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  • A Friend in the Dark

  • An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery, Book 1
  • By: C.S. Poe, Gregory Ashe
  • Narrated by: Garrett Kiesel
  • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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By: C.S. Poe, Gregory Ashe
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Rufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why.

After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Greyhounds, until he learns that a former Army buddy, now a police detective in New York City, has died by suicide. Sam knows that’s not right, and he immediately sets out to get answers.

As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend’s death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they’re running out of time.

©2020 C.S. Poe, Gregory Ashe (P)2020 C.S. Poe, Gregory Ashe

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Great premise but disappointing murder-mystery!

When confidential informant Rufus finds his NYPD handler, Jake, dead at the arranged pick-up point, he feels the loss of his only real friend in the city. A drifter and ex-army buddy of Jake’s, Sam Auden, doesn’t believe the offical line that Jake suicided and he comes to NY to get answers. Rufus and Sam have no one to rely on except each other as they team up to seek justice for Jake.

So, great premise, but this romantic murder-mystery didn’t quite work for me. I couldn’t feel the chemistry between Rufus and Sam who had a fractious dynamic most of the time. The murder also lacked oomph: despite the occasional action, it seemed to drag. Finally, the ending was a totally unsatisfying and completely unnecessary relationship cliffhanger which pulverised any goodwill I had left - why not give readers the HEA or HFN they paid for? I really don’t want to reward the authors’ manipulation by buying the next book. Garrett Kiesel is a new-to-me audio narrator and I thought he did an excellent job, I hope to encounter him more often.

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