TIN BADGES (Tank Rizzo #1) (audiobook) by Lorenzo Carcaterra






Published in 2019 by Random House Audio.

Read by Pete Simonelli
Duration: 7 hours, 44 minutes.
Unabridged.

Tank Rizzo is a retired police officer. He retired early because his partner suffered a career-ending injury in a botched raid on a drug dealer's apartment. 

Tank's retirement consists of hanging out at the neighborhood restaurant, dating the owner of the restaurant, helping his partner with his rehab and catching a few hockey games with the father of his girlfriend (a retired mob boss).
The author, Lorenzo Carcaterra

But, Tank has a hobby that is sort of an open secret. He has built his own team of crime solvers and he solves cold cases for his old boss. His former partner helps by working remotely. They are paid from sort of slush fund or a secret budget line. It's not really clear, but money is not an issue.

Tank's estranged brother and wife die in a car crash in a snowstorm and Tank's mystery-loving nephew moves in and joins the team and they have just caught a hot new case...

This book was full of so many cliches that it was amusing just to watch them build up:

*Rogue superstar cops? Check.
*Restaurant owned by a mobster? Check.
*The mobster is actually a decent guy? Check.
*Black cop/white cop partners who are so close that they are like brothers? Check.
*Brilliant teenager with amazing skills? Check.
*Amazing team that works together perfectly even though they have no reason to even know each other let alone work together? Check.
*Off the books special deal with the police? Check.

The best thing about this book was the audiobook reader, Pete Simonelli. He has a fantastic voice. The story was not very good. The reading was great.

I rate this audiobook 2 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon here: TIN BADGES (Tank Rizzo #1) by Lorenzo Carcaterra.




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