Blood Brothers

Charlie Cooper Thrillers, Book 3

By: Mark Dawson

Narrated by: David Thorpe

Charlie Cooper, a member of the covert Group Fifteen, travels to Israel to find his estranged half-brother, Freddy, who has mysteriously disappeared. Freddy's ties to NetGuardian, a cybersecurity firm implicated in dubious activities, propel Cooper into a dangerous web of corporate espionage, state-of-the-art surveillance technology, and the ruthless world of intelligence.

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A quick and easy read :)

This was a very quick and easy read/listen. We have met Charlie Cooper in the previous two books, but this book throws us right into the middle of his relationship with his half brother Freddy. I don't think that you really need to have read the prior books, but it IS important to understand the WHO and the WHAT that Group 15 is and how Charlie is able to do the things he does- with the skills that he seems to have - even if Group 15 is on the very periphery of this story.

For those of us that have come up through this series - starting WAY, WAY back with the introduction of John Milton and the many, many books in his series and then the recent introduction of Charlie Cooper - it is just fun to be able to be back in this world again.

This book - or in actuality just a short novella - has us following along as Charlie is adamant in his belief that something is wrong and that his brother is missing. He goes to Number One to ask for permission to go and look for his brother and the story starts from there.

I enjoyed this story. It was short and sweet and wrapped itself up with a very nice bow.

As usual, David Thorpe does a great job as the narrator (those of us who have followed the Jon Milton series have already fallen in love with him in that series).

Now we begin the wait for the next adventure.....

Beware: short story for a full credit

Audible suggested this to me and I burned a credit on it, thinking it would pass the time but it is just a short story. They charged a full credit though. What a rip off. Unfortunately Audible has gotten shady.