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  • The Deep Dark Descending

  • By: Allen Eskens
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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The Deep Dark Descending

By: Allen Eskens
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Publisher's Summary

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife's death, even when he believed that a reckless hit and run driver was the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes himself to hunting down her killers. Most of his life he had thought of himself as a decent man. But now he's so consumed with thoughts of retribution that he questions whether he will take that last step and enact the vengeance he longs for.

On a frozen lake near the US-Canadian border, he wrestles with a decision that could change his life forever, as his hatred threatens to turn him into the kind of person he has spent a career bringing to justice.

©2017 Allen Eskens (P)2017 Tantor

Critic Reviews

"Eskens infuses the old this-time-it's-personal trope with raw urgency, righteous indignation, and enough scorching action to melt every trace of the Minnesota snow in his finest hour to date." ( Kirkus, Starred Review)

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Quite a gripping story, albeit a tad short.

R. C. Bray is the perfect narrator, as always, and fits the protagonist very well. The back and forth of the story kept the pace interesting and unraveled the plot in a nice, creative way. The casual twists and turns of the story meant it never got boring, however the lack of a major plot twist at the end left me feeling a little let down. Giving it 5 stars, but it's more like 4 1/2.

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