This was some listen-while-I-mow-the-lawn material. No point in recounting the plot. Jeff Woodman, the narrator, does an absolutely masterful job with the character voices. The homeless lady on the beach was my favorite as he recreates her insulting Ceepak (a quite novel character: combination Boy Scout, Sherlock Holmes, and damaged vet.) Some of the parts are LOL funny; others border on pathos. I will definitely listen to the others in the series. It's one of those books that I think really benefits from a first-rate reader. Pretty good on its own, but made even better by the reader.