Hermit's Peak

After 25 years in law enforcement I was not interested in detective, mystery, or who-done-it books as lacking realism of the business until I was introduced to Patricia Cromwell, Tony Hillerman, Dana Stabenow, and Jonathan Kellerman. I now am a voracious and critical reader looking for accuracy, detail, and insight into the people in stories. Five stars doesn't seem to adequately rank the intensity and humanity Michael McGarrity has penned into this story - the insight of the individual triumphs and dispair of the characters interwoven with the grandeur of the Southwest, portrayed in the Hermit Peak Region of New Mexico, places this volume equally amongst the best of the authors previously mentioned. I sincerely hope we will soon see another such work by this talented author among the Audible Selections.

This book was really a surprise; I would not have listened to it had the previous reviews not been as good. The narrator was excellent; although I had to chuckle when he read the women's parts. Still, it was an interesting and wonderful narrative of the New Mexico landscape and a very good story.

I was looking for something I could afford in between my premium and came up on this good book. I think itis great for the price and content.

I enjoyed the story.

I enjoyed the development of the storyline between Kearney and Sara as well as the continued story of Kearney acquiring the property from his mother's old college friend.

How the emotions were shown in the storyline regarding Gabe's loss of his son.

Yes.

I will continue to follow the Kevin Kearney story line.

This is an early Kevin Kearny story. Having read only the more recent writings, McGarrity has developed as a story teller, weaving and developing both characters and plots as the book progresses. The narrator was very poor, lacking drama, vocabulary and reading directly from the text at times.