
Where the Dead Lay
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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David Levien
After the sudden disappearance of two high-priced detectives, former Indianapolis cop Frank Behr - the brooding private investigator introduced in David Levien’s nationally acclaimed novel City of the Sun - is pulled into a case that is harrowing, relentless, and, ultimately, personal.
Early in the dark, Indianapolis morning, Frank Behr’s friend and mentor is murdered - with no motive and no trace of evidence left behind. Behr, a quiet, mountainous former cop, thirsts for answers and retaliation. But before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, an exclusive private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: Two of its detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what happened to them. Prodded to take the case by his old boss - the Indianapolis chief of police who holds the strings to Frank’s possible return to the force - Behr accepts.
The search for the missing detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis’s underworld, a place rife with brutality and vice - and a stark contrast to the city’s gentle public image. As Behr calls on old street contacts and his hard-boiled investigative skills, he is led deeper into a twisted society of organized crime and an unknown landscape of “pea-shake” houses - low-rent, transient gambling rings staged in condemned buildings around the city.
Unexpectedly, Behr uncovers a shocking thread connecting the missing detectives to his friend’s brutal murder, and, in the process, Behr is forced to confront an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.
Introduced in City of the Sun, Frank Behr instantly attracted critical attention and a devoted fan base, and Where the Dead Lay places Behr on a broader, edgier stage. This extraordinary crime novel stands with the best of Michael Connelly and Lee Child, featuring a brilliantly drawn, ruthless criminal family whom listeners will not soon forget, and showcasing the immense talents of David Levien. www.doubleday.com
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Critic reviews
"City of the Sun is going to be a finalist for thriller of the year." (Rocky Mountain News)
"One of the toughest, most gut-wrenching, and most believable suspense novels I've ever encountered." (Lincoln Child)
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Frank Behr is attending the funeral of his close friend. A man who taught him self defense. Now Behr is on the path of finding who killed his friend. Frank is a former police detective and now a private eye. The police approach him to help solve a series of killings. Pea Shake houses a form of LOW END GAMBLING in abandoned builds are having their illegal activities shut down by a family of low life's with a crooked cop connection. As Behr who's personal life again totters on the edge between a pregnant girlfriend and his looking into the dregs of Indianapolis he is loosing what perspective he has left. As Behr discovers the "trash bags" filled with the bodies of the two missing detectives he has been hired to find, he discovers the crooked cop connected with the case. And the crime family who kills other criminals to get "ahead" in the pea shake house monopoly, are also tied into the death of his friend. I give this one 4 STARS~
Crooked Cops, dregs of the Underworld & Frank Behr
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Outstanding
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Very Good Writer
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Tough Guy
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Excellent!
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not quite as good as first one but still
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Scott Brick is the BEST narrator ever!
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Much better than I expected.
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Scott Brick
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A Disappointment in Every Respect
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