THE EQUALIZER

Narrator Jeff Gurner catapults the listener into the frenzied and violent world of Robert McCall. The former CIA black-ops agent is trying to lead a quiet life as a New York bartender, but he just can't ignore an innocent in trouble, and he relishes the long odds. Gurner handles the relentless pace and lengthy fight scenes with gusto. To defeat a network of Chechen enforcers, McCall calls on a strangely endearing, albeit menacing, team of contacts from his espionage days. All are voiced with such care that they become the listener's old friends, too. There's a lot of violence, but it's not gratuitously graphic. Even at 21 hours, listeners will be sorry when the showdown ends. C.A.T. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2014]