Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Side Hustle: The 509 Crime Stories, Book 1
Colin Conway · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Damon Abdallah
71/100
👍 Worth It
This is the same Colin Conway procedural in audio form — same Spokane authenticity, same insider law-enforcement voice, same tight standalone structure that lets newcomers step right in without homework. The box-set commercial traction signals that listeners keep coming back, which is a real data point for a regional indie title. Damon Abdallah's narration is professional and grounded, making the audio edition a fully valid way to experience the work.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Abdallah's no-frills delivery suits the procedural format well; at roughly 8 hours the pacing holds throughout.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety68
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing73
Originality64
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit75
👁 Human-eye gut-check72
Penny’s verdict71
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