Shadow of Doubt

A Thriller

De: Brad Thor

Narrado por: Armand Schultz

Duración: 11 h y 40 m

Resumen del Editor

In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his latest high-octane thriller.

A mysterious cargo plane, flanked by a squadron of Russia’s most lethal fighters, has just taken off from a remote airbase. Closely monitored by the United States, no one inside the Pentagon has any idea where it’s going or what it’s carrying.

A high-level Russian defector, a walking vault of secrets that could shatter the West, seeks asylum in Norway. Across the continent, in the heart of Paris, a lone French agent stumbles upon a conspiracy so explosive it could ignite a global firestorm.

As alarm bells ring in Washington, the CIA’s most lethal weapon, Scot Harvath, is forced to choose between his conscience and his country.

You’ll be left breathless as Harvath is swept into a whirlwind of double agents, international intrigue, and heart-stopping chases.

©2024 Brad Thor (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Meandering plot and boring whodunit

This story has Scot shooting bad guys to help his girlfriend with a security problem. There's also a B-plot murder mystery in Paris which takes up about a third of the storytelling time. There's no relation between the two until the end when there's an "Oh, it was that guy..." moment that feels forced.

Scot's trajectory is haphazard as well. Typically, the Big Objective is laid out in the first act and the team slowly works to get to it. This time it's one thing, and then another slightly related, and then a detour... It feels like several stories stitched together instead of the usual SH novel.

I liked that the stakes are lower than previous stories and nothing truly outlandish or deus-ex-machina happens.

The inclusion of the Paris sub-plot takes up so much time that the other main characters (Nicholas, the familiar Carlton Group admins...) barely make appearances and don't really get their moments in the spotlight.

The narration is as good as always. Strong, different voices for the characters, although his female voices could be more distinct--they all seem to be variations of the Nicholas voice.

One of the best Harvath books so far

A true page turner with great venues, intrigue, and players at the highest levels. Started well and was a great ride with a great ending

Good “Next in Series”

Another great addition to the series! Wish it had a little more action, but still a good read.

Really good but not GREAT

Enjoyed the story but had more “slow” parts than previous books. Seems like this may be the last one in the series which might be for the best as Harvath is getting old and I’m getting tired of the constant mental discussions about the “rest of his life”.

Solid Harvath

It was a solid Scot Harvath story. I would like to see Harvath a little more violent actually. Rapp, Reece, Dempsey and Logan…but I enjoyed it.

Brad Thor just retire

Brad Thor oh my gosh, you’re four first books were phenomenal everything after that is a little repetitive…
But, thank you for doing what you do and putting up with people like me!

Great listen!

Another great thriller from Brad Thor. Can’t wait for the next book in this series.

Thor does it again

As someone who enjoyed the last two installments, they still just didn’t do it for me. And I realized what was missing in those. Our favorite Norwegian with the thousand megawatt smile and Harvath’s team. Both of which make a big return in this book.

Harvath almost losing his life twice in this book is a sign of his age and some mild foreshadowing that he may be getting a bit long in the tooth. But as they say, it’s better to be lucky than good. I appreciate how Brad lets Harvath show his age, how he’s started making mistakes over the last few years. But the action is crisp, and we get plenty of intrigue in this one.

If I could make a couple of critiques, perhaps a few too many new characters to keep track of. But overall I was able to keep up. And it seems to me the author has lost track of how long President Paul Porter has been in office. Surely he can’t be up for reelection(as suggested), he’s been in office since the end of book 8. Plenty has happened since then, Harvath has definitely aged more than 4yrs which means Porter cannot run again. But I’m willing to let that go.

But overall a great installment and I enjoyed it.

Another good one

Brad does it again, another good story and Armand narrates it perfectly. Great job.

Fast Paced

This was a Brad Thor classic. Fast Paced with numerous sub plots. My only thought is there could have been a bit more development of the Russian Presidents invitation of top Russians to the black see compound.