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Lives Laid Away

By: Stephen Mack Jones
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
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Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown is caught in the crosshairs of a human-trafficking scheme.

When the body of an anonymous young Hispanic woman dressed as Queen Marie Antoinette is dredged from the Detroit River, the Detroit Police Department wants the case closed out fast. Wayne County coroner Dr. Bobby Falconi gives the woman’s photo to his old pal August Snow, insisting August show it around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her.

August’s good friend Elena, a prominent advocate for undocumented immigrants, recognizes the woman immediately. Her story is one the authorities don’t want getting around - and she’s not the only young woman to have disappeared during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid only to turn up dead a few weeks later.

Preyed upon by the law itself, the people of Mexicantown have no one to whom to turn. August Snow, ex-police detective, will not sit by and watch his neighbors suffer in silence. In a guns-blazing wild ride across Detroit, from its neo-Nazi biker hole-ups to its hip-hop recording studios, its swanky social clubs to its seedy nightclubs, August puts his own life on the line to protect the community he loves.

©2019 Stephen Mack Jones (P)2019 Recorded Books
African American Crime Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Detroit Fiction Latino American Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense United States Vigilante justice World Literature
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Fast-paced Storytelling • Vivid Writing • Superb Narrator • Excellent Performance • Visual Descriptions
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Luis Moreno brings magnificent life to the award winning words of Stephen Mack Jones. Excellent writing and equally wonderful performance.

Excellent book and performance

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These series is gritty and real. If you’re not interested in either of those, look elsewhere for a different title. Thoroughly enjoyable, fast paced and well read.

Excellent!

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This was a well written crime drama. I especially enjoyed the supporting characters like Elena and her husband. It was a vivid portrayal of Mexicantown and the surrounding areas. It deftly described the dichotomy of the diversity of SE Michigan and the dangerous hate groups throughout the state. Everyone I know, knows to avoid certain towns and author Jones brings the reader in on it while telling a compelling story about humanity, race and justice.

Great story about harsh truths

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I love this author and this series. Thank you for the gift. I am drawn in by your storytelling. And you narrator 🖤 was the cherry on top. Thank you🖤

More This series is outstanding.

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I loved the first book in this series, this book, the character, Octavia Snow cats, a little unrealistic with how many people he can shoot and kill and he doesn’t get hurt. Also, it gets a little political which I do not appreciate in authors. He feels that undocumented people should be left alone and doesn’t seem to see the other side of the equation where there are a lot of other hard-working people coming from those same countries that are trying to do it the correct way and the lawful way.

Disappointed

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the narrator is amazing and the story was great. I hope this gets turned into a TV show

great story great performance

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Too many to count. The method the story is told, one can visually picture the actions and scenes. I simply love the Latin/Mexican/American recipes.

Simply love this author

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Scary thought that something like this could possibly take place. But I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and the action described by the narrator.

Kept Me Intrigued

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the story was fast paced, the writing was vivid that will make create a movie in your mind. the narrator was superb and makes you want to listen to him read a bedtime story. I will recommend this book to everyone

one of my new favorite writer

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A real world look at the way our country accepts or rejects people from other countries based on race.

Today’s World 😒

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