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I think I'm giving up on Daniel Palmer. I listened to Stolen last year, and thought it was OK, though the protagonists were not likable and story veered off into improbability. Now I've just finished listening to Desperate, and while the author did make the POV character more sympathetic, the plot was even more improbable. In both books the premise was interesting--identity theft from the wrong person in Stolen, surrogate mother coming between husband and wife in Desperate--and the initial development of the story held my interest, but then they just went haywire.
It's hard to discuss a thriller without spoilers, but without being specific, I'll just say I'm not happy when villains in thrillers seem to be all-powerful, all-knowing masterminds and master manipulators who have little else to do but plague the poor hero.
I like Peter Berkrot well enough as a narrator (he narrated both these books), except when he does a female voice. Ouch!
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