Hidden River Lib/E

Product Description
[Library Edition Audiobook CD in Vinyl case]

[Read by Gerard Doyle]


Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

In this electrifying noir thriller, a young Irish ex-cop travels half a world away to investigate the murder of a beautiful girl he once loved.

Alexander Lawson is a former detective for Northern Ireland's police force who, after a disastrous stint in the drug squad, became addicted to heroin and resigned in disgrace. Now twenty-four, sickly, and on the dole, Alex learns that his high-school love, Victoria Patawasti, has been murdered in America. Victoria's wealthy family sends Alex to Colorado to investigate the case, and he seizes the opportunity for a chance at redemption. But things don't go as planned. Plagued by a heroin habit, forced to go on the run after the only credible witness to Victoria's murder is accidentally killed, wanted by both the Colorado cops and the Ulster police, Alex struggles just to stay alive.
Review
''A storyteller with the kind of style and panache that blur the line between genre and mainstream.'' --
Kirkus Review (starred review)

''[Listeners] will be hooked by both McKinty's skillfully woven suspense and (audiobook narrator) Doyle's almost endearing interpretation of this memorable protagonist.'' --
Publishers Weekly

''(Narrator) Gerard Doyle compels the listener into the midst of this gritty thriller . . . achieving skilled psychological shadings that inform and color all the characters . . . Listeners will be riveted.'' --
AudioFile
About the Author
ADRIAN McKINTY was born and grew up in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, when terrorism in Ulster was at its height. Educated at Oxford University, he then immigrated to New York City, where he lived in Harlem for five years, working in bars and on construction crews, as well as a stint as a bookseller. He is the author of
Hidden River and
Dead I Well May Be, which was short-listed for the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
From AudioFile
Gerard Doyle compels the listener into the midst of this gritty thriller, which originates in Northern Ireland, where an ex-detective embarks on an errand to investigate the murder of a former girlfriend--in Colorado. Doyle is brilliant with the Irish accents, handling also Americans and others. He's far beyond a solid competency, achieving skilled psychological shadings that inform and color all the characters, even the Americans. Trouble follows Alex and his friend John as they get embroiled in their own crimes and match wits with Denver detective Redhorse. The first-person narrative flows with natural storytelling. Doyle takes every advantage of this taut suspense, making it seem effortless. Listeners will be riveted. R.F.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine--
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