" Confusion, misdirection and misunderstanding. "

A convoluted mystery thriller in which Hannibal Jomes, ex police detective and secret service agent, now private investigator, learns from girlfriend, Cindy, that she'd lost all of her money, over two million dollars, in an investment scam. Her good friend, Jason, had lost his savings, too - $75,000. Jones hopes to recover it, but instead Jason disappears and Irene, his girlfriend and source of the information about the get-rich-quick scheme is shot dead. The characters are well developed but this reader found the constant eating and bar time irritating, and also very much disliked the main protagonist's patronising attitude with constant referencing to 'his woman' offensive, like a bare knuckled fighter of half a century ago: all machismo and make pomposity.

Narrator Royal Mays was a fine choice for narrator, his rich rounded tones eloquent in voicing each protagonist separately as well as breathing further life into the main.character, Jonss. His reading contains emotion, involved understanding of what he is reading, and was pleasant on the ear.. A nice performance.

My thanks to the rights holder of Pyramid Deception, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. It was enjoyable and well written, though it felt unlikely to have happened outside of book pages. There is a fair amount of fist fighting as well as shooting to keep action fans happy but not recommended for anyone annoyed by misogynistic attitudes.

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