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The Unkind Hours

By: Dwayne Alexander Smith
Narrated by: Tom Jordan
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Summary

Steven Burns, a former major league baseball player, has the perfect life...until his five-year-old daughter is abducted and murdered. With zero suspects, the police are left baffled, and Steven must accept the haunting loss without justice. Until a shadowy stranger offers Steven an opportunity to exact ultimate revenge. Compelled by fury and grief, Steven finds the stranger’s unspeakable proposition impossible to resist, despite fears he's headed down a path of no return.

©2018 Dwayne Smith (P)2018 Dwayne Smith

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Tense

I am still reeling after finishing this book. A difficult topic and an impossible decision. Steve Bate’s daughter is abducted and murdered but how far will he go to seek retribution? There is a feeling of unease throughout the story - is everything as it seems. The final chapters are full of stomach clenching tension.

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The story lives up to the blurb!

The blurb for this novel is very enticing, and I’m pleased to say the story lives up to the blurb. Steven Burns has the chance to come face to face with his child’s abductor, but why? And how? This is a tense ride with thrills and spills, and enough surprises to keep you reading (or in my case, listening). I always enjoy a book where I cannot even begin to guess how things are going to play out, and this hit the mark for me.

I believe Dwayne Alexander Smith is a professional screenwriter, and if so, that makes a lot of sense. The story is very well-crafted and keeps you glued to your seat, and the narration by Tom Jordan is excellent.

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Rollercoaster ride of a story

After listening to the first few chapters of this novel, I knew that I was hooked!

The characters are so well written that they came to life and I found myself on several occasions getting quite emotional over the circumstances that they were going through.

Dwayne Alexander Smith has written a riveting thriller full of twists and turns that left me breathless. You think you know where this story is going and then Dwayne takes you completely in a different direction.
The author skilfully builds the atmosphere so that the reader/listener actually feels the tension building and the narration of Tom Jordan brings so much more to the novel; giving a voice to the pain and anguish that the characters are going through.
When I wasn't listening to this novel, I couldn't stop thinking about the characters and what would happen next.

A clever roller coaster ride of a thriller but also so much more than that. An audio book that will stay with me for a long time.

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Great book

What would you do if you could exact revenge on your daughters killer? This audio book keeps you hooked from beginning to end. With great narration it immerses you in the story. Steven Burns is offered the ultimate opportunity, what happens if he takes it, what will the consequences be and can he live with himself. Full of twists and turns, when you just think you know what happens something else surprises you and the story turns in a different way. With a great ending this was one of the best audio books I've listened to recently.

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Loved it, so tense!!

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I really enjoyed this book! I loved the storyline, it was different to anything I've read before. Tom Jordan did and excellent job narrating this book and holding the tension.
This book drew me in from the start and I had to keep listening to see how it would end.
This book had me thinking what i would do in this situation, any book that has you question your morals is good!
Great story, great narrator, great tension.
Loved it.

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Brilliant

A complete mind journey!
This did not go as my brain was thinking it would at all. Absolutely brilliant. Completely threw me off course.
My heart was aching, my brain was battered.
Just wow. Weaves so well with the characters & the reasons behind things. Can’t even put into words.
Narrator was fab, the voice of the stranger, creepy & brilliant.
Just fab!

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Wow wow wow

Wow!!! Seriously I was blown away by this audio not only is this a great story but the performance of Tom Jordan was also second to none. This is at times a painful listen due to the storyline but if your child was brutally murdered what would you do for revenge and regardless of your choices how do you live with such a horrific event. For Steven Burns this is the situation he finds himself in after he looses his beloved daughter. What proceeds is a dark and intense story of love, hate and revenge that had me on the edge of my seat and with my stomach in my mouth.

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wow !!

I listened to this book in 2 sittings. I can't even tell you how many twists are going to come at you. I normally don't like reading any stories on kids abduction etc. But it's all about the aftermath and not to much information on the horrible stuff. It really had me hook, lined and sinker. 5 well deserved stars

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Wow! What a powerful thriller!

Well, I’m nearly speechless after listening to this book! Dwayne Alexander Smith Really knows how to write a story that takes you breath away. What a clever twisted plot. It is nothing like your run of the mill thriller. So atmospheric in the appropriate places, building the tension expertly. And then so convincing in the clever way he twists what you think you know about the characters, till you don’t know who the good guy actually is. Those characters are so well portrayed, they’ll stay with me for a long time. I’d Love for there to be a follow up to this story. It’s been a long time since I didn’t want a book to end, but this is one I could have listened to fo another ten hours. Just sorry now that I finished it in two sessions. If like me, you avoid books that are about hurting children, don’t be put off by the outline of the story, it may hinge on a child abduction, but it moves on quickly to the repercussions of that act. This is another author I have to read all o his works. Did I say I was speechless? Well nearly,

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Best book I have listened to this year

Incredibly well written, very twisted and had me on the edge of the seat and wanting more!

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