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The Night Bird

Frost Easton, Book 1

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The Night Bird

By: Brian Freeman
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco - as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks - Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie's controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories...and all the victims were her patients.

As Frost and Frankie carry out their own investigations, the case becomes increasingly personal - and dangerous. Long-submerged secrets surface as someone called the Night Bird taunts the pair with cryptic messages pertaining to the deaths. Soon Frankie is forced to confront strange gaps in her own memory, and Frost faces a killer who knows the detective's worst fears.

As the body count rises and the Night Bird circles ever closer, a dedicated cop and a brilliant doctor race to solve the puzzle before a cunning killer claims another victim.

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The first Freeman book I've read that wasn't a Jonathan Stride, so took some time to readjust.
Interesting plot, kept me guessing till the end.
Great narration, as always, by Joe Barrett.

Fast moving & plenty of tension

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The first thing I noticed listening to this audio book was the uniqueness of the narrator's voice. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get through the whole book at the beginning, but I warmed to it pretty quickly. It almost sounds like a grandfather retelling a story to his family about his life. I was even surprised at how well some of the various characters' voices were done by him. However, one thing about it threw me in the end, and that was that the main character is supposed to be around 30 to 40 and considered very attractive by almost everyone else in the story, but the narrator reads his voice in the same tone he narrates, so I couldn't help but picture a 60 - 70 something detective like Columbo! And that made a lot of the other scenes confusing!! Otherwise, the story was thoroughly enjoyable and engaging.

Very enjoyable crime thriller with a few twists!

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