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Where It Hurts

The Gus Murphy Series, Book 1

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Where It Hurts

By: Reed Farrel Coleman
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
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From award-winning New York Times best-selling author Reed Farrel Coleman comes a gritty, atmospheric new series about the other side of Long Island, far from the wealth of the Hamptons, where real people live - and die.

Gus Murphy thought he had the world all figured out. A retired Suffolk County cop, he had everything a man could want: a great marriage, two kids, a nice house, and the rest of his life ahead of him. But when tragedy strikes, his life is thrown into complete disarray. In the course of a single deadly moment, his family is blown apart, and Gus is transformed from a man who believes he understands everything into a man who understands nothing.

Divorced and working as a courtesy van driver for the run-down hotel in which he has a room, Gus has settled into a mindless, soulless routine that barely keeps his grief at arm's length. But his comfortable waking trance comes to an end when ex-con Tommy Delcamino comes to him for help. Four months earlier, TJ Delcamino's battered body was discovered in a wooded lot, yet the police don't seem interested in pursuing the killers. In desperation, Tommy seeks out the only cop he ever trusted: Gus Murphy.

Gus reluctantly agrees to see what he can uncover. As he begins to sweep away the layers of dust that have collected over the case during the intervening months, Gus finds that Delcamino is telling the truth. It seems that everyone involved with the late TJ Delcamino - from his best friend to his girlfriend, from a gang enforcer to a mafia capo and even the police - has something to hide, and all are willing to go to extreme lengths to hide it. Gus has taken on a dangerous favor as he claws his way back to take a place among the living, all while searching through the sewers for a killer.

©2016 Reed F. Coleman, Inc. (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery Noir Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime
Intriguing Plot • Complex Characters • Emotional Depth • Engaging Storytelling • Excellent Pacing • Clear Pronunciation
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This intricate mystery with fully formed intriguing characters and great atmosphere and place descriptions, was a terrific read. I couldn’t put it aside. Crime, detection, love, passion, loyalty, betrayal and devotion, plus the best narrative performance I’ve ever heard, what’s not to like!

Compelling and Exciting!

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Just kinda slow easy read. It was a good story. Would recommend to others.

Enjoyed the book.

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liked the subject and characters. Great book. flow very smoothly would highly recommend to friends

intriguing book

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A pretty good book especially halfway thru til the end . narrator was very good .

good book

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I’m enjoying the story so far but to be honest the black people who are supposed to be from modern day Long Island are made to sound like early 1900s uneducated sharecroppers from Mississippi… Not cool! No modern day black people from up north sounds or speaks like that!

A little offensive

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This book caught your attention from the beginning. The story was great and so was the performance.

Loved this book

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An interesting plot with enhanced geographical recognition for that last little “bonus”. Reed Farrel Coleman’s Where It Hurts is a moderately lengthy listen, augmented with local knowledge of New York’s Long Island. The main character is recognizable as any man and his situation, albeit specific to him, evokes empathy and sympathy.

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I really enjoyed this book. Narration was pretty good and Long Island accents were spot on. I found Gus, the main character, interesting and sympathetic yet very endearing. I look forward to the second in the series.

First book by this author...won't be the last

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This is one of (so few) other authors that I have this was new for me and it was great. Thank you

excellent

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Loved the narrator's characterizations. Story was interesting, became engrossing, ended with my enchantment with Gus.

Main character became family.

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