Adult Audio Review: Lethal Circuit by Lars Guignard

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Lethal Circuit (Michael Chase #1) by Lars Guignard

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From Best-selling Amazon author Lars Guignard comes the number-one turbo-charged, action spy thriller Lethal Circuit. 

A Chinese satellite is on a crash course with Earth.  

It contains enough plutonium to irradiate a large city. 

And that's the good news...

Michael Chase is a twenty-six year old backpacker, a recent college graduate, an amateur. He flew to Hong Kong to find his missing father. Four hours later, he's running for his life. The Chinese Secret Police want him dead. The Conspiracy wants him dead. And the one person who he thinks is on his side, may want him dead too. If Michael is going to live, he'll need to find a hidden piece of Nazi technology lost since World War II. And he'll have to do it before anyone else. Because if he doesn't, a little plutonium is going to be the least of his problems.
Can Michael Chase team up with a beautiful but deadly MI6 agent to locate a lethal piece of Nazi technology that will save the world?


If you can't get enough of the action of Lee Child and Vince Flynn, the intrigue of Robert Ludlum, and the adventure of Clive Cussler and James Rollins, you are going to LOVE Lethal Circuit!

Book can be found at: Audible |  iTunes | Amazon  | GoodReads

I don't read books in this genre much at all, but when it comes to audiobooks I'm usually willing to try anything (except horror).  So while I may have enjoyed this less if I had read it, it was a thrilling ride on audio!

It's an action packed story about Michael Chase who has gone to China to find some answers about his father.  Almost immediately crazy things start happening and he's running for his life.  He's a very smart and resourceful guy, he can figure things out remarkably well.  And he's pretty likable too, he seems like he might not know much at times, but what he does know, he takes a long way. 

This is a book with twists and turns and things thrown in that change the whole game.  Writing a review that's spoiler free is far more difficult then I had initially thought.  Especially since so much is revealed at the end it has my head swimming still, days later.  It's just safe to say that it's a wild and crazy ride, but I found it entertaining.  And an added bonus was the fantastic setting of China (most of the time).  

The narrator worked for this story for me.  I'm not sure I would have liked him for another story, but strangely enough I felt like he really fit Michael's voice and the tone of the story.  Sometimes I felt like he accentuated words a bit too much, but then again, I found it kind of fit the story too.  So really, things that may have bothered me, just didn't really.  I noticed them, made note of them, but never really dwelled on it.  At times you could tell the difference when he had gone off and then came back on, the cadence of his voice had changed.  A positive thing is that I liked that he had a different cadence to his voice when talking about Michael's past.  There were parts that were kind of like memories of Michael's that needed to be separate from the story and I felt like he really pulled that off well.  

Overall, I found this to an enjoyable listen.  A bit outside what I normally read/listen to, but a nice change.  And I'll definitely be watching for the next one!

Disclosure: I received this book for review purposes, all opinions expressed are my own and I was not paid or influenced in any way.

 

About the Author:

Lars Guignard is a former film and television writer and a graduate of both McGill University and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. His debut thriller novel, Lethal Circuit, has been an amazon top 100 Technothriller since its release.
Guignard has wanted to write Indian stories for kids ever since he attended a boarding school in the majestic Himalayas. The time he spent in the “school above the clouds” affected him profoundly, and once he returned home to North America he was struck by the lack of children’s stories from India available in our culture. Since India is such an incredible country, he decided to write a series of action adventure books for young adults about India to introduce young readers to this magical, mystical land. So if you’re looking for a great book adventure for kids, try Ghost Leopard today!

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