• The Dead Cold Series: Books 14-16

  • A Dead Cold Box Set, Volume 5
  • By: Blake Banner
  • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
  • Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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The Dead Cold Series: Books 14-16

By: Blake Banner
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
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Publisher's summary

Books 14-16 in the USA Today best-selling Dead Cold series from two-million best-selling author Blake Banner.

  • Trick or Treat (book 14)
  • Blood into Wine (book 15)
  • Jack in the Box (book 16)

Sue Benedict wasn’t giving out treats, so she got the trick. It was one hell of a trick.

She was raped and murdered in her apartment after attending a Halloween party with a bunch of art students. The killer did not use a condom or gloves, so the CSI team got a perfect DNA profile and two perfect thumbprints from her throat. A witness also saw her admit the killer to her apartment at 2:30 a.m. that night. It should have been a slam dunk. The only problem was, the DNA profile and the thumb prints didn’t match anyone on CODIS or IAFIS, or anyone at the party.

The killer, who made no effort to hide his identity, had vanished without a trace–just like the one witness who might actually have known what happened that night. And 12 years later, the case is as cold as Sue Benedict and the icy December wind coming in off the East River.

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I love the narrator's voice. I think it's perfect for the main character! He sounds like a NY detective!

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Most talented Reader!

I like these books very much. My husband and I both enjoy listening to them. They are well written fun crime stories with intriguing twists at the end of each. The main character is brilliant and that is always refreshing. His strength and intelligence, not to mention his skills of observation make him a formidable opponent for any of these well written criminals. All the characters are well formed and fully fleshed out.
I do think it would’ve been nice if someone had given the writer a thesaurus. He doesn’t seem to have any other words to describe the human backside other than, ass. I am really tired of everybody putting their ass somewhere. Surely they could, rest their backside, park their rump, prop their derrière, drop their bum, flop their fanny, or simply sit, etc.
The only other complaint I have is that the “beautiful“ female detective is mannerless to the point of being disgusting at times. I suppose her piggish habits are supposed to make her seem more human and real to us. However, anyone over the age of two, who talks with their mouth full is simply ill mannered and extremely unattractive. I believe that her partner is presented to us as a man with a bit more polish. It is always jarring to be reminded that he is not repulsed by her bad manners. Maybe it’s just me; I do have a vivid imagination.
The narrator is unmatched in making every character he portrays believable. I can be completely swept into believing whatever he wants me to believe. I love the “film noir gruff” of his voice for these books. He’s perfect!

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Mystery and a little romance I enjoy reading

Very interesting series and audible voice ? Light listening that is enjoyable and keeps interest worth buying

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Awesome main characters

His books are a great blend of well-developed characters and intriguing storylines that make you want to binge listen!

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Dollar Store Paperbacks

These are not good books. This author… he is neither clever nor smart nor original nor witty. The characters are, while not one dimensional certainly not skillfully developed. It would take a better author to do that. Everything about this series is watered down, lowest common denominator material. I would not recommend this to my cat. Maybe to my iguana. If you are articulate and posses a firm grasp on the English language, these books will be exercises in frustration.

John Stone and Carmen Dehan are both pretty annoying people. As a couple they are downright cringeworthy.

The narrator has a voice which is a good 20 years older than Stone is supposed to be. He is more “uncle sol the accountant” then hardboiled super sleuth. His voice is nasal and his accent is “middle aged New York Jew” not waspy lone wolf.

There is so much repetition of certain phrases, words, ideas that it is nauseating. It would be one thing if these books were simple but honest genre work. What really get me angry is that the author makes amateurish attempts to be much more than that. Waxing poetic about one thing or another but using the same terms and techniques over and over. In some cases actually regurgitating turns of phrase inaccurately. Just lazy, ignorant, uneducated tosh.

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