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Public Transportation

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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"Public Transportation" is a short story from the collection Phoenix Noir. Brand-new stories by: Diana Gabaldon, Lee Child, James Sallis, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jon Talton, Megan Abbott, Charles Kelly, Robert Anglen, Patrick Millikin, Laura Tohe, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Gary Phillips, David Corbett, Don Winslow, Dogo Barry Graham, and Stella Pope Duarte.Patrick Millikin is a bookseller at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale.

As a freelance writer, his articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in Publishers Weekly, Firsts Magazine, Paradoxa, Yourflesh Quarterly, and other publications. Millikin currently lives in central Phoenix.

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"Patrick Millikin... as if to prove his witty claim that "sunshine is the new noir", offers one superb specimen, "Whiteout on Van Buren", in which [author] Don Winslow makes skillful use of a city street at high noon to provide the perfect metaphor for life and death." (New York Times Book Review)
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mystery isn't usually my bag, that's mostly my mother's area of interest. but seeing this story wouldn't be Included w prime membership much longer, the brevity of it & general fear of missing out has me listen-- and I'm glad to have.

can't really talk about it much here without straight up spoiling the story, bc nothing is really extraneous info. if you're reading this review and the story is included, and you're not wholly against murder mystery type stories, just listen. especially if you write, I think it's a great example of what makes short stories really shine.

anyway. I've rambled long enough this review is probably longer then the story lmao

evocative, chilling, effective.

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great little listen.

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I love Lee Child’s work not a big fan of short stories normally, but I can say this is the best short story I’ve listen to in years . Wish there had been more. It’s sucked you win got you interested in the plot and the characters and came to a powerful ending. If you got 15 minutes read or listen to this. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

Don’t listen to a lot of short stories

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Good story. I m convinced that jack reacher probably won't fit tom cruise in his books. To much to listen too before I can check that tho..

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too short left me wanting more . the story keeps your interest throughout. and the ending was very chilling. imagining being there as the end was told. what a feeling of fear & dread.

chilling ending...

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twenty bucks for 13 minutes. what a joke. not happy about that. don't waste your money

sucks

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