
How It Happened
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Narrated by:
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Robert Petkoff
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Christine Lakin
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By:
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Michael Koryta
"And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?"
Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story.
Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He's been circling Kimberly and her conspirators for months, waiting for the right avenue to the truth, and has finally found it. He knows, as strongly as he's known anything, that Kimberly's story - a grisly, harrowing story of a hit-and-run fueled by dope and cheap beer that becomes a brutal stabbing in cold blood - is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: Where are Jackie's and Ian's bodies?
After Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly's confession, only to have the bodies turn up 200 miles from where she said they'd be, shot in the back and covered in a different suspect's DNA, the case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But for Howard Pelletier, the tragedy of his daughter's murder cannot be so tidily swept away. And for Barrett, whose career may already be over, the chance to help a grieving father may be the only one he has left.
How It Happened is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural American from a writer Stephen King has called "a master" and the New York Times has deemed "impossible to resist".
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Critic reviews
"Is Koryta capable of telling a less-than-gripping tale?...flawless, unpredictable storytelling streaked with his usual dark undercurrents. Crime fiction doesn't get any more enjoyable." (Kirkus)
"With this searing look at an investigator's obsessive efforts to close a case that has awakened childhood demons, bestseller Koryta has produced his most powerful novel in years... Koryta, when he's at the top of his game, has few peers in combining murder mysteries with psychological puzzles." (Publishers Weekly)
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THIS IS JUST PLAIN A REALLY GOOD BOOK
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“And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?”, is the conclusion to the first chapter of the novel.
Rob stakes his reputation and career on the confession of a young dope addict and petty criminal, Kimberly Crepeaux. However, her account of the murders doesn’t tally with later evidence. The bodies are found 200 miles from where she says they were dumped. Naturally, most don't consider Kimberly to be a reliable witness, although Rob still holds a shred of belief in her testimony.
The foreshadowing of Barrett’s childhood in Port Hope let you know that his childhood past had drawn him back to a place he probably should not have gone back to in the first place. I wondered what was going to happen with Barrett and Liz. I wondered where the bodies went and how. Chapter after chapter brought new mysteries and also suggested a lingering doom over Barrett. But no matter what happened he persisted. He was like that pesky Columbo. He just would not go away.
It turns out the two murders are just the tip of the iceberg of a much more wide-ranging crime and Rob’s further investigations lead him to cross paths with other agencies.
The story took many twists and turns which I did not suspect but that was what kept me listening. I highly recommend the Audible reading of the book.
Captivating Mystery
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Unexpectedly wonderful
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good story
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The best
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L&O Criminal Intent on steroids
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Halfway through listening and still distracted by the accents of the performers which sound nothing like any in the state of Maine. (I am a Mainer). They sound straight out of South Boston , like the characters in Ray Donovan. It takes some discipline to ignore this distraction, and to focus an otherwise very good book - good mystery, great characters, solid level of anticipation and surprise. Any chance of re-recording?
Great Maine story, but with a South Boston accent narration???
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Scotty
Santa Fe, NM
Really enjoyed this book!
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How it went down
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Michael Koryta Rocks!!!
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