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Date Night
- Narrated by: David Harbour
- Length: 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A race against time becomes a battle for the soul in this suspenseful story from New York Times best seller Jeffery Deaver.
Death is a topic Bradford Douglas is intimately familiar with. The young attorney is on a crusade against capital punishment. He’s saved a number of death row inmates, but none of his cases has been as tough as the one he now faces: Henry Combs, a vicious serial killer, has only hours to live when Douglas is summoned for a Hail Mary attempt to have the man’s sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
As Douglas races to pursue whatever strategies he can think of, he finds his passion for justice giving way to something altogether different.
An obsession.
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- Tammie Hughes
- 04-24-21
Did Not See The End Coming
Really good and certainly didn't see how it would end. I like to listen to short stories sometimes and this was definitely a good listen.
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- Jimmy
- 05-01-21
Wow
I have never read this author before and I got this book just on a whim but wow what a good book.
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- Dshead
- 05-04-21
Twisted
The narrator did a really good job reading the story. After listening to this story I’m very happy because of two things.
1-This was a free listen and;
2-This was a short story.
I initially had it at one star, but after further thought I gave it two extra stars because there is no vulgar language in the story and that in itself has become such a rarity with so many authors of late.
9 people found this helpful
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- Linda L.
- 04-29-21
Great short story
I really liked this story even though I predicted the ending. A good short story about a serial killer and the death penalty. Great narration.
7 people found this helpful
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- A R Young
- 04-27-21
A fantastic listen
I was a fan of Jeffery Deaver some years back and hadn't read any of his work in years. DATE NIGHT just reminded me why I was a fan. It made me angry, sad, frightened and, in the end, shocked. Loved it!
6 people found this helpful
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- DebbieDD
- 04-29-21
Awesome
Totally awesome, never thought it would happen that way. Great story good narration good music
5 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-24-21
NOPE
Seriously!? The ending became incredibly predictable before it happened. So, in other words, there could have been an unpredictable and interesting ending. But instead, the story lazily walked down the obvious road of creepy, but complete predictability. How disappointing.
3 people found this helpful
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- MamaBear
- 05-17-21
Is it possible?
Is it possible for Deaver to write a short story WITHOUT a “twist” ending?
Not only could you see this one coming from a mile away, it made the story less interesting.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW:
Up until the last 30 seconds, this was a fascinating character study, an intricate examination of how people reconcile and live with being involved in a death penalty case. A developing relationship between two people on opposite sides of this issue, both of them highly moral, and attracted to one another - there’s a hell of a story in that.
Unfortunately, Deaver chose, yet again, to go for the cheap thrill of some sort of “psychic transference” and deliver the twist.
What a disappointment.
2 people found this helpful
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- Kathleen A. Guillen
- 05-10-21
spooky
I sure was not expecting this ...I don't want to give the spooky ending away
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- JM
- 12-28-21
Great Short Story
I'm a big fan of Jeffery Deaver and have read several of his books, and a lot of his short stories. This short story was great and the end will certainly throw you for a loop. David Harbour was excellent with the narrating. I received this from the audible plus catalogue.
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- Miss Vikie Mackenzie
- 02-06-22
Short & Punchy
I was second-guessing this, the whole way through. Excellent twist at the end, I did not see coming.
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- Richard
- 04-16-22
OK, if a little predictable
Reasonably entertaining short listen for free. Well read and well written. Interesting concept which would lend itself to a series of shorts.
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- LizzyL
- 01-11-22
Too short!
I wasn't overwhelmed by this book! I missed the part that tells the reader it is a tiny book! Sorry Jeffrey.
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- Holly Reynolds
- 10-27-21
Enjoyable listen
I always enjoy Deaver’s short stories… they pack a punch in the short time that you are listening and there’s usually an unexpected twist.
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- Carol B
- 08-31-21
Short & Sharp
Usually, read/listen to Deaver's normal novels but this short story was free so gave it a go. Interesting similar to the longer novels I think if Deaver really thought about it he could have had a winner with a proper novel. It was quite creepy and the ending was different to what I thought it would be if you want a quick exciting listen-only takes just under an hour this is the one
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- dixie
- 04-27-21
great twist 5*
an ending you don't suspect great twist 5* another brilliant addition to the ever growing collection
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- Louise
- 05-15-22
Good but not great
This had a lot of promise but it was just too obvious where this was going. Because it is a novella, there was no real room to explain or analyse the twist in the tale which left a sense of dissatisfaction for me.