Cut and Cover

A Thriller

By: Kevin Hurley

Narrated by: Paul Christy

To most people, Maj. John Rexford is a retired marine living in the Catskill Mountains of New York on disability. Even John's girlfriend, Maggie, has no idea he's really a CIA spook recruited in Afghanistan and assigned to kill enemies on US soil. With exemplary skills in hand-to-hand combat and small-arms weaponry, John Rexford completes a string of successful kills, eliminating terrorists and their money supply in the New York metropolitan area. With the FBI hot on his trail for these illegal assassinations, John must find a way to stop an international team of explosives experts from destroying New York City's aqueducts, killing thousands with chlorine gas, and burning the five boroughs to the ground. During his mission John runs afoul of a high-level underworld assassin who uses his mastery of yoga to silently strangle his victims. When the assassin discovers John's one liability - his girlfriend, Maggie - John will have to make a terrible choice between her life and the capture of her abductor. This tightly scripted story begins with a terrorist plot and gradually turns into a clash between two professional killers, with the lives of both John Rexford and Maggie hanging in the balance. As the characters collide with deadly force on the streets of New York in Cut and Cover, the line between right and wrong blurs, long-standing loyalties are questioned, and no one is really sure, even if they succeed, what the final outcome will be.

©2015 Kevin Hurley (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

“A resounding character study just as much as it is an action novel, and both are equally triumphant.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Barely enough story for a novella.

Basically a very boring story about cycling and over described meals. With maybe 30 pages of action. Plus the ending was terrible

good content

Good book. Gets better the longer you listen. Not a big fan of the reader.

It's the little details I liked

Mostly realistic, but lacked something. Liked the performer and the humorous aspects. Loved the voice of Yoda. Not bad writing and no real loose ends left hanging. Liked alot of detail pertaining to the inner training of the martial mentality. Lots of good that would lead me to another Kevin Hurley novel.

Must listen

Slow start but WOW it does get GOOD! l listen to it many times. When is book two?

Hard to stay engaged...

This seems like a storyline that I’d normally enjoy, but it is tough when the reader’s tone & inflections don’t match the story. I’ve never knocked a narrator before, but this one just doesn’t go with this story. Because of that, it’s hard to give a fair rating to the content.