Ocean of Fear

The Cruise FBI Thriller Series, Book 1

By: Helen Hanson

Narrated by: Patrick Nolan

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

Blackmailed into working for the cartel, a brilliant robotics engineer helps them deliver drugs. When an FBI agent learns the truth, will she arrest him or recruit him?

Spamming inboxes provides Baxter Cruise with easy college money after his parents die. But when he trips over the corpse of a murdered professor, his cozy world explodes.

Avoiding the police, Baxter's professor friend, goes on the run. Is he afraid? Or was he the hitman?

When a student asks Baxter for help on a project, Baxter finds out that his friend was working for the cartel. Drug running isn't in the same league as spam, but unless Baxter agrees to finish the project, they'll kill him.

While an FBI agent hunts the professor's brutal assassin, every angle of her investigation points to Baxter. He's hiding something, but he's in too deep to trust her with the truth.

The cartel needs Baxter's robotics expertise for a single lethal project. After that, there's no reason to keep him alive. Kidnapped from his ivory tower to work on weapons of destruction, he just wants to go home.

It's not Baxter's war. But he's the only one who can stop it.

Recommended listening order:

All of my thrillers race through the same story world, so characters from one series may appear in the others. You can listen by series or by the order of publication.

The Masters CIA Thriller Series:

-3 Lies -The Masters' Key-Dead Storm

The Cruise FBI Thriller Series:

-Ocean of Fear -Spider Games

The Fender Hacker Thriller Series:

-Dark Pool

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Keeps your attention throughout

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, twists and turns keeps you guessing

Who was your favorite character and why?

Baxter scares us with his knowledge of how our computers can be easily compromised

What about Patrick Nolan’s performance did you like?

Great voice and diction

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Scary potential for hacking into our computers

Any additional comments?

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review”.

A good thriller.

What did you like about this audiobook?

This one I can recommend. I've been reading a lot of mystery novels and most of them are pretty basic or flat out bad. This one was a little interesting and had my attention. The writing is crisp and pacing is apt.

Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?

The voice acting was alright, except for the female voice parts. Those parts were whispery and didn't sound right.

What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?

A movie could be made on it. Probably Brie Larson or Amy Adams can star in it as the agent. And Matt Damon can play the other protagonist.

Do you have any additional comments?

I received this audiobook for free from the author / narrator / publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.

Engaging thriller

Would you listen to Ocean of Fear again? Why?

Yes! I loved the story and the characters. The narrator was great as well.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. The story pulled me in and I wanted to know what happened next. It was really hard to stop listening.

Any additional comments?

Loved this! If you're looking for a good thriller, don't miss this one. I requested a free review copy of this audiobook and I have voluntarily left this review.

So glad I took the chance

I typically don't read or listen to books like this but the summary peaked my interest so I decided to give it a try. I am so glad that I did. I enjoyed every twist and turn. The narrator did a good job.
I was provided this title for free in exchange for an unbiased review.

Inventive Story Line

Author creatively weaves her imaginative plot throughout the book. Prefer to listen to her books over any TV series!! Thank u for great entertainment.

Great Thriller!

I was pulled into this book from the very beginning. I really enjoyed how fast paced this story was. Although the characters were not perfect, they were endearing. This book is a standalone listen, yet it is listed as part of a series. My review is not a synopsis of the book, but rather my opinion of it. I leave it up to the professionals to write the synopsis as they are much more eloquent. I was voluntarily provided with this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator. Regarding the narrator, I thought that Patrick Nolan did an excellent performance was able to put so much emotion and tension into the book that one would not get just reading it. This was the first book by either author or narrator that I have listened to, and I will look for more by them as both are very talented.

Good tech thriller

The overall premise of this book was a grad robotics student named Baxter dabbles in minor illegal activity and accidentally ends up involved with a cartel boss and terrorists. The characters are likable although Baxter is not the brightest crayon in the box it kept my interest and had some good twists and turns. My only complaint is that the narrator struggles with female voices. He makes the female detective sound like a breathy whisper most of the time. Not so annoying to. be distracting from the story but still a little blah. I voluntarily reviewed this audiobook from a copy supplied at no charge by the author.

Surprised me

I didn't know what to expect when I started listening to Ocean of fear, and I'll admit the first beginning chapters had me a little concerned about the pace and direction of the story. However it wasn't long before it hit it's stride and won me over all the way to the end. With an interesting plot and characters, and a few good twists I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it. Enough tech talk to make it believable and interesting without needing a translator for the common masses it was simply a fun book.

Patrick Nolan does a good job as the narrator and I enjoyed his character voices.

So for all of that I would recommend this book and to stick with it because like I said it can take a while for it to hook you buy you might find it worth it.

***I received a free copy at my request fron the author, narrator or publisher in exchange for an honest review

Outstanding..!

This novel is and outstanding psychological thriller with lots of action and sustained suspense so strong as to be incredible. It is also a great mystery novel. It is a MUST LISTEN NOVEL. 

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Ocean of Fear

Helen Hanson's narratives doesn't disappoint. Hope more of her work is available on Audible.