DEAD ON ARRIVAL

This audiobook is not an easy listen. Jonathan Yen does a great job narrating, giving the characters distinct personalities and building tension with his voice alone. But the author's scattershot writing style will have some listeners checking to see if their player is on shuffle. There's a great story--getting to it is the problem. The hero is Dr. Lyle Martin, a genius in the field of infectious disease whose life has been one tragedy after another. Now he's forced to confront a new kind of threat that could destroy humankind. But the frequent flashbacks that pop up out of nowhere are annoying and confusing, forcing the listener to try to piece the plot together. M.S. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2017]