Layers of Deception

By: Leo James

Narrated by: Elis Doyle

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Layers of Deception is a fast-paced international crime thriller filled with twists, turns, and intrigue exposing conflicts between brothers, religion, gender, love, risk, and greed. Set in Malaysia and the UK, software business entrepreneur Steve Roussos struggles to safeguard his colleagues and family when evidence comes to light that exposes criminal activities on the dark net. The thriller draws on the author’s many years experience of doing business in Asia.

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Action packed and suspenseful thriller

A computer security conpany in the UK tries to get a lucrative contract in Kuala Lumpur. They end up getting involved with crime gangs putting their lives and those of their families in danger.

This was a fast paced, suspenseful and action packed story. It had many twists and dealt with various issues ripe in society today. It was based on a true story and i cant believe how true and real it felt. The detail included was masterful and you can tell the author knows what he was talking about. He described things so well you could actually see them playing out.

Elis had a good voice for the story. His accent was perfect, and not over the top like some British accents can tend to become. He had good intonation and narrated fast, in line with the pace of the story. It was a perfect match.

I highly recommend this book, it was intriguing, gripping and thoroughly entertaining.

Note: This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this objective review voluntarily.

Even if you don't know a lot about computers...

This was a fast-paced story that held me captive from the first chapter. I was thinking, all this technical talk, and I'm not going to be able to understand it. But, I was quite surprised that I was able to focus and enjoy the story. The Audible was enjoyable to listen to, despite a few flaws, but the special effects that were used for the main character's thoughts, as well as the phone calls made up for those. There was so much action and details in the story, it had my heart beating fast . Lots of twists and turns, you weren't sure who you could trust. And to think it was based on a true story.

Outstanding !

I do not review many books written by gentlemen but this book sounded so interesting so I accepted the arc of the audiobook. I loved it! It was a wonderful thriller. I had a super hard time not spending my whole day listening to this one. It is fast-paced and will keep you on the edge of your seat and the narrator was dream smooth voice with just the right tone for this book. If I could give this more than 5-stars I would I highly recommend that you either get the book or audiobook.

Gripping

This is a grab you by the seat of your pants and take you in different directions novel. Many twists and turns and hardly any lulls. The author is very good at setting descriptions such that you feel like you're experiencing what the protagonist is. The narrator is excellent. I didn't expect much from the title when I picked this audio but it was so much more intense and captivating than expected!

Engrossing story

Wow, that story sure had many twists and intrigues and it kept me guessing the whole time. Some part thriller, part high tech novel, with a bit of underground mafia to boot.

I was kinda confused at first with all the Malaysian triad codenames and I felt it was a bit confusing at first but once we got into the meat of the story, I really liked it!

The whole dark web was kept simple enough that it didn't lose me.

I felt the British narrator did an excellent job throughout the whole book. The production actually made it feel like a complete presentation with sound effects added to the voice for context, i.e. someone on the phone would actually be read through a speakerphone. I felt it added to the story.

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

A good little story

I enjoyed the book, however I found every twist and turn on the story entirely predictable, not one real surprise including the ending.

Great detail and interesting outcome

The story-line is great! At first, I thought the verbiage and terminology would be overwhelming and too much out of my knowledge to understand. Fortunately, the author does a great job on explaining every term and what issue and cause and effect needs to occur to help their situation. I didn't get lost at all!
The actions that occur are explained in such great detail you get hooked to listen more and more!
Truly a great read and enjoyed the characters and the action!

A Great crime!

Loved this book! Well narrated. It was like you were living trough the story! great crime story!

Gripping story, inspired by true events

While there is no real mention on audible of this being inspired by true events. The book’s Amazon page and the authors own webpage makes this very clear. I believe this is important information in making the reader know what to except in terms of realism but also makes everything a bit more exciting.

The story starts of with maybe a bit much exposition, but soon gains pace and grabs its audience right to the end. Is a gripping tale set in a fast paced and current setting. It is quite clear that although this is a debut novel, it is not a first draft but a novel that has be worked on and tweeked for years. It is a very impressive debut by Leo James, which I truely enjoyed a lot and highly recommend.

Another thing to note is that the narration is absolutely excellent, something which was a pleasent surprise and takes the book to another level. I will definately be looking for future book read by Elis Doyle.

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

EXCELLENT READ!

I absolutely loved it! This book caught my attention from the very beginning and held it throughout the entire book. This book is full of action, suspense and twists you'll never see coming! The narration was superb and gave the story that extra flair! The author did an excellent job with the character builds and plot. This was my first book by this author but definitely not my last! I look forward to reading more books from this author! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.