Friday 2 February 2024


Westward by JD Kirk
Book 3 in the Robert Hoon Thriller series
Narrated by Angus King
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobookAudiobook


About Westward:
All good men must come to an end....

Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time.

Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead.

Outnumbered, outgunned, and on unfamiliar territory, Hoon's only chance of survival lies several hundred miles north, in a place he knows better than anyone else on Earth.

He swore he'd never set foot there again, but almost four decades after he left, Bob Hoon is finally going home.
Source: Info in the "About Westward" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60858212-westward on 19/09/2023.


Buy Link(s):
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My Thoughts:
I read with horror and fascination as Hoon tried to escape from the hospital!

This book made me laugh and made me cry!

I don't like plot holes, though. However, I will willingly overlook it for the reading enjoyment that this book brought.

You know that war is coming your way. You do not know if you are going to survive it. And you let two little girls stay to babysit them... WTF?!?

Angus King looked like a decent man and not the kind who swears a lot like a sailor, going by his picture alone. If he is, I bet the air in his studio turned blue when he was reading this book! Especially when he screamed Hoon's curses in the shower at the farm. :)


Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 4.5
Writing Style = 5
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 5
Pace = (10 hrs and 48 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5


Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 cherries


Books In The Robert Hoon Thriller Series:
Book 1: NORTHWIND Book 2: SOUTHPAW Book 3: WESTWARD Book 4: EASTGATE Book 5: (No Title Yet)


 
Meet The Author

About JD Kirk:
JD Kirk is the pen name of multi-award-winning author, screenwriter, and writer of comics, Barry Hutchison.

JD Kirk lives in the Highlands of Scotland with his wife, two children, and a number of sturdy umbrellas. Despite writing from a young age, 'A Litter of Bones' is his first novel, and combines his love of the Highlands, crime thrillers, and cats.


The Narrator

About Angus King:
#Actor #Audiobook narrator including Booker Prize Winner 2020 #Shuggiebain.

Angus King is a Scottish actor based in London & Glasgow. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and works regularly on television, Motion Capture and the West End and his voice can be heard in audiobooks, political campaigns, radio drama, corporate videos, computer games, ADR and much more.



FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.