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Hooked
A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions

by Matt Richtel
Read by Jason Singer

 

Being an investigative journalist comes in handy for Nat after a woman drops a note on his table at a local San Francisco café -- a note which saves his life and rocks his world. Nat walked away from a career as a doctor to follow his bliss. After finding love, Nat lost Annie in a drowning accident. He’s spent the last four years getting his professional and personal life back in perspective. It's all shattered when he realizes the note dropped on his table is written in Annie’s handwriting.

After a bomb goes off in the café, the police arrive and take names. They question everyone and look for a woman seen getting into a red Saab, so does Nat. He knows if he finds the woman, he’ll find the author of the note. In the meantime, Nat has a friend work on his laptop. The friend notices high-tech software on the laptop Nat wasn’t aware of. Once Nat gets the author of the software, his own investigation begins. Working to find the woman in the café and the author of the software, leads Nat into danger – He’ll never look at a laptop or react to a needle the same. As people play with his mind and his health, Nat loses trust in everyone.

When Hooked came out, I surfed over to the Hachette website and listened to an excerpt that reeled me in. It’s a mystery on the move -- action and suspense involving local terrorism and technology. Nat is a likable character in so much danger he gets the hang of running for his life pretty quick. The storyline offers plenty of red herrings and keeps up the pace until the listener gets an idea of what’s really going on, and by then you just wonder if poor Nat will survive. It’s an additive storyline that will keep you listening until the last CD is played. Hachette’s audio version is read by Jason Singer. His reading is spot on and he makes Nat even more likable. Hooked is an unexpected surprise. Do your friends a favor and tell them about one of Hachette’s best audio mysteries out today – Hooked.


The Book

Twelve / Hachette
June 1, 2007
Audio CD - Abridged edition
1594839689 / 978-1594839689
Mystery
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The Reviewer

Brenda Weeaks
Reviewed 2007
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