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Better 'n Disneyland

Revisado: 09-14-19

Reaper is a fun story.

Probably my favorite of the whole series. They are all excellent don’t get me wrong, but this one for some reason I just almost can’t get enough of the interaction between Lucky and his trainee Shia. Especially in the amidst of all of the unfolding and pulse pumping on-goings these two go through while on patrol.

I think this satisfaction comes from Doug Richardson’s ability to create just the right amount of tension between people or between a person and his situation that draws me in for a never-ending want for more. The author hits that perfect temperance every time.

Over and over we see this captivating tug and pull or banter between those at odds with each other in Richardson's writing with such satisfaction. And Reaper is thankfully no different. How they react. How they respond. Pure enjoyment.

There are parts I could read a dozen times and be just as entertained as when I read it the first time around.

And with the voice of Tim DeKay narrating, the scenes come alive and become spectacular to imagine.

Take Mush Man for starters, the homeless military veteran with Tourette’s syndrome. DeKay's rendition of Mush Man is impressive despite the hard on the ears vocabulary of this mentally broken soul. You can almost see this performance played out right before you.

Another is the big ambush in the heart of one of Compton's most unfriendly Projects or the deadly diner scene with Lucky and his nemesis. DeKay voices these scenes with perfection that leaves me with burning impatience for the day Lucky gets to take the next step and finally leap into the silver screen.

Revisiting Richardson’s Reaper novel in the audio version while vacating in La La Land was just rich. Somewhere early on in the story I had hit play while sitting down on a park bench in the South Bay. My precious kiddos were swinging and playing on the colorful playground equipment. Ear buds plugged in listening to DeKay, I look up and around, and guess what hits me?

Luckyland in the flesh!

It was like staring at Richardson's iconic book covers designed by his talented wife.

Setting sun. Glorious colors of pinks, reds and oranges lighting up the vibrant blue sky. Palm trees overlaid against the heavenly expanse above. Power lines sliced the air with a nearly urban, but I suppose still technically suburban, layout of stucco homes and businesses cramped next to one another underneath. It was as if the whole view was auditioning for the next Lucky Dey cover.

Okay, I admit it. I’m a gushing fan of the series. I may even have to join Sycophants Anonymous. Hi, my name is ... but I'm only so because I’m such a fan of good storytelling. And being where I was in Southern California it was like some theme park experience with DeKay as the tour guide closing out my day with a smile. It was too cool.

Speaking of coming to a close. You still here and haven’t launched the Reaper ride?

I’m telling you. It’s better 'n Disneyland.

(and cheaper too)

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100% Must Listen

Revisado: 08-26-19

99 Percent Kill is a buckle your seatbelts nightmare adventure of rescuing the hottest damsel in distress in Los Angeles.

The abduction prompting the rescue is so insidious 99 Percent Kill, inseminated with its dark, spirit-crushing backdrop, is probably the author’s most skin-crawling and monstrous thriller making it one of the hardest novels of the whole of the Lucky Dey series to initially pick up and go all in enjoying.

At the same time, 99 Percent Kill red lines the thrills and chills into instantly sparking an inextinguishable burning desire for wanting to find out what is going to happen next.

So much so, this epic saw of sorts is impossible to keep down for long.

Come listen as the voice of gravitas behind the Luckyland series Tom DeKay exhale the imaginative creativity of Hollywood hit maker and established fiction author Doug Richardson.

DeKay’s intonation of Richardson’s characters is terrific. The voicing of Lucky’s snarl and low growl persona is spot on. Herm, the finely-aged but dangerous flesh trader sounds exactly how I envisioned him from the text. And Andrew, the impulsive and demanding king prick of entitlement who’s also the father looking for his daughter is captured perfectly with DeKay bringing him to life with a whiny, nasal rendering.

99 Percent Kill opens your eyes to the horrific evil reality of sex trafficking and the perverse, unholy sexual addictions by corrupt people in power. And the brighter the light of awareness is on such crushing evils, the more it will shrivel to nothing and be kept at bay, which is why 99 Percent Kill is an 100% must listen.

You hard on thinking not?

Download and listen now to prove so otherwise.

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Promise Kept

Revisado: 07-28-19

“I promise you'll notice subtleties and shadings you may have missed the first time around,” writes author Doug Richardson in his email press release to all of us rabid Luckyland fans.

And, I did!

With accomplished Hollywood and Broadway actor and now as well voice artist Tim DeKay lending his talents to narrating Richardson’s ever-entertaining (and never-ending, yes???) Lucky Dey thriller series, Blood Money Audible takes on an almost 3-D feel beyond what’s possible when reading the text in the flat.

Such as when Lucky’s little brother Tony Dey as a Kern County Sheriff’s Deputy is working a metal-twisting roadside accident involving a Porsche Cayenne and its two injured occupants. DeKay switches from his pitch perfect and controlled cadence narration to betraying just enough fear in the younger Dey's voice when he’s pleading to a nearby trucker for assistance.

All ears we immediately sense something is up, something is wrong with this accident that all eyes we can’t see just by reading the book alone. At least until it’s finally spelled out to us, but by that time we’ve missed out on the enjoyment of the growing suspense the author masterfully built into the text.

However with Doug Richardson's excellent selection and audio partnership with Tim DeKay, like salt to food and how it can pull out it’s hidden flavors DeKay's performance allows us to taste and savor this tension building suspense. At least up until the trucker switches gears on the deputy, and a new terror begins …

I’ve enjoyed Hollywood screenwriter and thriller author Doug Richardson's story-telling ever since I stumbled across his Smoking Gun blogs long ago. And I haven’t stopped gushing since.

So, what do you say? Are you against hours of dopamine grade entertainment?

Well then,

I welcome you to download Blood Money today. DeKay will read, and you – just sit back, relax and enjoy the listen!

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