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The Grove

By: John Rector
Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn
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In John Rector’s dark and fascinating psychological thriller, The Grove, farmer Dexter McCray becomes both detective and suspect. He is a man fighting to escape a troubled past, but after waking from an alcoholic blackout to discover his tractor stuck in a ditch and the body of a teenage girl in the cottonwood grove bordering his cornfield, he wonders if it’s a fight he cannot win. In the hopes of proving his innocence, he sets out to find the truth. Now, isolated from friends and family and devoid of an alibi, he turns to the only person left who can help pick up the pieces of his shattered life…the dead girl herself.

Rector understands the complexities of a haunting tale and a compelling who-done-it, and he takes listeners on a ride that is both memorable and unsettling.

©2012 John Rector (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction

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“Tough, dark, and beautifully told. Great storytelling.” (David Peoples, screenwriter of Unforgiven, Twelve Monkeys, and Blade Runner)
“Spare and evocative as a cornfield in autumn, The Grove marks the arrival of a haunting, powerful new voice in contemporary fiction. John Rector writes with deceptive grace, spinning out irresistible prose with a dark pulse between every line. This is psychological suspense at its most seductive. I loved it.” (Sean Doolittle, award-winning author of Dirt, Burn, Rain Dogs, The Cleanup, and Safer)
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wow. this was a great book! I didn't want it to end. can't wait to read more

Great book!

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This book was ok but not my favorite by Rector. It was a little weird, not suspenseful.

not my favorite

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This story was good start to finish. The narrator did a great job transitioning between the different characters and very skillfully voiced the mood and personality changes within the main character. 5 stars!

Wow this was great listen!

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I couldn't stop listening.. Kept me on the edge of my seat. ABSOLUTELY loved it. Great book!!

AMAZING

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Entertaining. Somewhat predictable Great narration Helped pass the time while working on a mundane project. Curious about ore from this author.

Enjoyed

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So so. The story is about a mental I'll man that I think has schizophrenia. He sees a ghost of a dead girl. She torments him and trys to make him to do bad things.
The story itself was really hard to follow along with.

The performance was good... Story was....

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I would have killed myself long before he tried to and I wouldn't have just put a gun to my chin, I would make sure I was dead with the gun at the side of my head and going through both hemispheres... or I could have just taken my pills. And this is coming from someone who has had pills shoved down their throat rather than parents admitting they were abusive.

*Spoiler Warning*

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A man with mental illness and who drinks instead of taking his pills finds a body in his cornfield, or rather in the "grove" nearby. This could have been written by Stephen King. It kept me enthralled all the way. What a mess.

Good mind mess

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Well I am just not into such depressing stories. I thought this would be a different type of story in the long run as my kindle unlimited recommended it to me supposedly based on books I liked but sadly they were mistaken . There wasn't anything healing about it just madness and depression. Not my thing.

Well written but such a sad broken story

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I quit my efforts to listen to The Grove at the midway point. I like some of John Rector's novels, but not this one. I like many very dark novels so that is not the issue. The issue is boredom. Narration is OK.

A waste of time!!

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