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Title details for The Night Monster by James Swain - Available

The Night Monster

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by James Swain
Peter Jay Fernandez
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Tough-as-nails abduction specialist Jack Carpenter is not easily spooked. But when he witnesses his daughter's college basketball teammate being violently abducted, Jack cannot suppress his horror. The kidnapper's face is one Jack recognizes from an unsolved case early in his career on the police force. With a deadly clock ticking, Jack is determined to rescue the abducted girl before it's too late. In this skillfully written, immensely satisfying novel, bestselling author James Swain shocks and thrills from first page to last.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Jack Carpenter

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 1, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792767589
      • File size: 300864 KB
      • Duration: 10:26:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 20, 2009
      Spock-like logic and a bullet-train–paced plot drive Swain's third thriller to feature Florida PI Jack Carpenter (after Midnight Rambler
      and Night Stalker
      ). When Carpenter fails to stop the brutal abduction of his daughter's college basketball teammate, he's painfully reminded of a serial abduction case he bungled 18 years before. Unearned guilt makes this latest case personal. Half-wit giant Lonnie and fellow inmate/mentor “Mouse” escape from an asylum for the criminally insane, and start seizing student nurses. Lonnie twice nearly kills Carpenter, once by tossing a 400-pound Coke machine at him. Carpenter's (and pooch Buster's) “dogged” search takes them to a small, eerie Florida townwhere the victims have been imprisoned. Bullets predictably fly when Carpenter's FBI friend, Ken Linderman, whose daughter has been abducted, pitches in to help. This installment grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go until the last page.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Abduction specialist Jack Carpenter hates bringing his work home with him, but when his daughter and her basketball teammates are kidnapped, he's left with no choice but to take it personally. Naturally, he recognizes the kidnapper from an old unsolved case, and the mystery that has haunted him all these years becomes entwined with the kidnapping. Narrator Peter Jay Fernandez delivers a reading as entertaining as it is effective. In Carpenter, Fernandez creates a character whom listeners can relate to but also hold in high esteem as an action hero. Without ever sounding too urgent or frantic, Fernandez layers his voice with subtle emotion that boils to the surface as the tension rises. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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