
Private is a fast paced mystery with an intriguing plot and diverse, but logically interrelated subplots. Patterson and Paetro still write about characters who are driven by old fashioned forces like passion and greed, but they incorporate modern issues like cyber safety, post-traumatic stress disorder and high tech surveillance into their story. Jack Morgan is a particularly likable character. Not only is he a war hero, but he has the strength, integrity and sense of discretion to be able to maintain friendships with law enforcers and law evaders with equal success. He’s feared by some, envied by many, but respected by all. We care about what happens to him, and he cares about the people his company has contracted to defend and protect.
This audio book is overflowing with thrilling scenes involving tortured teenagers, ingenious psychopaths, and ruthless mob leaders. Add drug abuse, perversion, corruption and debauchery and you have the world that Private is hired to fix. It’s a tribute to Patterson and Paetro that they can take such dark situations and craft an engaging and suspenseful story with a promising, optimistic conclusion - one that leaves the listener wanting to follow Jack Morgan and his colleagues on another set of adventures.
Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetrot
Read by Peter Herman
Hachette Audio, unabridged: 7 hours on 6 CDs
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