A Burning Obsession

Abby Mullen Thrillers, Book 3

De: Mike Omer

Narrado por: Jesse Vilinsky, Fajer Al-Kaisi

Duración: 13 h y 6 m

Resumen del Editor

In this conclusion of the Abby Mullen Thrillers by the New York Times bestselling author of A Killer’s Mind, a hostage negotiator has one last chance to stop a deadly threat from her past.

When a series of suspicious fires leaves multiple victims dead in their homes, NYPD hostage negotiator Abby Mullen knows in her bones that the terrors of her childhood have returned. As a young girl, she narrowly escaped a fire set by Moses Wilcox, a fanatical cult leader who’s been presumed dead for thirty years. These murders have his fingerprints all over them.

Meanwhile, razor-sharp criminal profiler Zoe Bentley is investigating the arsons—but she’s never seen an offender like this. Zoe needs insight from someone who understands the mind of a cult leader. Someone like Abby Mullen.

As the unlikely duo teams up on the case, it’s time for Abby to face the memories she’s always wanted to forget: the cult that defined her childhood, the fire that killed her family, and the man who engineered it all. The race is on to catch a killer—even if it means braving the fiery wreckage of Abby’s past.

©2022 Mike Omer (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Omer adds heat to the familiar plot of police pursuing a mad man. This one’s an obvious candidate for film adaptation.”—Publishers Weekly

Great Novel! Hoping for More!

I love reading about Abby Mullen, New York’s finest hostage negotiator. Although this is the end of a series concerning her origins in a cult, I am hoping that Mike Omer will read this and decide to continue writing novels with her as the main character. She is dynamic and the writing is very compelling. I simply could not put it down. Mike, if you can’t keep her in your next books, please create characters like her and storylines very similar to this series. I love police procedurals, crime thrillers, and learning about their world and ours. Getting inside the minds of our nation’s finest law enforcement officers helps me appreciate what they do ever so much more. #arson #FBI #PoliceProcedural #cults #HostageNegotiator #LawEnforcement #CrimeDrama #GreatNarration

Poor reading

The male voices. We’re fingernails on a chalk board bad. The rest of the voices were ok. Sometimes the reader spoke so softly you couldn’t hear what she was saying. Also annoying. Kind lost focus half way through but picked up near the end.

Why don't they switch voices?

Love the stories! The narrators aren't awful, but they really stink at cross gender voices. The male's women all sound like the worst drag queens, and the female's men all sound like drunken hillbillies. Her "sexy man" voice sounds like a caricature of a smarmy lounge lizard. Most of her regular men sound like a Pee Wee Herman imitation of Wilford Brimley. Or what you'd get from asking a high school kid to sound like a very very dumb person. It's gotten so distracting that I'm skipping the next one, if there is one. What I don't get is that both the narrators are talented at doing a number of different voices, so why doesn't the man do all the male voices and the woman do all the female voices? And let me be able to concentrate on the story

Great ending

Out of the 3 books in this series, this was my favorite. From the beginning it caught your attention and held it. Also if you have read other books by this author you will see he crosses over a favorite character, Zoe Bently, in this book. I also liked seeing Abby happy at times and finally coming to terms with her past. I highly recommend this series to anyone

Loved the story

I've been looking forward to this book since I finished the other books in the series and the author did not disappoint. My only complaint is that the male narrator was so quiet I struggled to hear him unless I changed the volume every time the narrator changed.

Scary

I read the first Abbie Mullen book but not the second. It was frightening because it is close to reality. Religious fervor masking narcissistic personality and a hunger for power. When the female spoke the mail parts and when the male spoke the female parts was iffy. However the story was written well

File Under: Goodness Gracious/Great Balls of Fire!

Mike Omer really knows how to write a torturous suspense sequence. This one does not let any of the characters (or you) rest for even a second. I secretly loved how dastardly the villain is in the text (and series), and I’m equally impressed by the author’s choice to also keep him human. I think Omer probably had a lot of fun using religious rhetoric to fuel the fire of righteousness, redemption, and wholly (holy) wrongness (yes, all puns are intended).

While Abbie gets a little respite with Mr. Carver, I think Omer missed the opportunity to fan the flames between Zoe & Abbie. Clearly, there is something to discover there.

A great conclusion to the series (unless, of course, he writes more). Some compelling characters who harness their own past traumas to prevent new ones from manifesting. A clever, tightly wound tale.

File Under: Goodness Gracious/Great Balls of Fire

Suspenseful

Oh my goodness! I was on the edge of my sest. I couldn't catch my breathe. A must read.

Another great installment!

I really enjoyed this book! It's so satisfying to see all the lined come together and make sense out if chaos. Great story line and the narration was on point as usual for these two.

I personally like it.

I wouldn’t consider myself like a heavy reader. I listen to books at night to help me fall asleep. A couple of times throughout this book I found myself a little stuck on this book and couldn’t fall asleep. I liked how long of a book this was. (I listen to about 1-2 hours a night) so books that make the credit worth it til my next one is always a plus.
I liked the story