The Burying Place

By: Brian Freeman

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Lieutenant Jonathan Stride is quietly recovering from injuries sustained on his latest case when a rich doctor's baby is kidnapped and his peace is shattered. As suspicion builds that the doctor may have staged the baby’s disappearance, the relationship between the doctor and his wife and neighbors begins to disintegrate. Stride and his lover, Serena, a former Las Vegas detective, find themselves on opposite sides of the case, with Stride pursuing evidence that incriminates the doctor and Serena trying to prove that the baby really was abducted.

Meanwhile, Stride’s partner, Maggie, and a headstrong young cop are tracking a man responsible for a violent crime wave in the rural areas of Duluth. There seems to be no connection between the cases—until a victim with ties to the doctor’s case turns up murdered in the signature style of the Duluth killer.

Brian Freeman is an international best-selling author of psychological suspense novels, including Immoral and Stripped.

©2010 Brian Freeman (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Intriguing….An appropriately creepy atmosphere and well-rounded, flawed characters.” ( Publishers Weekly)

“Crisp dialogue, steady suspense, and a cast of original characters drive this fifth entry in Macavity Award–winner Freeman’s excellent series.” ( Booklist)

Loved the story

Couldn't stop listening. Good story line. Love this narrator. I only wish it were easier to find out which book comes next in the series.

Did not disappoint!!

Love these series and especially performance by the reader. Looking forward to the next book. Thank you for all the work put into this.

Freeman never disappoints

I have read/listened to many of Brian Freeman’s books and they have all been excellent. If you like mysteries that evolve throughout the story, you’ll love this and his other books, especially those in the Jonathan Stride series. And the narrator, Joe Barrett is terrific as the voice of Freeman’s books.

Twisted

This book hits all the drama and suspense you could want, it ends in such a twist. I loved it.

Thank goodness for Brian Freeman & Joe Barrett

I have been looking for a good thriller/mystery writer for a while now to fill an ever increasing gap in my library, as I've exhausted supplies of my usual good thriller writers. I came upon some good recommendations from other readers in regard to Brian Freeman, so I gave him a go and am more than satisfied with the result. The burying place, a multi-layered thriller piece, has an array or interesting characters and the plots moved along nicely switching from one to the other until they culminate and entwine at the end. Joe Barrett did a good narration, although some of female voices were a bit gringy. Thank you Mr Freeman for supplying me with quite a few books for future satisfying reads.

Still loving it

I love all the twists and turns - I keep thinking I’ll figure one of these out but I’ve never done it yet. Joe Barrett is awesome!

Another fascinating novel by Brien Freeman

Really excited about this book. Didn’t know what to expect. The ending was not what I expected. Highly recommend.

The accent is just wrong

This novel, set in my home town, got a lot right. The streets have correct names and go in the right direction. The geographic descriptions are also good. The police department is correctly located in City Hall. The sunrise description late in the book made me think that John must live very close to the bridge, since the sun would rise quite far south in Nov. Pokegama Lake is the correct name. The only detail I troubled me were the out-of-city descriptions. We called it simply out in the country, not in the farmlands.

The narration gets fewer kudos. Each character can be clearly identified; not always the case in audiobooks. However, the general voice strikes a wrong note. The characters speak too slowly. Duluthians don’t have the “Minnesota” accent used in Fargo and are often misidentified as Canadian.

All in all, a wonderful visit back to my home for forty+ years.

If only the Big Lake had a bigger role. It is the heart and soul of the city. The sounds of the boats calling to the bridge to lift, and being answered by the bridge operator, are common from early March into as late as December. The foghorn is now gone, but it was a comfort on foggy nights while falling asleep. The sailboat races on summer Wednesday evenings. Campfires and swimming on the Point. Being stuck in traffic getting on or off the Point if the bridge was up. The Deeps at the Lester River.

This may be my favorite author

As a mother there were so many times i felt hysterical. As always, the mystery, the twist, the ending, is all written spectacularly. My only issue will always be my issue… Maggie is Chinese and should not have a Mexican accent!!

minnesotans

I really like the books, but struggle to listen to the narration of the Minnesotans with the Norwegian accent. we don't talk like that.