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Format:
Audiobook
Note: The books have been bundled into box sets. I listened to this as part of Volume 2.
Publisher’s Synopsis:
Somebody is shooting police officers. After several killings, and no progress on finding the shooter by the police department, Recker is asked to lend a hand. One of Vincent’s men inside the department, a homicide detective, reaches out to the Silencer, setting up a meeting through Vincent. As Recker, Haley, and Jones investigate the killings, they start to find more questions than answers, and realize that everything is not as cut and dried as it seems.
Once the supposed killer is finally found, Recker thinks he may have been played. He’s not so sure that it wasn’t a plant and the man was framed. All of which leads him to question, if it’s someone else behind the shootings, who has the power and motivation to pull it off? And why?
Point of view:
3rd person. Various perspectives.
Rellim’s Thoughts:
This is book 7 of Mike Ryan’s The Silencer Series (Mike Recker thrillers). Even more than before enjoying this hinges on being familiar with the series and the characters. Embrace this like an episodic TV show where some things are solved but there are also numerous storylines carried throughout several books. As such there *will* be spoilers to previous books in my review.
Hollow Point begins about 3 months after the end of Double Tap. Haley has found more solid ground as another Silencer which gives Recker more time with Mia… or to take on even more cases. Running concurrently the team investigates the potential kidnapping of a Judge’s baby and string of murders that are apparently connected.
I’m mixed on Mia’s involvement in the latest case – it makes sense, but she’s definitely not an agent so I’m hoping it’s a one-off. Really it made for some fun banter between Recker & Mia along with snarky comments by Jones & Haley.
While the details surrounding the kidnapping are resolved, Ryan definitely left some big questions unanswered. I’m looking forward to High Velocity.
Narration:
Brian Hutchison is great again as Recker, Jones, Haley, & Mia. He also does a good job with all the secondary – keeping everyone consistent from previous books. Makes these so easy to binge.
About the author:
Mike is a USA Today Bestselling Author. He grew up and resides in Bucks County, PA. He lives with his wife, Liz, and four children. He also has three dogs–two Labs, and a mixed breed that was rescued from the woods as a puppy. He is an avid animal lover and supporter of animal rights.
In his spare time, Mike enjoys spending time with his family. They enjoy going to the beach, the mountains, riding horses, going to amusement parks, or just hanging out in the backyard. Mike is also a big sports fanatic and loves watching baseball and football. During football season, Mike can always be found sitting in front of a TV on Sunday afternoon’s watching the games. He is also a major Star Wars fan and is always willing to talk about it at the drop of a hat.
In addition to his novels, Mike has adapted several of his books into screenplays for TV pilots. He’s also written a stage play. He is always working on another book.
You can connect with Mike Ryan here:
About the narrator:
Brian Hutchison has appeared on Broadway in The Boys in the Band (TONY AWARD-Best Revival of a Play), Man and Boy (with Frank Langella and Adam Driver), Looped (opposite Valerie Harper), Exit the King (with Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon), Proof, and The Invention of Love. Off-Broadway credits include How To Transcend a Happy Marriage (opposite Marisa Tomei-Lincoln Center) Smokefall (opposite Zachary Quinto) Pocatello (with TR Knight) Regrets, Spirit Control, From Up Here, and Go Back to Where You Are among others, at such theaters as Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, and Manhattan Class Company. In addition to performing major roles all over the country, Brian’s film and television credits include The Boys in the Band (Netflix-GLAAD MEDIA AWARD), Lisey’s Story, The Sinner, Madam Secretary, FBI-Most Wanted, Instinct, Elementary,Vinyl, Show Me a Hero, Killing Kennedy, Vino Veritas, Winter’s Tale, Love and Other Drugs, Do No Harm, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, etc. Brian holds an MFA in Dramatic Arts from the Old Globe Theater/University of San Diego.
Brian has recorded hundreds of audiobooks, in most genres including westerns, romance, sci-fi, thrillers, young adult, and non fiction. In the past few years, Brian has received a golden earphones award for Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult , a SOVA award for Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus, and 3 Audie Nominations for Snowbound by Richard Wheeler, Clockwork Lives by Kevin Anderson and Neil Peart, and How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon, all of these in the Multi Narrator category. He has recorded titles for Recorded Books, Audible, Blackstone, ACX, and Simon & Schuster among others. I Still Think About You, which premiered at the HEARnow Festival in 2021, is Brian’s first audio drama.
You can connect with Brian Hutchison here:
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