Shane and the Hitwoman

By: Bob Mayer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The follow up to Agnes and the Hitman. No one warned Shane or Agnes that it was going to be a red wedding. It’s eight months after the first, bloody, wedding at Two Rivers and things have calmed down and seven weddings have been hosted without a problem. But no longer.

Bring on an eclectic hitwoman, an amiable Duke, an icy Duchess, a lot of sharp swords, a crazed ex-Duchess, a computer hacker and a dog named Rhett, and you’ve got a recipe for an action-packed, hilarious novel about the perils and promises of commitment.

Shane has no idea as he’s hidden on a snowy hillside with his sniper rifle on a job for the Organization, how the mission connects to a pending wedding. The operation goes to hell and he’s rescued by his back-up; a younger, diminutive operative named Phoebe, who is armed with a short, but very sharp sword and an even sharper tongue.

A ‘small, intimate wedding’ is what was promised. But too late he learns that it involves the fate of a small, but powerful European kingdom. At stake? Not just Shane’s life and Two Rivers, but his future with Agnes and the Organization. For Phoebe, an up-and-comer in the Organization, it’s her chance to show what’s she capable of. But standing in the way is the crazed ex-wife of the Duke, a mountain of a man armed with a very big sword, and a traitor within the ranks of the Organization itself.

Who will be left standing and what will their future look like?

Followed by Phoebe and the Traitor.
And Bob and Jennifer Crusie have two finished trilogies that is now available:
Lavender's Blue Rest in Pink One in Vermillion
Rocky Start Very Nice Funerals The Honey Pot Plot
And another in the works for 2026
Arresting Anna Stealing Nadine Title TBD

“Agnes and the Hitman is fabulous fun.” —Booklist (Starred review)
“A comic caper and raucous romance...laugh-out-loud funny...a fun ride.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Wickedly funny.”—Cincinnati Enquirer
“A bubbly novel with amusing banter and…moments of poignancy.”—Publishers Weekly

Good Story, Bad Narration

Story is a good follow-up to Agnes and the Hitman. It would be best buy the print or Kindle version.

That they had AI doing the voice-over.

Love the first book. Wish there was more humor. But it was overall a great book. The AI cheapens the story. AI makes it harder to get into the book.

Virtual voice bores, annoys, and audible tortures you to listen long enough to review

Ok I have suffered enough with the virtual voice. The voice isn’t unpleasant but you won’t like it either. The words refuse to stick to your brain and multicharecter conversation are hard to follow. I mean if you are going to fake it couldn’t you have used software smart enough to give each character its own voice. So I enjoyed the first book but no so much this one, apparently I liked more what cruise contributed or maybe I just really didn’t like the virtual voice.

Ruined by Narration

The Virtual Voice narration was beyond annoying and distracting. Words, particularly name and places, were consistently mispronounced, sometimes in the same sentence. Evidently no humans listened to this production before it was released.

I love these people!

Every character has a personality to adore. The story keeps you guessing until the last minute, and with all of the twists and turns you can't help loving the ride. My only complaint is the AI narrator. I just can't get behind the monotone voice. I kept having to go back and register because my mind had drifted away from the voice.