Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Cash Plays
SERIES: Seven of Spades #3
AUTHOR: Cordelia Kingsbridge
NARRATOR: Wyatt Baker
PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing
RELEASE DATE: July 3, 2019
LENGTH: 9 hours, 39 minutes
BLURB:
In this game, the stakes are life or death.
The Seven of Spades is back with a vengeance – the vigilante serial killer has resumed their murderous crusade, eluding the police at every turn. But a bloodthirsty killer isn’t the only threat facing Sin City. A devious saboteur is wreaking havoc in Las Vegas’s criminal underworld, and the entire city seems to be barreling toward an all-out gang war.
As Detective Levi Abrams is pushed ever closer to his breaking point, his control over his dangerous rage slips further every day. His relationship with PI Dominic Russo should be a source of comfort, but Dominic is secretly locked in his own downward spiral, confronting a nightmare he can’t bear to reveal.
Las Vegas is floundering. Levi and Dominic’s bond is cracking along the seams. And the Seven of Spades is still playing to win. How many bad hands can Levi and Dominic survive before it’s game over?
REVIEW:
I’m going to start with a confession; I cheated a few months back. I was so addicted to this series that I couldn’t wait for the audios to be produced and released, so I picked up the print version and gobbled up books 3-5. I can’t say that I regret anything though, because now I get to go back and experience the magic once again and feel the adrenaline rush while hunting for the Seven of Spades.
Cordelia Kingsbridge increases the intensity with each book in this series. The stakes are higher on all counts. The same holds true here. It’s hard to talk about the plot without spoiling anything, so I’m not even going to attempt to try. Let’s just say that our boys are certainly pushed to their limits and you can start seeing the cracks in the foundation. I don’t particularly enjoy seeing them pushed through the ringer, but I love how human they are when they are. There’s no shrugging of their shoulders and continuing on like nothing happened when things get tough, there are also no easy solutions. I like the uncertainty attached to it, it keeps you on your toes.
Wyatt Baker once again did a great job with this narration. Great pacing and added emotions really draws the listener in. One thing that I especially appreciated was the phone calls between Seven of Spades and Levi, where Baker’s voice for the Seven of Spades really sounded like it was mechanically altered to disguise their identity. It really sounded credible and it enhanced the listeners’ experience of the phone call and the hunt for the killer. Then there were the emotions between Levi and Dominic. Gah, the intensity of them, the good and the bad. Baker almost wrecked you with those.
In short: Cash Plays is an intense ride, start to finish and leaves you wanting for more.
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