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When Tom offers him a job as an editor, Loogan sees no harm in accepting. What he doesn’t realize is that the stories in Gray Streets tend to follow a simple formula: Plans go wrong. Bad things happen. People die.
Elizabeth Waishkey is a single mother raising a fifteen-year-old daughter. She’s also the most talented detective in the Ann Arbor Police Department. But when Tom Kristoll turns up dead, she doesn’t quite know what to make of David Loogan. Loogan has his own agenda. He suspects his friend’s death is part of a much larger puzzle, and he’s not going to wait for someone else to put the pieces together. As Loogan and Elizabeth navigate their way through the Kristolls’ world, they find no shortage of people with motives for murder.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415965856
- File size: 313091 KB
- Duration: 10:52:16
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from August 31, 2009
Dolan's highly praised debut has shades of Elmore Leonard in its realistic dialogue that is at once over-the-top but true to form. The story takes place in Ann Arbor, Mich., where David Loogan has just accepted a position at Gray Streets
mystery magazine—and embarked on an affair with his new boss's wife. It's not long before bodies begin turning up left and right, and a young investigator is involved. Abby Erik Davies delivers a performance so raw and exposed that listening becomes less a choice and more a compulsion. It's brilliant on every level. A Putnam hardcover (Reviews, May 25). -
Starred review from May 25, 2009
Dolan gets everything right in his debut, a suspense novel that breathes new life into familiar themes. The enigmatic David Loogan, who's recently moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., has stumbled into an editing job for Gray Streets
, a mystery magazine, after anonymously submitting a short story. One night, Loogan's boss, Tom Kristoll, asks him for help in disposing of a corpse. Loogan goes to Kristoll's house and does so, despite his suspicions that Kristoll's account of how the man ended up dead is incomplete at best. When Kristoll later dies in a fall from his office window, the police mark Loogan, who's been having an affair with Kristoll's wife, as a person of interest. Pitch-perfect prose and sophisticated characterizations drive the noirish plot, which offers plenty of unexpected twists. Fans of Peter Abrahams and Scott Turow will find a lot to like. While the solution may strike some as a tad improbable, the talent Dolan displays suggests he has a bright future. -
Layers of mystery and interlocking stories could make this a difficult listen were it not for the skills of narrator Erik Davies. He carefully characterizes hero David Loogan as a mysterious, evasive sort. This sets up questions, creates tension, and provides a rationale that defines both the plot and the protagonist. Davies's enigmatic portrayal makes sense of curious situations--for example, Loogan's acting like a savvy dupe as he helps his boss, mystery journal owner Tom Kristoll, bury a body. Davies also projects Loogan's firm sense of justice, eye for detail, and determination. This cross section of personality traits anchors listeners to a consistent vision of the character as Davies's convincing minor characters work to make Loogan the fall guy for mounting body counts. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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