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  • By: Tom Wood
  • Narrated by: Peter Noble
  • Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (264 ratings)
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By: Tom Wood
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Summary

One day a man arrives in town. Unassuming. Quiet.

The assassin known as Victor is hiding out in a small motel in Canada after a job across the border. A few days laying low and he'll be gone leaving no trace behind.  

He doesn't count on getting to know a mother and her boy who reminds him of his own troubled childhood. When both vanish, only Victor seems to notice. 

Once he starts looking for them, he finds himself at odds with the criminals who own the town. They want him gone. Only Victor's going nowhere until he discovers the truth and to them he's just a quiet man asking the wrong questions.

But that quiet man is a dangerous man.

©2021 Tom Wood (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK

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narrator is key

for audiobooks, the narrator makes or breaks the book; a bad narrator will destroy even the best story. and sadly the change in narrator from Rob Shapiro has killed Victor for me. just like the change from Dick Hil in Jack reacher killed reacher for me. publishers and authors need to put more emphasis on narrator sustainability. they clearly do not understand how invested readers become in the narrator.

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Best Victor by 50%!!!!!!!!

My goodness, what a listen this was! I never thought I would get to the stage where I could say that this is the best Victory story ever (should that be 'so far'??). 'The Game' was always my favourite but A Quiet Man beats even that!!??!! The intensity this book generates is like nothing I have experienced before. I found myself listening to it at home in addition to my hour long car journeys - I was even walking from one room to another with my laptop in hand so I didn't miss anything.

The sheer work that has gone in to this particular book is clear to see/hear, Tom Wood has put the work and research in and it shows so much. I honestly do not know how he keeps up such a high standard of suspense throughout this book......but he does!
Bravo to Tom Wood........I have no idea how he does it. What a story!!!

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a year plus to wait and then finished in days :(

I really enjoy this series of books. They've all been enthralling in their own way and though this was not the best of them it was still very good indeed. The story is different, a progression of sorts for the protagonist Victor, and maybe that has been discomforting to some (like changes to Winter or Orphan X in their latest offerings) but for me that has helped refresh the series and I am glad to have read/listened to it. I just wish there was another thrilling and engaging book about Victor next week. One thing is for sure though...read them from the first story and work your way through, don't start with this one. I dropped a star for the narration. I'm sure that the lack of emotion in the narrative is supposed to reflect Victor's calmness and calculation in the face of extreme danger but I still find this man a little too stilted at times, I warmed to him as i settled in (he did the last book as well, and it was the same experience) but I do prefer the narrator from the first 7 books. Another year to wait now...

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Worst book of the series

I am so disappointed with Tom Wood’s latest offering. To change the fundamental elements of Viktor's character completely ruins the book. The character that I know in Books 1 - 8 would not have been anywhere near the situation he finds himself in.
This is by far the worst book and narration of the series. So very disappointed!!

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Another excellent listen.

I really enjoyed this novel, as I have all the other Victor books in the series.
I agree with most of the reviewers the best Narrator was the American Narrator Rob Shapiro.
However, it looks like Rob Shapiro doesn’t narrate these books any longer, as I used to wait til the end of the year and buy the cds.
Peter noble I did find a much better narrator for these books than Daniel Philpot.
The story was good, but it did remind me of Jack reacher in some parts. The way Victor planned all his moves.
That by the way is another excellent series.
If there’s one thing I could wish for from these novels, is that he would bring Raven back. Either as someone who works with him from time to time, or even better, has her own series of novels.
Thanks Tom for another great novel, looking forward to the next. Maybe if the publishers had any sense, they would want another series with Raven.

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The best!

Brilliant! Story, detail characters, language and narration which ALWAYS brings it alive just riveting. Thank you. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

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Victor is missing

The story started ok. It just never really developed. Usually there are multiple short sections woven around a central theme. The worst Victor book in my view.

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everyone's favourite assassin

another great storyline as usual from Tom Wood, Victor thrown in to another twisting tale

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Has the author dementia, ahlshimer?? Bla , bla, bla.....😵😵‍💫

Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, blabbing ...?! Faar to much " around talk"!,!! What happend? All erlier books was great!

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Disappointing

I struggled with this book. At times, it felt as if the book was not written by Tom Wood. The storyline was all over the place, and the Victor that I fell in love with in book one was missing in action.

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