A Breath of Life
Shadowy Solutions, Book 4
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A Breath of Life
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Nick J. Russo
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Nick J. Russo
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Nicky James
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What would you do for love?
On a balmy September evening, Tallus and Diem discover a man who has been attacked in an alley. Saving his life seems like the right thing to do. With his dying breath, the man thrusts an item upon the couple and makes one request. Get rid of it.
The mysterious object proves to be valuable, and Tallus doesn’t want to part with it. Keeping it makes Diem uncomfortable in a way he can’t explain. Tempers flare, but before they can come to an agreement, everything unravels.
The item is more dangerous than either of them realized.
Lies and secrets threaten to tear the couple apart as Diem is drawn into something dark and menacing. Keeping his hotheaded boyfriend safe proves to be almost impossible, but Diem’s been given a task, and he will not fail. If he does, he will lose everything.
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I love when we get nicky james beautiful emotional written words alongside nick j russo's narration it just perfect
beautiful story and incredible narration
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Nick j Russo is one class act- a great listen
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They’re on the way home from picking up dinner one evening when Echo alerts them to an injured man lying in an alley in a pool of blood – he’s been beaten and stabbed. Tallus calls 911 and while they’re waiting for help to arrive, the man, who is in a pretty bad way, urgently insists that Diem find something in his pocket, and once he’s found it (a small leather pouch) tells him to “Throw… away… Bad.” Diem doesn’t understand and tries to replace the item, but the man is desperate, and before Diem can do or say anything else, the police and EMTs arrive.
Back home, they open the pouch to find it contains a beautifully crafted playing card, the Ace of Spades, made out of what appears to be precious metals and gemstones. It’s unique and highly valuable - but quickly turns out to be very bad news, driving a wedge between Diem and Tallus, who have different ideas about what to do with it, and propelling them them into the murky world of organised crime where everything has its price and nothing – except life – is cheap.
Nicky James has once again crafted an utterly compelling story filled with nail-biting tension and high-stakes action and drama in which the romance and suspense are perfectly intertwined. The plot is, as always, clever and well constructed with lots of twists and turns along the way, and the character work is absolutely superb. Under immense pressure, Diem starts to spiral quickly and his constant worry and overwhelming rage sometimes impair his judgment and get in the way of his making any real progress with his task – which (in a neat bit of role reversal) gives Tallus the chance to use that keen intelligence of his to solve the mystery and work out how to save the day.
Nick J. Russo is one of my favourite narrators so I'm always happy to experience Nicky James' books in audio as well as in print. He's one of the very best m/m romance narrators around and is always well worth listening to, but I have to say, he's outdone himself here. The story is incredibly tense; the emotions and stakes are very high and he's spot on every time - Tallus' fake outrage at the beginning is really funny (funnier than it was when I read it!); he builds Tallus' increasing annoyance with Diem's high-handedness so well; the vulnerability and emotion bleeding through Diem's voice in so many places - especially the quiet terror in his voice when he believes Tallus is lost to him - is so brilliantly realised as to be completely heartbreaking. It's an incredible performance all round.
(PS - his English accent is so much better than the last time I heard it! (Australian... not so much!))
Suspenseful, romantic and utterly compelling
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engaged from beginning to end
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In this story the emotions are running higher than ever before. Diem finds himself questioning his place in their relationship, examining the depth of his feelings and the fragility of his happiness. Tallus is being Tallus again but he seems to be searching for more from Diem, he's being particularly moody and bad tempered, so you can imagine the trouble he will find himself in again. Silly man...
The case was like nothing the author has given us before, it was truly edge of your seat stuff with much more danger around every corner. Many, many lessons will be learnt by the end and guess who comes to the rescue again? Yes, it's my good man Ruez, Tallus is lucky to have his cousin in his corner.
The final chapter had me tearing up, totally not what I expected, the character development in this series is just excellent, definitely my favourite one of the series so far.
Nicky and Nick are a magical team, The story of one and the story telling of the other gives me immense pleasure, I feel like I live each and every story...
Be prepared for emotional overdose!
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