Brian Freeman - JS03 - Stalked (2007).txt
Brian Freeman - JS03 - Stalked (2007)
Read by Joe Barrett
12:56 unb 64/44 mono 356 MB
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter
From Publishers Weekly
In Freeman's chilling, atmospheric latest, Jonathan Stride returns from a Las Vegas stint (in Stripped) to head the major
crimes detective bureau of his former Duluth, Minn., department. When the husband of Maggie Bei, Stride's former detective
partner, is murdered, Maggie becomes the prime suspect, and Stride determines to clear her. Meanwhile, Dan Erickson, an
ambitious Duluth county attorney, hires Stride's lover, PI Serena Dial (who returned with Stride from Vegas), to pay off a
blackmailer. Freeman slowly weaves the cases together into a labyrinthine search for a serial killer. Following the anonymous predator as well as the cops, the reader is teased by the fiend's identity and hidden motives. The stalwart, intuitive Stride digs into the case's disparate elements, including the city's sexual underworld, and a terrified Serena runs into serious trouble. A strong narrative crammed with twists and studded with sex and violence; a mysterious, even mystical, sense of place; and a well-crafted set of characters and relationships make this one of Freeman's stronger crime thrillers.
Barrett deftly handles the rapid-fire dialogue, believable plot shifts, and wide variety of voices and accents. In dusky, appealing tones, Barrett turns Freeman's deliciously decadent diversion into compelling listening. --AudioFile
Crammed with twists and studded with sex and violence; a mysterious, even mystical, sense of place; and a well-crafted set of characters. --Publishers Weekly
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