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The Dying Hour

Jason Wade, Book 1

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The Dying Hour

By: Rick Mofina
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
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The Dying Hour introduces Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter with the Seattle Mirror, a loner who grew up in the shadow of a brewery in one of the city's blue-collar neighborhoods. At the Seattle Mirror, he is competing for the single full-time job being offered through the paper's intense intern program. But unlike the program's other young reporters, who attended big name schools and worked at other big metro dailies, Wade put himself through community college, and lacks the same experience.

Wade struggles with his haunting past as he pursues the story of Karen Harding, a college student whose car was found abandoned on a lonely stretch of highway in the Pacific Northwest. How could this beloved young woman with the altruistic nature simply vanish? Wade battles mounting odds and cut-throat competition to unearth the truth behind Karen Harding's disturbing case. Her disappearance is a story he cannot give up, never realizing the toll it could exact from him. The Dying Hour is a bone-chilling, mesmerizing tale that introduces listeners to an all-too-human young hero who journeys into the darkest regions of the human heart to confront a nightmare.

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" The Dying Hour starts scary and ends scary. You'll be craving Mofina's next novel." (Sandra Brown, New York Times best-selling author)
Gripping Suspense • Unexpected Twists • Storytelling Quality • Developed Characters • Realistic Storyline • Complex Hero
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Enjoyed the storied but struggled with the narrator. I wish he had mixed voices for each of the characters. I found myself having a hard time following at parts because I wasn’t sure who was speaking. At one point I almost gave up, but I’m not a quitter.

Good story not so good narration

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There were times where I had to put it down because I got so anxious at certain parts. Good job Rick Buffay, though.

This was a good one!

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Awesome story.... loved every minute. The author does an excellent job with suspense. I could barely put it down.

Excellent book

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Interesting story but the narrator was horrible. The way he whispered to sound scary just came off as a creepy try at ASMR.

Narrator ruined it

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Mr. Mofina definitely has my vote for killer-diller stories. The "hero" of this one is a newspaper reporter intern desperately seeking to make his mark and thus have a permanent job at a newspaper in the Pacific northwest. The character development is first rate (as all Mofina's characters are). Jason digs and digs till he unearths a grisly serial killer. I'll say no more but if you want to be drawn-in from the beginning to a mesmerizing story: GET THIS BOOK!

Paul Costanzo was excellent with the delivery of the story

Great Thriller

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Nice plot twists. I had a hard time with the narrator’s cadence. He does well with characterization, but the rest was difficult to take.

Great story..

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Rick Mofina is one of my favorite author. I loved this book. Rick Mofina does not let you down with this book. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this series. A real twist at the end.

Great Book

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This is such a good author who pulls his books from his own experience as a crime reporter. In "The Dying Hour" Rick Mofina has written a taunt suspense that moves along rather quickly, keeps the listener on the edge and complex enough to keep you guessing until the end. Actually this book points to one individual almost from the beginning only to throw in a plausible twist at the end.
Young women are being kidnapped and brutally tortured. Our hero Jason Wade who is a relative newbie that is consistently thwarted by his boss but refuses to give up. There are a few background conflicts going on which help to make flesh out the story. There are no dull moments and I was sorry to come to the end. I am hopeful that this is the beginning of a new series, this character has tons of potential.
Paul Costanzo did an excellent job narrating.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Why isn't this author getting recognized? Excellent book...

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A gripping story of human depravity. We are introduced to a news reporter apprentice who is trying to make his big break in the reporting field. He not only gets very involved in the case, he becomes a victim of the perpetrator. The reader is awesome and kept me glued to this story until the last word.

Meet Jason Wade

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I like the story but the narrator was terrible. I will not be listening to the rest of this series because of this.

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