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The First Gentleman

By: President Bill Clinton, James Patterson
Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Saskia Maarleveld, Will Collyer, James Fouhey
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever.


The President of the United States is up for re-election.

Her husband is on trial for murder.

Is the First Gentleman a killer?

A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the football star-turned-political spouse.

©2025 President Bill Clinton and James Patterson (P)2025 Penguin Audio
Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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Loved it from beginning to end, GREAT narration! Kept me engaged the whole time. Great story.

Excellent

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I read the first two books and having really enjoyed them thought I’d give this one a go as audio instead. I’m not sure whether I’d have rated the book higher if I’d read rather than listened but I suspect I would have.

Rather than one narrator, we have several, with different voice actors playing different characters - in some places that works, in others it’s a little contrived. The biggest issue for me (and why I think I may have preferred reading the book) was the voice actor who played Brea Cooke - I found her whiny and irritating. But then, the character of Brea was frustrating. For a lawyer and researcher she was immature and naive, having made her mind up before she’d seemingly done any research and certainly without any clear legal basis. When she finally worked it out, she’d already done the damage and yet there was no admission (even to herself) of how foolish and naive she’d been. She came across as a left-wing idealist who needed to grow up.

The story itself was ok, but quite lazy. I’m not sure either author had much to do with the book - although the rather self-indulgent speech by the President towards the end was clearly all Clinton. It did read as though it was crow-barred in and I suspect was the only bit Clinton had any hand in.

These ‘Patterson and..’ books are so prolific that I assume he signs off a plot and lets others get on with it, and why not - it’s a great marketing tool.

As I said, really enjoyed first two, but I suspect this will be my last. I nearly gave up numerous times and only carried on because I had to believe it would get better (it did, a bit) but it’s not going to win any awards for style or substance.

Might be better read than listened to

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