Bloodman

By: Robert Pobi

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

In this psychological thriller, Jake Cole returns to his childhood home after his elderly father nearly kills himself by setting himself on fire and plowing through a plate-glass window. Jake’s father - a great American painter - is a man whose shadow Jake has tried to outrun since he was a boy.

Now a contractor for the FBI who possesses a unique gift for recreating crime scenes, Jake is pulled into a hauntingly familiar double homicide investigation. He recognizes the artistic signature in the slayings and realizes that he now must be after the same murderer who killed his mother when he was a child. Racing against time and a category five hurricane, Jake sets out in a race to find a monster who kills his victims in an exceptionally grisly fashion.

©2012 Robert Pobi (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Stupid! Stupid ! Stupid

What disappointed you about Bloodman?

First and last book for that new author I do understand why no one bought this book. Don t waste your credit or money . Robert need to learn more about hurricane before writing about it. This novel is just to Stupid ?

Passable

I love the voice of Luke Daniels, he can read me any thing. With that said the book is very violent and very predictable. I knew who done it less than half way through. Are they making this into a movie? Collin what his name from the Britain would make an outstanding Jake.

Plot holes and assumptions left to the imagination

Some indirect spoilers without name dropping ahead.

Pros:
Luke Daniels performance was great as usual. The story is what I had a problem with.

Cons:
There's no explanation on why rent a farm house when you have a beach house right up the street? What were they doing there and why? If the father was trying to protect his son why paint clues that pointed to his son? Where was the physical evidence? If you performed the crimes explained you would have a mountain of evidence or blood all over the place. Where was the knife? Two of the guys had skinning knifes but not the killer? The knife was never placed in his hands. Did the father off himself or did staff catch him before he jumped? Angle never concluded and who cut out his tongue? Where was the rest of the victim's skin? Did the kid kill his parents at 3 years old? Slash his mother's throat and drove a spear through his father's chest? Sink the boat while killing his parents? So many elements that didn't make sense, questions left unanswered like when the Sheriff figured it out the killer why didn't he call for backup? Deputy dead on the floor and another man dead in the chair and the Sheriff wants to have an casual conversation? Even then there was no knife in the killer's hand. I don't recall the dead guy in the chair knife missing.

Conclusion:
This book would have been better off as an super natural thriller rather than physiological crime suspense. That being have the killer's inner demons manifest itself in the physical world, a path I thought the author was going down at the Mitchell's house.

Listen to this!

If you like mysteries I highly recommend this book. Luke Daniels does such a great job with the main character I loved this book!

Good Book. Had me thinking and guessing

Although it was a little predictable I really enjoyed listening to this one. The narrator created character in each voice and made it very enjoyable.