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Title: Mexican Heat
Subtitle: Crimes & Cocktails Series, Book 1
Author: Josh Lanyon, Laura Baumbach
Narrator: Holden Madagame
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-30-15
Publisher: Alexis Audiobooks, The Loquacious Accomplice, LLC.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes
Genres: Romance, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
In this town, danger moves to a steamy Latin beat.
SFPD detective Gabriel Sandalini might as well have put a gun to his own head. One red-hot sexual encounter in a bar's back room has put two years of deep undercover work in jeopardy - two years of danger and deception as he worked his way into crime boss Ricco Botelli's inner circle. Gabriel can't afford emotional entanglements. Hell, he can't afford emotions. But that was before he had a name to pin on that anonymous one-off-Miguel Ortega.
Miguel Ortega doesn't trust anyone, but tough, street-smart Gabriel brings out the conquistador in his Spanish blood. But distractions are nothing short of deadly right now, not with his boss's impending marriage to Botelli's sister, which will ensure peace - and massive drug profits - for both families.
On a trip to Mexico to set up drug supply lines, a violent confrontation proves they've got each other's backs - to a degree.
Then one savage act changes everything, testing not only their fragile bond, but Gabriel's will to live.
Members Reviews:
Josh Lanyon was NOT INVOLVED in making this audio!
I first read Mexican Heat many years ago shortly after finding Josh Lanyon books and after discovering how very much I love Josh's writing. I wolfed down and enjoyed also this book back then.
During the years I've had pleasure of listening to numerous excellent Josh Lanyon audio books, because Josh always makes sure her readers will get the best possible listening experience. Josh always picks her narrators with extra care.
So... do you see where I'm heading?
The narration, the performance of this book is bad. Very bad. Unprofessional and poor. Something a Josh Lanyon book never is. The explanation for this mess is as simple as this:
JOSH LANYON DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS AUDIO PRODUCTION.
So, let's not blame Josh for this. Instead, let's enjoy her own, wonderful audio books. There are so many to choose from!
Not bad story line
Not a bad story line just a very horrible narrator!!! this is an up date review for this book
Narration so bad I did not finish it
This is an excellent story that has deserved several re-reads, and I was looking forward to the audible version. However, not only is the reader unskilled in narrating anything with words greater than three syllables and occasionally in a foreign language, the production itself is DEFECTIVE.
Holden Madagame lacks the skill to read aloud in English, let alone manage Spanish names and place names (it took him several chapters to discover "Don" is an honorific title in Spanish and NOT a first name). I am paying to listen to him and expect any narrator worth his salt can acquire the correct pronunciation of a few foreign words. This is apparently expecting too much, however, as he mangles pronunciation of English as well (example, "yeoman" he pronounces to rhyme with the country "Yemen".
I could excuse a handful of mispronounced words in a book, but this "performance" contains so many it completely distracted me from the story, and I could not finish it. Also he cannot read a sentence longer than five words without stumbling.
