Excellent Start to a New Series!!!!

I loved this book by Dan Burns, this is my first time to ever hear of him. George Guidall has the PERFECT voice for Sebastian Drake, the protagonist in this book.
This is a fast paced story with a very unique character. The protagonist is tough as grit ex CIA who has moved on in his life. Working at being an author he's accepted a job as a private investigator on a cold murder case from 10 years ago. Meanwhile his publishing agent has gotten him a contract but there's a catch... he has five weeks to complete his book. It's not even near completion. The closer Drake gets to the truth about the murder the more dangerous things become. Not only for Drake but for those around him. When a woman he has just started seeing is murdered he thinks it may have something to do with him and his investigation. But then bad gets worse.
I couldn't put this down and can't wait for the next installment!
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
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Quite Good! Novel Story Line!

Of course, I have to admit that I love George Guidall's narration -- so it was a no brainer that I would buy this book. To my delight, it was a great story -- unique in terms of the angle and very good at hiding the upcoming twists and turns. Sebastion Drake, it seems, has a storied past and when his daughter is at risk, he summons it. I enjoyed the story -- a broke novelist without an idea, a drunkard, and somehow, he conquers all. Not a fairytale, but a nice, engaging good guy-bad guy duel.

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It's getting hard to find good staff nowadays.

Sebastian Drake is getting pretty close to rock bottom. An author of three good selling books, for months he's been unable to write anything beside, 'A novel, Title to be decided.' He is running out of money, owes rent on his dilapdated apartment and alimony to his recently divorced wife and daughters, and he drinks. A lot. All day.
Then a visitor calls, someone he doesn't know. He wants to offer Drake a job, using his past journalism experience to look into the ten years old unsolved murder of a young woman who was to have married the visitor's son who died just after whilst on active service. Reluctantly, Drake agrees - five thousand dollars a week is a lot of cash. Especially when you're broke.

Well written, this is a fast action story of a cold case investigation, old memories and new beginnings. The author even gets to write his book. The main protagonist are well characterized, given backgrounds as well as current appearances and personalities.
And this already great read is further enhanced by the narration. George Guidall has the slightly gruff voice perfect for the tale teller of this story. His pacing is good, intonation and expression excellent. He also voices each character individually and appropriately, breathing life into their dialogue. A fine performance.

So, interesting story, well written, good characterisation and excellent narration, this is a most enjoyable book which holds the listener to the end.
My thanks to the rights holder who gifted me a complimentary copy of, A Fine Line, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. It is a book I would recommend to anyone with a liking for mystery thrillers and quirky investigators. This one will not disappoint.

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Spellbinding!

Listened to it in 1 sitting! Captivated me throughout. Well written. Would compare him to David Baldacci.

George Guidall made the characters come alive.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Totally surprised

Well, the ending just totally surprised me! I don’t want to give it away, so just read it for yourself. I really like Dan Burn’s style. I especially like his newest book, “GRACE.”

A reasonably well rounded if somewhat

A reasonably well rounded if somewhat transparent tale. Disolving shell casings aside, character and plot development was credible and the expert narration of George Guidall is always welcome to my ears. I believe author Dan Burns has potential to grow and develop his talents as a writer and will consider another in this series to gauge his progress in this direction. I would put this book around the top of the second tier in my library.

Only thing good is the narrator

Looks like I finally did it...bought a book just because Guidal narrated it! Story line could have lead to great book but book is Judy full of one liners, no depth of characters. Not good

Looking forward to "Drakes" next adventure!

Where does A Fine Line rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the best

Any additional comments?

Great story line, couldn't stop listening to it! The narration was awesome!

Super good!

I really enjoyed this fast paced story! I was hooked from the start and couldn't stop listening. Well written and fantastic narration!


I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. The fact that I was gifted this book had no influence over my opinion of it

What a book!

I was pulled into this book from the very beginning. I loved the narrator on this book and thought he was top notch. This book is full of twists and turns, action and imagery. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. The author was new to me. while I have listened to George Guidall before. I will definitely listen to more books by both! Dan Burns did an awesome job with this story and I hope to listen to more books of Sebastian Drake.