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Dead Stop

By: Barbara Nickless
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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Publisher's summary

The search for a missing child leads a courageous railway cop down a twisted trail of murder.

It's been five months since Special Agent Sydney Parnell survived a violent confrontation with a gang of brutal thugs, an encounter that left her physically and emotionally scarred. Deep down, Sydney fears she isn't ready for another investigation. But when a woman is murdered on the train tracks and a child goes missing, she knows she's the only one who can lead the hunt for the killer. While Denver police and the FBI chase down blind alleys, Sydney focuses on a single cryptic clue left behind at the crime scene - one that will send her down a path of greed, violence, and long-ago love.

With Denver beset by a series of monsoonlike thunderstorms that threaten to flood the city, Sydney and her K9 partner, Clyde, must wade through a murky trail of murder that stretches back thirty years - all to rescue a child...and catch a killer with a long memory and an insatiable appetite for destruction.

©2017 Barbara Nickless (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

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Good.

Not as good as Blood on the Tracks, but still good. Waiting for the 3rd book in this series.
Good writing and the reading is phenomenal. Please continue to use the same narrator.

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Exciting!

A very good book. Quite a page turner. Actually I listened to it on Audible.

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A Softening

Really enjoyed the complexity of the storyline. The characters are developing well. The smoothing of rough edges is well done. Tough characters with a tinge of heart.

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Great book

I have never read Barbara Nickless before this series. Her Sydney Parnell series has got me hooked. I can't wait for book 3

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ANOTHER GREAT BOOK

I am just in awe about how great this series is! It is such a realistic story, it's not predictable at all. I seriously can't set it down.
I love the narrator to she does such a great job. I can't wait to start the next book.

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great book!

I couldn't put this book, Dead Stop, down! Highly Recommend !!! The author did a lot of research!

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This series just keeps getting better...

This series just keeps getting better and I’m already craving the next installment. Barbara Nickless writes suspenseful police procedurals. Her characters are well crafted and continue to grow with each installment. Emily Sutton-Smith does a nice job of bringing it all together. I highly recommend this book.

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Enjoyed Again!

I really liked this book 2 of series. Again, I really like the train angle and love the K9 Clyde. So far liking the series.

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Twisted Thriller

Got me hooked from the start and kept me guessing until the end. Looking forward to the next one.

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Sydney and Clyde - Book 2

Dead Stop is Book 2 in the Special Agent Sydney Parnell series by Barbara Nickless. I've looked forward to his novel since Blood on the Tracks was released one year ago. Sydney Rose Parnell is a special agent for a railway line and she is stationed in Denver. She is also an ex-Marine who has a K9 named Clyde.

The potential listener should read the publisher's summary which sets up the novel. Compared to the first novel in the series, which I rated 5 stars, the Dead Stop plot is more gritty/graphic/raw as it deals with in more detail with Sydney's PTSD and murders going back 30 years. I like both Blood on the Tracks and Dead Stop equally well. Emily Sutton-Smith's narration is superb.

Listeners who enjoy great suspense mysteries will enjoy this outstanding police procedural. Listening to the series in order is unnecessary, but doing so provides useful background.

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