House Rivals: A Joe DeMarco Thriller

The DeMarco Series, Book 10

By: Mike Lawson

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

From best-selling author Mike Lawson comes the latest installment in the award-winning Joe DeMarco series.

As a fixer for influential congressman John Mahoney in Washington, DC, Joe DeMarco has found himself in plenty of unexpected and dangerous situations. In House Rivals, DeMarco is taken further out of his element than ever before, sent to North Dakota to protect a passionate but naïve 22-year-old blogger who has put herself in harm's way.

The young woman is Sarah Johnson, whose grandfather saved Mahoney's life in Vietnam. For the past two years, Sarah has been on a relentless crusade against a billionaire oil tycoon who has profited handsomely from the natural gas boom in the Dakotas and who she believes has been bribing small-time politicians and judges to keep things in his favor. Though she has no hard evidence against the man, Sarah has been assaulted and received death threats for her meddling. DeMarco, given his years of experience bending the rules in DC, suspects that a middleman like himself is pulling strings for the tycoon. But as DeMarco tries to identify his adversaries, the situation turns unexpectedly violent, and DeMarco finds himself in a battle of wits against two ruthless problem solvers who will stop at nothing to win.

©2015 Atlantic Monthly Press (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

One of the best DeMarco books so far

Takes place out west where DeMarco is truly out of his element. Good characters with a great ending. Enjoyed very much. Love the narrator. He is a sheer joy to listen to.

Suspense Murder & Humor - That's Joe DeMarco!

Have you listened to any of Joe Barrett’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Joe Barrett is the voice of Joe DeMarco! As always he gave a Stellar performance! He narrates so well you would think he knows what the author was thinking when he wrote it as he seems to get all the right inflections at the right time. I am a definitely fan.

Any additional comments?

I love the Joe DeMarco series and have been looking so forward to this book coming out. My only gripe is that I thought it was too short. After the last book which was the BEST, this one did not measure up. I missed Emma and thought some details about Joe were left out. However if read as a stand alone without the previous books to compare it to I thought it was really a very good story. One thing I really enjoy about Mike Lawson's writing is how he intertwines DeMarco's nuances and nuisances into the story line to add real life humor. At the beginning of the book Joe has a mouse problem, he deals with an exterminator and tells him to do what ever needs to be done. You don't hear about the problem again until the end but it will leave you hysterical laughing. Murphy must be Joe's close relative but I like that he pretty much comes out of his situations unscathed. I sincerely hope Mike Lawson is writing another and if you're reading this could you make it longer please?
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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Good ending!

I hate so much killing, but otherwise, it's a good story. As always, narrator Joe Barrett did an excellent job.

good series

I like the pace and action of these books. a good story line. very entertaining listening

Great plot that ended so abruptly.

Thought the sorry was great. DeMarco is a great character to cheer for. Loved the plot to the story but it felt as if this book just suddenly and quickly came to en end. But it was a nice read.