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Dark of the Moon
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Series: Virgil Flowers (abridged), Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
He's been doing the hard stuff for three years now, but never anything like this.
In the small town of Bluestem, a house way up on a ridge explodes into flames, its owner, a man named Judd, trapped inside. There are a lot of reasons to hate him, Flowers discovers. In fact, he concludes, you'd probably have to dig around to find a person who doesn't despise Judd.
And that isn't even why Flowers came to Bluestem. Three weeks before, there'd been another murder, two, in fact, a doctor and his wife, the doctor found propped up in his backyard, both eyes shot out. Flowers knows two things: this wasn't a coincidence, and it had to be personal.
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- Nancy S
- 12-08-19
Liked Virgil's persona
Loved the story. The narrator was okay kinda mellow which was perfect for Virgil but it was a struggle to keep track of who the other characters were as his voice was similar for them and when they had conversations I lost track of who said what.
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- Lydia R.Payne
- 06-26-19
disappointing
the storyline, the progression and the narrator were all soooo boring!? not Sanford normal quality at all.
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- Shannon
- 04-01-19
4/5
Decent storytelling. Wished he would’a dove MORE into Minnesota related small details. Personally, could do with a little less objective descriptions of the women in these novels. But overall, a fun and easy read.
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- Joanne
- 02-12-19
A Great Narrator
Fantastic narrator! I love the he reads with the right amount of inflection and doesn't need to change is voice to make the characters come alive. No weird female voices.
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- Larry Wilson
- 03-24-18
f ing flowers
excellent as always how does John do it? sorry I don't have15 words excellent is all I've got.
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- Bear
- 05-10-15
The Man in the Moon
I've always been amazed by Sanford's story telling and ability weaving multiple sub-plots within and around the major theme. Suspenseful, fast paced, and sprinkled with humor and tragic events this is amazing. I hope the other books in this series are equally entertaining.
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- cbear
- 07-27-15
Difficult to Listen
Would you try another book from John Sandford and/or Eric Conger?
Probably not.
Would you recommend Dark of the Moon to your friends? Why or why not?
I found it difficult to listen to this story. The reader read it verbatim. As in "he said: "take me there", and then 'she said': "it's this way".'he said': "up this road', then 'he said': "which way". All throughout the book. No change in the voices to indicate which person was talking---just the he said, she said type dialogue.
What didn’t you like about Eric Conger’s performance?
I didn't like it!
Did Dark of the Moon inspire you to do anything?
No.
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- DCG
- 03-16-17
a little testosteroney
there is some locker room talk, and sex, but not too porny. all the same, I don't feel it was necessary or added anything to the story. the story itself was pretty good. I prefer more twists and suspense, but I might listen to another one.
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