December Boys
A Jay Porter Novel
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Timothy McKean
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Joe Clifford
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Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks. He learns that longtime family nemeses, Adam and Michael Lombardi, may have a stake in the scheme.
Is Jay's mission to help these kids a legitimate crusade? Or is his thirst for revenge driven by the guilt he feels over his own junkie brother's death? These questions conspire to tear apart tranquility and drive a wedge between Jay and his wife, Jenny. With help from new friend Nicki and a couple of old friends, Jay finds himself thrust back into a past he had hoped to leave behind, putting everything - and everyone he loves - at risk in pursuit of the truth.
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It begins with a phone call that Nora Watts has dreaded for 15 years - since the day she gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. Bonnie has vanished. The police consider her a chronic runaway and aren't looking, leaving her desperate adoptive parents to reach out to her birth mother as a last hope. A biracial product of the foster system, transient, homeless, scarred by a past filled with pain and violence, Nora knows intimately what happens to vulnerable girls on the streets.
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Would make a great movie!
- By Shay on 08-27-17
By: Sheena Kamal
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The Last Place You Look
- By: Kristen Lepionka
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Nobody knows what happened to Sarah Cook. The beautiful blonde teenager disappeared 15 years ago, the same night her parents were brutally murdered in their suburban Ohio home. Her boyfriend, Brad Stockton - black and from the wrong side of the tracks - was convicted of the murders and is now on death row. Though he's maintained his innocence all along, the clock is running out. His execution is only weeks away when his devoted sister insists she spied Sarah at an area gas station.
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Alcoholic PI
- By Karwyn on 05-17-18
By: Kristen Lepionka
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The Darkest Corners
- By: Kara Thomas
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them. Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn't have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one.
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Excellent!
- By Trista on 04-22-16
By: Kara Thomas
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Big City, Bad Blood
- By: Sean Chercover
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Disillusioned newspaper reporter-turned-private detective Ray Dudgeon doesn't want to save the world; he just wants to do an honest job well. But when doing an honest job threatens society's most powerful and corrupt, Ray's odds of survival make for a sucker's bet.
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Quintessentially Chicago
- By Eva Gannon on 09-21-09
By: Sean Chercover
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Short Squeeze
- By: Chris Knopf
- Narrated by: Deanna Hurst
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Meet smart-aleck Southampton attorney Jackie Swaitkowski. Her business relies on constant movement of Hamptons' real estate market. After making an odd request to evict his sister-in-law from his home, one of her clients turns up dead. Jackie would have expected that to be the end of it, but an envelope found on the corpse contains an item so unusual that she finds herself working on something bigger, and more dangerous, than real estate.
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Great Listen - Good Series
- By Patricia on 02-15-10
By: Chris Knopf
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Forty Words for Sorrow
- By: Giles Blunt
- Narrated by: James Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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When the badly decomposed body of 13-year-old Katie Pine is found, John Cardinal is vindicated. It was Cardinal who'd kept the Pine case open and Cardinal had been demoted to the burglary squad for his excessive zeal. But Katie Pine isn't the only youngster to have gone missing and Cardinal is now given the go-ahead to reopen the files on three other lost kids. When another youth is reported missing, he begins to see a pattern that screams "serial killer."
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even better than the TV show
- By Allison Payne on 04-21-20
By: Giles Blunt
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The Professionals
- By: Owen Laukkanen
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Four friends, recent college graduates, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise - quick, efficient, low risk - works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man. Now two groups they've very much wanted to avoid are after them - the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized-crime outfit looking for payback.
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A thrilling new voice in thrillers
- By Richard Delman on 04-07-12
By: Owen Laukkanen
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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The Hour I First Believed
- A Novel
- By: Wally Lamb
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 25 hrs and 9 mins
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When high-school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right.
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excellent all around yarn
- By G. on 01-10-09
By: Wally Lamb
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No Angel
- My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
- By: Jay Dobyns, Nils Johnson-Shelton
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Getting shot in the chest as a rookie ATF agent, bartering for machine guns, throttling down the highway at 100 miles per hour, and responding to a full-scale, bloody riot between the Hells Angels and their rivals, the Mongols - these are just a few of the high-adrenaline experiences Jay Dobyns recounts in this action-packed, hard to imagine, but true story of how he infiltrated the legendary Hells Angels.
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"I would avoid this one..."
- By Chris on 12-27-12
By: Jay Dobyns, and others
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- Lynn
- 07-09-16
A Different Sort of Hero
If you could sum up December Boys in three words, what would they be?
Sorrow - addiction - flawed
You could just feel for Jay Porter and his life. You find out about his brother and the past that just won't go away. You watch his self medicate himself or get help via the doctor, but you understand why he does it as the story continues.
What other book might you compare December Boys to and why?
I didn't know there was a first book, which I now want to listen to. Plus there should be a third one, which will be a must to hear.
What about Timothy McKean’s performance did you like?
I loved his narration of this story. He kept my interest throughout the whole story. To me, he did an excellent job in telling us this story.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
There were times where I laughed at Jay's times with his friends or wanted to cry when he was dealing with his wife and all that mess. This shows a well written book that can allow the reader/listener feel empathy for the main character and his troubles.
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- Jonathan
- 08-16-16
Slow start, great finish!
If you could sum up December Boys in three words, what would they be?
intriguing, suspenseful, realistic characters.
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To be honest, I listened to the first three chapters and stopped listening for a time. I went to write a review to the effect that its not worth finishing, but since I got this book free and agreed to write a review, I felt obligated to finish it. Im glad that I did because I really stopped at the turning point in the story. It picked up and got better and better. It was a little vulgar for my tastes, but I find myself consider Joe's other work. I would suggest that you read this book.
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- April H.
- 06-16-16
December Boys: A Jay Porter Novel
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I wanted to listen to this book. The male protagonist finds himself in strange situations. As the story line moves at a fast pace the listener finds themselves drawn deeper into the darker side of this mystery / thriller. It will hold you to the last page. I've seen this is a followup to "LAMENTATION." I must now get the first book.
The narration was well done.The characters were well portrayed and you feel you are with them.
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- Lori
- 07-17-16
December Boys
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Interesting, engaging, entertaining and enjoyable.
Police corruption, crooked judges, mystery, suspense, payoffs and detention centers all combined into a really good story.
I did not realize this was the second in a series when I started it, that fact did not take away from this book, you are given enough of the backstory you know what is going on.
Jay Porter an average (sometimes unlikable) guy who's life is falling apart. Dealing with demons from his past as well as his current problems which are getting bigger and more dangerous by the day.
Narrator Timothy McKean did a good job. He has a nice voice. Easy on the ears. Nice smooth even pace. He needs more of a difference in his male voices. It was hard sometimes to know which character was speaking.
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- nate8775
- 07-12-16
Really enjoyed it
Would you consider the audio edition of December Boys to be better than the print version?
I did not read the print version
Who was your favorite character and why?
Nickki because at first you dont know if shes setting him up or on his side.
Which scene was your favorite?
The scene where a past nemesis comes to the main characters rescue.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Slave labor for a ticket?
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- Sharon
- 07-08-16
Fast Moving
I thought the story was interesting with strong characters and a good plot. The main character was hard to like and I found myself calling him an idiot and wanting to give him a head thunk.
I did have empathy for him. it was hard to put down. The narrator was good, so it was easy to listen to. I would have enjoyed the book more without the bad language.
I wouldn't read another Joe Clifford book because of the language , even though I would like to hear what happens to Jay Porter next.
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- Espanolish
- 07-06-16
Nemeses Abound
This is a good story. Jay is on top of his game, or at least climbing the last few ladder rungs, and then it all kind of crumbles-- job, marriage, safe distance from old nemeses. The story has nice twists and surprises.
I like flawed characters-- it adds realism-- and I felt myself rooting for Jay at the beginning, and then loosing interest in him towards the second quarter because he seemed to be making obvious mistakes for the sake of story, which in this case was unnecessary because the story stands well on its own. The turning-point errors came off a bit contrived and flattened an otherwise crisp narrative.
The narrator's (Timothy McKean) voice was clear and he enunciated well. He read most characters, male and female, with the same tone, the same pace, and the same accent. This caused a few episodes of confusion for me. My personal preference is for more variety if it can be pulled off without too much drama, however the real distraction here was that McKean lilting pauses, which would have been great to distinguish one character from the rest, but was a wee grating to endure an entire listen. I think McKean's style might work well for another kind of story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-16
A good read...not a thriller
I read both books in this series...I enjoyed both books, but very predictable ...went a little slow. The narrator kept your interest.
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- Christina
- 06-17-16
A gritty thrill ride
This is a fast paced thriller mystery that really pulled me in from the get go with the excellent narration. Things get pretty twisty & intense & I felt as if I was there, quite on the edge of my seat. I attribute this to the perfect merriment of a gripping plot with a skilled narrator.
The main character Jay finally seems to have it all, after what seems like a tough emotional battle in book 1... Perfect wife, a great job, and happy life. That's until he takes on a case with a young teenager, Brian, & dives into the dark realities of his world. Jay starts to spiral as he dives into things head first, and he doesn't know how to separate himself from the cause. This book has everything you could ask for from a mystery/thriller hybrid. This is not a quiet cozy listen, but more of a fast paced thrill ride. I was provided this book as a gift in exchange for my honest review.
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- Dee
- 06-20-16
A great listen but the hero was hard to take
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I loved this book. I loved the narration. I loved the mystery. This was a really great listen. I had not listened to book one but you didn't necessarily need it to get the best out of this book. Definitely worth your time!!!
If this book had a flaw it was the main character Jay. I can't even tell you how many times I rooted for this guy to do the right thing and he did the exact opposite. Dude! It was like watching your best friend make screw up after screw up. It was hard to take. I liked him but I wanted to smack him.
The ending was good but no where near satisfactory. It lends itself into a book three though and that is good. I can only hope that I want to smack Jay a lot less in book three.
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