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Saving Emma

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Saving Emma

By: Allen Eskens
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann, Matt Godfrey, Saskia Maarleveld, Janina Edwards, Timothy Pabon
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A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his own home in this propulsive and perfectly-plotted thriller from "one of our best crime writers at the top of his game" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author).

When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he’s certain there’s not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law professor working for the Innocence Project, Boady agrees to look into Elijah’s file. When he does, he is alarmed to find threads that lead back to the death of his colleague and friend, Ben Pruitt, a man shot to death four years earlier in Boady’s own home.

Ben’s daughter, Emma, has lived with Boady and Boady’s wife Dee ever since that awful night. Now fourteen years old, Emma has been growing distant, and soon makes a fateful choice that takes her far from the safety of her godparents. Desperate to bring her home, and to free an innocent man, Boady must do all he can to investigate Elijah’s case while fighting to save the family he has deeply come to love.

Written with energy, propulsion, and his characteristic pathos and insight, Eskens delivers another pitch-perfect legal thriller that reveals a twisted murder and explores faith, love, family, and redemption along the way.

"Ambitious, absorbing, and deeply satisfying."―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Eskens brilliantly combines legal and personal drama." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Superb . . . another Eskens novel to be savored." ―South Florida Sun-Sentinel

©2023 Allen Eskens (P)2023 Mulholland Books
Crime Thrillers Legal Suspense Thriller Fiction
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"Eskens is at the top of his skills."—Oline H. Cogdill, The South Florida Sun Sentinel

"One of our best crime writers at the top of his game."—William Kent Kreuger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike

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I Loved this book!

I am so pleasantly surprised how intrigued I was with the well devised and written story presented here. This could easily become a movie. I am an avid listener and almost never leave reviews, but this story deserves to be noticed. I will be looking into more of the author's works. Narration was spot on! I could not wait to listen and found I could not stop.. so lost some sleep. You are warned. haha. I highly recommend this book.

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I Loved It!

I am sadly finished with my 9th Allen Eskens book. I finished his first 8 in record time and preordered this one. I am so happy that I did.
I read it every minute that I was able to listen to the audiobook. I listened in my car, in bed, and in my kitchen with and without my EarPods.
This story is well executed, beautifully articulated, well written (as are all this author’s works) and absolutely spell binding.
Can you tell I loved it???!!!

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Another good one!

I’ve listened to 4 or 5 of Eskens books. Always a good listen. Being a Minnesota resident, it’s neat to hear a story with reference to places in Minnesota.

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Wow!

Loved this book! Allen Eskens continues to amaze me with depth of storytelling that utterly captures the thinking!

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Definitely deserves 5 stars!

Well written, great storyline. Definitely will be checking out more of this Author's books! The narration was great. Easy to listen to.

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Another Great One

Loved this story. There are two main storylines, and both were riveting. I usually only listen in the car, but it was so good that I had to listen to the last hour sitting on my back deck. Great suspense and mystery. Great character development.

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Easy to listen to

Not the most original book but it kept my interest and moved along well. Would try another by the author

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A great story hindered by distracting narration

I've loved all of Eskens' books, this one included. My biggest issue with it was the narration. I guess many people enjoy books with multiple narrators, but this just felt like too much. At times I found myself more concerned with tracking which narrator was doing which characters than paying attention to the dialogue. It was distracting and took away from the story a bit.

Aside from that, though...it was a well-plotted, evenly paced story that, though maybe slightly rushed at the end, was a lot of fun to listen to.

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Wow!

Just an amazing story with so many twists and turns! I couldn’t stop listening, I think it is my favorite of Allen Eskins so far!

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Great story

Intriguing story, well written, clever and twisty. Along with the excellent narration makes this audiobook a strong recommendation.

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