Finders Keepers
A Calvin Watters Mystery, Book 4
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Narrated by:
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Conner Goff
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Luke Murphy
About this listen
To beat the streets…
Calvin Watters spent three hard years on the Vegas streets, working the depths of the red light district. When a string of escort murders surfaces and the LVMPD has no answers, they realize that there is only one man they can turn to for help.
…you have to know the streets.
Calvin vowed to never return to his former life, but this new case pulls him back in. As he hits the streets, his honed survival skills kick in, and the PI must call upon his past experience to outwit a worthy opponent.
Caught in the crosshairs.
When Calvin killed Derek Baxter, he added fuel to an ever-growing fire inside Baxter’s longtime sniper partner, Jackson North. Now North is out for revenge, but how far will the hitman go to leave his mark on Calvin’s life?
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Critic reviews
"When it comes to writing compelling, knife-to-your-throat thrillers, Murphy's the real deal." (Rick Mofina, USA Today best-selling author of Search for Her)
“Luke Murphy knows Vegas, he knows police procedure, and he knows how to keep us in suspense. Calvin Watters is one badass character, and he’s the good guy. Murphy ramps up the action to new levels in Finders Keepers—action, suspense, plot twists. From the moment Watters shows up on the page, Murphy pushes the gambit right to the end.” (Jeff Buick, best-selling author of The Wrong Side of Murder)
“With Finders Keepers, Luke Murphy gives us a drag race of a story; full throttle on page one, and it never lets up. Grab this one. It’s a riveting ride.” (James Thayer, best-selling author of House of Eight Orchids)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- col2910
- 17-07-22
A bit disappointing overall
An okay thriller/mystery from new-to-me author, Luke Murphy. Finders Keepers is the fourth entry in his Calvin Watters PI series. Watters is a PI in Las Vegas, living with ex-escort girlfriend, Rachel. Rachel is someone he rescued from a life on the streets.
In the book we have two story arcs. In the first, I sense unfinished business from events that maybe happened in an earlier book. Watters is the target of a rogue, ex-military hitman, Jackson North after killing North's best friend. We open with North sniping at Calvin as he exits the airport with a protection detail around him. North takes out one of the guards, when he had the skillset to do for Calvin and end the book almost as soon as it started. North wants Watters dead, but for some bizarre reason wants to fanny around first before doing the deed. As the book progresses North dips in and out of the story, attacking people close to Calvin without actually getting on with his main objective. To be honest this stretched the boundaries of credibility just a bit too far for me. The guy's bad, a wrong un but a professional. He had multiple opportunities to eliminate Calvin but didn't. 1/10 for believability and my back's up and everything else that happens in the book I'm testing for plot weaknesses, instead of being able to go with the story and the flow of the book.
In a second plot line, Calvin's best friend Dale - a Vegas homicide detective is investigating three murders of escorts that indicate a serial killer on the loose. One of Rachel's friends, who is in the business has gone missing and they fear she's his next victim. Calvin, Rachel and Dale set up a sting to draw the killer out. Things go pear-shaped, don't they always? Calvin and Dale have to bring down the killer and now rescue Rachel as well, after she's abducted. Again I found elements a bit too stretched in the believability stakes. A PI working that closely with an active police investigation?
I liked elements of the book. I enjoyed Calvin taking to the streets and pressing pimps and their heavies for information on the dead girls. There's a decent investigation - interviews, pavement pounding, trawling of records, getting as much information from the autopsies as possible and extrapolating theories and lines of enquiries. It just would have been more realistic as a cop investigation, as opposed to a PI blagging it. Maybe that's just me.
Overall, it was ok and maybe I'm being unduly critical. (The book has 75% 5 star reviews, 20% 4 stars.) Others clearly had no real issues with it. I just felt it kind of tried to do too much, with the two strong plot lines which might have been better served by being separate books. It almost seemed like the hitman/assassin thread was dropped in as an afterthought or filler to up the page count. In trying to do too much, it didn't really do nything at all for me. That said I'm not a massive fan of the serial killer trope anyway. I do like a hitman tale and a game of cat and mouse. Just not the two together please.
2.5 from 5
Read - (listened to) July, 2022
Published - 2021
Page count - 250 (8 hrs 42 mins)
Source - Audible purchase
Format - Audible
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Julie
- 09-04-22
Definitely a keeper
Oh wow, I loved this book. The author certainly knows how to hook his listener in and even with my heart in my mouth I couldn't stop, There is two stories going on, one a brand new case and the other is a sort of continuation from the previous book, talk about playing with the listeners emotions. Both come to a satisfying conclusion and the story is cleverly crafted so that even though they are woven together it never gets confusing. I love the characters. Calvin makes for a great main character because even though you wouldn't want to get on his wrong side, he also has a softer and loyal side. All this makes you care for him and his friends and what happens to them. I can't wait for the next book and roller coaster ride.
When the police are stumped over the deaths of three escorts, they turn to there friend Private investigator Calvin for help. Having come from the streets he knows how to handle himself, who to talk to and if he doesn't his girlfriend Rachel does. Rachel survived the streets but her friends might not if they become a target of a serial killer. Finding how he picks the ladies is key but Calvin has his own target on his back. When he took out the hitman Baxter, his best friend vowed revenge and to make Calvin suffer. In trying to solve one case by hitting the streets is Calvin putting his and the people he cares about in the crosshairs of another and more deadly killer?
I liked the narrator. He did a good job bringing the story and emotion to life.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Norma Miles
- 16-04-22
"Just another day in paradise."
An injury to the knee destroyed Calvin's hope of a superstar sports celebrity. Tatooed, big and black, he'd worked for a while as a Collector, recovering money from those who didn't want to pay their debts. But Calvin left that world, setting himself up as a P.I. with his ex prostitute girl friend, Rachel, as his secretary.
Dale was a Los Vegas cop and Jimmy his partner. A former marine sniper named North is out to kill Calvin but not before destroying those closest to him and the bodies of three prostitutes with no apparent cause of death had been found dumped in refuse bins - looks like there's a serial killer in the town.
This mystery thriller series full of intrigue and twists, the characters flawed and as important to the story as the plot itself. Well written, almost plausible, Finders Keepers is a great read. And the narration by Connor Goff is also well performed, making the experience even more satisfying. My thanks to the rights holder who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Free Audiobook Codes. I look forward to the next Calvin Watters story.
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