Burn opens with Bennett appearing at the Los Angeles
Federal Court House. He's testifying in the Tepito cartel
/ Perrine case. These scenes are really a conclusion to the
last two titles in the Bennett series (Gone &
I, Michael Bennett). Once it's all over, Bennett
tells FBI special agent Emily Parker he's ready to get his
life back. After nine months, Bennett and his family are ready
to leave witness protection and head back to a normal life
in New York. At least that's what they believe.
Bennett finds there are repercussions to his last case. It's
affected his position as first grade detective and adoptive
father. Bennett is meeting up the New York Commissioner on
his first day back. He quickly discovers he's no longer on
the A-list, and his meeting has been bumped down to Chief
of Detectives Starkey. The two have a history. Bennett leaves
the meeting as leader of the Outreach Squad in Harlem. It's
a Police Squad of misfits, and they handle cases other police
departments reject. Starkey labels the change as a promotion,
but Bennett knows it's a demotion. Bennett may not be happy
with the change but it's certainly entertaining to us. Readers
learn some of these off-the-wall cases can be intense. One
is pretty nauseating, and that's putting it mildly. Readers
can expect plenty of action, a few laughs, and, as always,
explicit content.
I have to say every time I listen to a Patterson title and
cringe at the gory parts, I can't do this anymore -- and then
another title comes out… I might as well face it, Patterson
is addictive. Patterson and Ledwidge have co-written the entire
series so far. They are the perfect team; the longer this
series is around the better it gets.
Danny Mastrogiorgio narrates the audio version Burn.
He also narrates Gone #6. Danny gives a convincing
delivery of Burn. He is the ideal voice for Bennett. I enjoyed
the light moments with the misfits, too. Highly recommended.
Explicit content so remember your headset.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
Step
on A Crack #1 [book]
[audio]
Run for Your Life #2 [audio]
Worst Case #3 [book]
[audio]
Tick Tock #4 [audio]
I Michael Bennett # 5 [audio]
Gone #6 [audio]
Burn #7 [audio]
Alert #8 [audio]
Bullseye #9 [audio]
Haunted #10 [audio]
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