Finding Carson

Mark Adler, Book 1

De: Josh Soule

Narrado por: Scott Cluthe

Duración: 4 h y 20 m

Resumen del Editor

Best-selling author Josh Soule brings a shocking and tragic thriller. Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

Mark Adler had just finished a celebration dinner to mark the first day of his retirement as Detective Lieutenant with the Bay City Police Department. Adler looks forward to enjoying his retirement until he witnesses a city patrol officer assault a teenage girl. Wanting to do the right thing, Adler reports the incident, only to find that there is no trace of the officer or the suspect, and the department has no interest in pursuing it further. Desperate to find the truth, Mark Adler takes matters into his own hands, even at the risk of criminal prosecution; after all, if he doesn't help this girl - who will?

In part two, Adler's protege, Detective Carl Brathis partners with FBI agent Regina Carrigan to dive further into the case revealed by Mark Adler's unlawful investigation. Their meddling spurs activity in a local gang and warrants the involvement of the Mexican Mafia, and the notorious "El Fuego". Meanwhile, the trial of Mark Adler sparks heated emotions in the community and the jury faces a difficult decision on his fate.

©2020 Josh Soule (P)2020 Josh Soule

Compelling

I received this book for free. I am voluntarily posting this review and any opinions expressed herein are my own.

I have read several books by this author and find his writing to be engaging and frequently, thought-provoking. Here, I really enjoyed how the events of the story are slowly revealed through the police interrogation of the MC, a retired police detective. I found the MC to be completely believable and his motivations were understandable. However, what detracted, for me, was the relationship between him, his wife, and his daughter - I found this aspect to be a bit melodramatic and unnecessary. Putting that aside, the remainder of the story is compelling and gripping. The narrator, Scott Cluthe was fantastic.

A story about morals with a happy ending

*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.*

This is the story of a retired police officer that, as we've heard many times, cannot stop himself when he sees an injustice being made by an active member of the force, which gets him in serious trouble.

As he investigates, there are beautiful reflections, like the fact that no matter what we did, we are still people and everybody makes mistakes. The writing style makes it easy to follow and the narrator was fair.

I gave it three stars because the trope is not so believable nowadays, in which we've seen so much police brutality; especially because it goes unpunished in too many cases. This policeman would represent the exception to the rule.

After having read 2 books from the author, I think he decides on the morals he wants to write about and builds the whole story to make it fit those morals, which makes it harder to obtain a great result if you're writing non-fiction.

The story is fine and the main character quite likeable, though.