapiro series. With Nil's friend Jameson White, who has come to Los Angeles to deal with demons of his own, acting as Ebben’s bodyguard, Nils sets out to find a killer before it’s too late. As Nils moves into Ebben’s inner circle, he discovers that everyone in Ebben’s professional life-his agent, manager, a screenwriter, a producer-seem to have dubious motives at best. Nils quickly suspects that Ebben Mayer’s fiancée was murdered, and that Ebben himself may have been the target. However, that easy job becomes much more complicated once Nils arrives in Los Angeles, a disorienting place where the sunshine hides dark secrets. Nils Shapiro accepts what appears to be an easy, lucrative job: find out if Beverly Mayer’s grandson is foolishly throwing away his trust fund in Hollywood, especially now, in the wake of his fiancée’s tragic death. Published by Blackstone Audiobooks on August 4, 2020 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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