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Dead First

By: Johnny Compton
Narrated by: Selena Mikes
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 From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious billionaire to discover why he can’t die.

When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of eccentric billionaire Saxton Braith, she’s more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith’s assistant driving an iron rod straight through the back of his skull. Scratch that—the last thing she expects to see is Braith’s resurrection afterward.

Braith can’t die, it turns out, but he has no explanation for his immortality, and very few intact memories of his past. Which is why he wants to pay Shyla millions to investigate him, and bring his long-buried history to light.

Shyla can’t help but be intrigued, but she’s also trapped by the offer. Braith has made it clear that he knows she’s the only person he can trust with his secret, because he knows all about hers.

Bold, atmospheric, and utterly frightening, Johnny Compton’s Dead First is spine-chilling supernatural horror about the pursuit of power and the undying need for reckoning. Fantasy Horror Psychological Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal
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I had high hopes for this book after enjoying Spite House a couple of years ago. This really fumbled an interesting set up. As with many mystery / suspense books, there were backstory reveals throughout the story, however the hints about these just caused me confusion and made the story hard to follow at first. The narrator has a beautiful voice, but I did have to listen on 1.3 speed as she spoke so slowly. The way leads were introduced were overly convenient. There were some interesting scenes but the protagonists inner thoughts were so overly explained to death I completely lost interest about halfway through the book and just wanted to finish it. The characters motivations, and in fact most of the plot overall, made little sense. It was like the author had a good idea but this needed a heavy edit and rewrite.

Convoluted plot and really slow

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