• The Untouchables

  • Ruthless People, Book 2
  • By: J. J. McAvoy
  • Narrated by: Jeff Hays
  • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (348 ratings)

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The Untouchables

By: J. J. McAvoy
Narrated by: Jeff Hays
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Publisher's summary

One secret. Multiple casualties.

Everything Melody Callahan has ever been told about her past is a lie. Her father lied. Her husband lied. But like all secrets...they come out. Not only is her mother, Aviela, alive, but she won't stop until she tears down everything Liam and Melody have spent the past year building.

With new targets on their backs and the media focused on their family as the presidential election approaches, Liam and Melody must fight on two battlefronts. Melody is torn between being in love with Liam and wanting to kill him for lying to her. Being in love and showing love are two different things in her world. Liam wants to do anything to protect his family, even if that means hurting the people he loves.

Family is everything...but what happens when they're out for your blood? Everything they have been through is nothing compared to what is coming....

Warning: This audiobook contains adult language and subject matter, including graphic violence and explicit sex, which may be disturbing for some listeners. This audiobook is not intended for listeners under the age of 18.

©2014 Judy Onyegbado (P)2015 Judy Onyegbado

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Not as good as the first, unfortunately.

Would you try another book from J. J. McAvoy and/or Jeff Hays?

yes, I will probably continue the series.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was ok, but a little confusing. With all the lead up I thought it would be a little more insightful.

What aspect of Jeff Hays’s performance would you have changed?

I just didn't like that they changed the narration from the first book. I got used to the first narrator, who was fantastic, and all of the characters were original sounding and believable. In this book, it was hard to tell the voices apart, and it sounded like a person doing impressions, not like separate voices.

What would have made this romance irresistible?

More suspense. For some reason the flow of this book was just not as good as the first one.

Any additional comments?

Bring the original narrator back and WHERE ARE THE LAST TWO BOOKS?

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I Love This Series!

The Untouchables is the continuing saga of the ruthless crime lord family the Callahans. The family is led by Liam and Melody Callahan. Two totally psychopathic killers who have their personal code of ethics… none!

This story is every bit as good as the first and this series shows no signs of slowing, yippee! There are so many characters in this family drama, that the killing and mayhem could go on for quite a while and I’ll be there, munching on popcorn like Michael Jackson, enjoying the carnage.

I was so disappointed that this audiobook wasn’t read by the same narrator who did the first book. It took me a little while to switch my affection to Jeff Hays, but in the end, he won me over with his versatility. His range of character voices in the fully voiced production is truly a wonder to behold.

This audiobook was given to me at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

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Best Mafia Book Ever-J.J. McAvoy Rocks!!!

I love Mafia books and this book did not disappoint! The story is very fast paced, exciting, thrilling, suspense, some humor (due to my warped sense of humor). No waste of time on inner turmoil and filler....Not In This Book.

In Chicago...there is an arranged marriage of the Melody Giovanni of the Italian mafia family and Liam Callahan of the Irish mafia family. The marriage is an effort to become the strongest crime family not only in the U.S., but Italy and Ireland. They fight with the Russian Mafia as well as smaller Irish and Italian mafia cells over control of territory and power.

Liam and Melody will physically fight (including Melody shooting Liam) then they have hot hot sex, this was humorous to me. Melody is pregnant for the second time, she was stabbed in the stomach in the first book and lost the baby. There is also turmoil, defiance, and betrayal within the Callahan mafia/crime family. We find out in this book who the moles and betrayers are and what they are up to. Listen to find out the yummy details.

There is violence...killing, torture then killing, like cutting of fingers, nail guns to the head, dismemberment, etc....but it is Mafia.

I couldn't stop listening and am now waiting for the 3rd book American Savages, it's available but not on Audible. When I found Ruthless People the first book, this book The Untouchables was also available so now I have to try and find other books to keep me occupied until American Savages arrives. There is also a novella: Declan + Coraline.

J. J. McAvoy is a new author for me and what a way to win me over! Jeff Hayes also gave an outstanding performance especially his Irish accent and in this book there was what I call true style conversation between male and female....I loved it.

This is a series I will listen to over and over so YES it is well worth the credit or $.

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Bad audio volume jumps and muffled voices

The story had some potential but it’s just too dull - the characters are barely fleshed out, lots of unrealistic actions, reaction and improbable events taking place. I rolled my eyes so many times they just about got stuck that way. The steam was alright. The male narrator was great but the female one was all wrong and didn’t pronounce her “s”s and sounded muffled. Also, whoever did the audio editing here, should should have gotten fired - the difference in volume between one character and another was too great and the thoughts versus actually spoken phrases had the same issue- the inner monologues were clear and loud until that character spoke, then it was so low (and muffled, especially with the female narrator) that I had to turn up the volume all the way and backtrack in order to hear what was said. Suffice to say, I’m not reading the next book. There are lots of more realistic and better written mafia smut books out there.

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Kill or be Killed...


The Untouchables is Book 2 in the Ruthless people serious. With that being said, if you haven't read book 1 then there may be some unintentional spoilers for you.

Liam and Melody are rich, powerful, and ruthless. In book one they ran over every person they believed to be in their way with no regard. It actually annoyed me how they seemed to have no bounds nor showed proper respect to anyone So in Book 2 they are faced with a foe that inspires fear in them. My favorite thing about this book is that Liam and Melody finally get some of the karma they deserve. I know it's bad to dislike the main characters, but I just want them not to be such duoches when it isn't necessary.

This new foe actually brings some suspense when she starts killing off some of the characters. The characters are developing more in book 2 as the brothers and their wives began to adjust to the new ly weds. I am glad to see that all the wives do not Bo down easily. We start to seem some fight in them all. The book ends with a good cliff hanger. I'm hoping that yhe author doesn't magically make everything go their way in the next book. This is the mafia. Not everyone in the family should make it.

The narrator for Book 1, Joel Froomkin, was much better suited for the irish/accent changes. So I was not happy to see that book 2 had a new narrator. Not that the guy was bad. Jeff Hays did quite well especially handling the female voices. I just think authors should only change narrators if they suck.

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awesome!!!! just awesome!!!!

this book has it all. thriller, love story with steamy sex and murder all in a well written story. the narrator is the best I've ever heard. his impersonations were brilliant. over all the best read in a long while. can't wait for more in this series.

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Love, Hate, Anger, Sex, Violence, Mystery!

Narration - Jeff Hays - Kick Ass!
Seriously! I've never heard a man do such convincing females before in my life. This is a very dramatic presentation, not just someone narrating a story. The characters are filled with emotion, passion, lust, anger, you name it, it's there.
Really great job!

The story? This is interesting...
I haven't read book one yet.
I received this audiobook free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review but then noticed it was book 2 in the series. I went looking for the audio version of book 1, but it hasn't been produced yet. This one was up next, so I decided to dive in anyway, and it was ok. I know I don't know the entire back story, but I still didn't feel totally lost. It didn't take long to figure out Mel and Liam and to fall in love with both of them.

SO! This is a mafia story. There is some crazy violence here, the kind you would expect from mafia types. The fun/crazy part is that Melody is a bit of a crazy psycho. She's one bad ass chick and I loved her. The relationship between her and Liam is down right crazy, but they are in love (even though it grates on Mel to admit it) With all the violence, swearing and shooting going on between the two of them, they are still in love and their banter is actually pretty funny. I especially enjoyed the development of their relationship through this story. How they grew closer and more in love and we got to see the softer more loving side of each of them.

The book is told from multiple POV's primarily with Liam and Melody, but there are a number of interesting secondary characters that also share their POV, but it's easy to follow because each chapter is headed with the character that we'll be hearing from.

Neil (Liam's brother) and his wife Olivia and Liam's cousin Declan and wife Coraline take their turn filling us in on what's going on with their branch of the family along with some others to give us the full picture of this family's reach.

It's full of action, love, hate, corruption, loyalty, betrayal, some mystery, some great sex, a lot of snark and really great characters.

Loved it! Can't wait for the rest of the series to be produced! (hopefully with the same narrator)

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So Confusing.... Credit in Exchange For Review

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?


Starting with MY issues with the book get them out-of-the-way.

The very first and most important is that this is his book number two in the series. I felt like I was dropped right into the middle of a miniseries. I had a really had a hard time sorting out who was who & and what the heck was going on.

Its my preference to begin a series from book one and on, in order. However this was a gift to me in exchange for my opinion & review. Audible does not have book number one available at this time. For me this was a constant game of catch-up and I do not feel that I ever made it. The end had tons of loose ends that were not tied up.

I have a rule that I don't buy a book in a series until all have been released. This is exactly why.

My second, less minor issue is that Audible has this classified as Romance > Erotica. There IS a bit of romance, however at just under 12 hours long it was minimal. This would have been better classified as a thriller or mystery with a disclaimer of mature themes.

On to the good… JJ McAvoy has some well-developed and multi dimensional characters, perhaps if Audible ever gets the rest of the series I will give it a try.

As for narration, Jeff Hayes does an almost impeccable job describing male and female characters alike – I am a bit perplexed though, as it sounds like Jeff Hayes is a woman. I listen to some other samples by Jeff Hayes and they were about one half female sounding & one half male sounding so I'm not sure if this is mislabeled, there are two Jeff Hayes or what is going on. I'm confused, but this Jeff Hayes did an excellent job.

Thank you for reading my review. Please select yes if you found it helpful. The option is directly below this text, thanks.

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So So

I liked the story, it was entertaining and fun to follow. The twists were were good! I agree with other reviewers that the sex scenes were jarring in that they didn’t really flow into the story well like they had in the first book. The pregnancy surprises were a little annoying and random but I did like the parallels it brought. Some things were just top unrealistic for me and took me out of the story trying to figure out how they were possible.

I did not like this voice actor and whoever edited this one did a horrible job. I mainly listened to this in my car and having to go back and forth between raising and lowering the volume every other character dialogue was frustrating and annoying and did not help the voice actor’s performance at all. All of the female voices were at a 25 and male voices were at 100 to put it in perspective. I could barely hear some parts, and then the overlapping of sentence cuts. I got through the audiobook but it wasn’t pleasant.

I look forward to reading the next book, I enjoy Liam and Melody and can’t wait to see what’s next for them. Just hope it’s a more pleasant listening experience.

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Loved the 2st book

A different narrator than the first book we could only handle about 20 minutes and then stopped listening, it is unfortunate because we really enjoyed the first book why could they not get the same narrator.

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