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Fresh Kills

By: Bill Loehfelm
Narrated by: Gary Wilmes
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Publisher's summary

In Fresh Kills, the murder of John Sanders Sr. on a New York street corner reunites his estranged and abused children, John, Jr. and Julia. While Julia struggles to keep things together on the home front, Junior, unhinged by his father's death, searches for the killer across the bleak, haunted landscape of his Staten Island hometown. Complicating Junior's pursuit are two police detectives: one, a former childhood friend; the other, a veteran cop who might have his own reasons to wish John, Sr. dead. Junior's emotional state crumbles under the pressure coming at him from every side. Bedding his high school sweetheart doesn't exactly simplify the situation. When the opportunity for revenge presents itself, Junior must decide whether he will continue the chain of violence that has nearly destroyed his life, or give in to the possibility of a new beginning. With emotional intensity, crackling dialogue and a heartfelt sense of place and character, Fresh Kills delivers unexpected and profound insights that speak to the soul of its struggling hero, and heralds a breakthrough voice in fiction.
©2008 Bill Loehfelm (P)2008 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"The finest crime fiction debut since Dennis Lehane." (Associated Press)

"Superb prose and psychological insights distinguish Loehfelm's debut." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"Announces Loehfelm as a serious talent." (Baltimore Sun)

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Not a Mystery

Unfortunately this book is not a mystery and the title "Fresh Kills" is a reference to a land fill that is only marginally referenced in the book and really has nothing to do with anything. While the main character makes efforts to solve his father's murder, the book is really a psychological study on his efforts to deal with his own childhood abuse. Even in this, the book doesn't hit the mark. The mystery of his father's death is resolved at the end of the book with little fanfare and the reader is never actually in on the real detective work. What finally puts this book in the real dump is the reader. The book is not well read. The listener can barely distinguish one character from another and it appears as if the reader has a slight lisp or a piece of candy in his mouth the whole time. Audio readers can feel free to pass this one up.

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Not good

Awful story...it goes absolutley no where, worse narration...my cat could have done a better job, and I don't even have a cat! Skip this one.

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Boring

This book is just boring. I wanted to come up with a better review than this but I kept waiting for the book to get better and it never did. Don't waste any credits or money on this book.

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