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Thief River Falls

By: Brian Freeman
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Harrowing loss, psychological trauma, and a deadly mystery test the human will to survive in this electrifying novel from award-winning author Brian Freeman.

Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the “Dark Star.”

Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story: he’s just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder - a crime the police want to cover up. Obsessed with the boy’s safety, Lisa resolves to expose this crime, but powerful men in Thief River Falls are desperate to get the boy back, and now they want her too.

Lisa and her young visitor have nowhere to go as the trap closes around them. Still under the strange, unforgiving threat of the Dark Star, Lisa must find a way to save them both, or they’ll become the victims of another shocking tragedy she can’t foresee.

©2020 by Brian Freeman. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Solid 4 stars!!!

Once you forgive (or ignore) the main character making some stupid decisions (for example - let's stop for breakfast where I'll be recognized when we are in a hurry to get out of town and are being chased by bad guys), this book is pretty good. Good, fast pacing for a thriller. Definitely a page turner. The story really drew me in. The twists and turns towards the end help explain things that turn a seemingly ok book into a much better story overall once you understand everything. Hard to say more without giving away anything.

I need to mention January LaVoy's great narration. As always, she helped bring the story alive.

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Predictable

I’ve enjoyed Brian Freeman’s other books but I found this one slow, predictable and the narrator’s reading overly melodramatic. Disappointing.

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Strong start...cop-out ending

Strong start...cop-out ending. Not at all where I thought it was going to go. I was really invested until the end when the "twist" was revealed. It made sense with the rest of the story, but it was kinda disappointing all the same.

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BookMuch longer ten needed ruined the book

This book could have been at least 4 chapters shorter Too much filler and repeating.

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Loved it!!!!

This book was so captivating that I listened to the entire book in one day! I found myself wanting more!

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Hits the first page running

The best bait and switch mystery I've read in a while. It brought me to tears. There's a lot of suspense, with an ending you won't want to miss.

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Good suspense

It was hard to quit listening to this book. Story line twisted and turned and the narrator was spot on.

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so good

Sooooooo good! January is so skilled at doing different voices and the story really hooked me

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Good Read

Love it when the suspense carries right through to the end of the book.

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Good read

I thought I had it figured out than found out I didn't. Very enjoyable.

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