Danger In Plain Sight - Burt Weissbourd (Audiobook)

 

 

 Rating 3 Stars (Audio) & 4 Stars (Book)

Publisher's Description

It took fourteen years to construct a safe world for her and her son—and only one night for her ex to unravel it.

Celebrated Seattle restaurateur Callie James is more than a little thrown when her ex-husband, French investigative reporter Daniel Odile-Grand, shows up after fourteen years asking for her help. 

Even more disturbing: as she throws him out, Daniel is deliberately hit by a car, hurled through the front window of her restaurant—broken, bloody and unconscious. He flees from the hospital and breaks into Callie’s apartment, where he passes out. Reluctantly, Callie hides him. 

When she gets back to her restaurant, two assassins walk in, insisting that she find Daniel for them by tonight or pay the consequences. 

It’s Callie’s nightmare. And the worst is yet to come as she and her unlikely, incompatible ally discover that the most perilous dangers are far closer to home than they’d imagined.

 Review

With plenty of action to keep the story moving along, 'Danger in Plain Sight' is an interesting thriller with some memorable characters. 

I listened to the audiobook version and this has a couple of flaws which would probably not be an issue with the book version. Firstly the Narrator's voice is a bit flat and the attempt at a French accent sounds more Italian to me. Secondly there are characters with very similar names that can get confused (Callie, Christy & Kellie)

Leaving aside the issues with the audio version I enjoyed the story which keeps you guessing at every turn.

I would've liked more character development for some of the side players to give it a bit more depth. I initially was skeptical about the romantic sub-plot but then realised it was necessary to set up the final end-game

I'd rate this at 4 stars but need to knock off a star for the audio version for the reasons stated above.

I would be happy to read further offerings from Burt Weissbourd in the future