Shut Your Eyes Tight

By: John Verdon

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

When he was the NYPD’s top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know.

He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers - by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed. Except what if one day there wasn't?

With Shut Your Eyes Tight, John Verdon delivers on the promise of his internationally best-selling debut, Think of a Number, creating a portrait of evil let loose across generations that is as rife with moments of touching humanity as it is with spellbinding images of perversity.

©2011 John Verdon (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

The Puzzler

Dave Gurney, a highly touted NYPD homicide detective, decides after 20 years it is time to retire to a farmhouse in Upstate New York and lead the quiet life which delights his wife Madeline. Two years have gone by and Gurney finds This personal life totally dysfunctional on all levels and knows that he misses the rush of solving difficult murder cases
So when an opportunity is to presented to him to consult on the grisly murder of a young bride who is beheaded on her wedding day he cannot resist knowing that it will have a serious impact on his marriage.

So begins a most sordid story with many twists,turns and unanswered puzzles that requires the reader to really become engrossed in the plot. There are so many treads that it is hard to imagine how it will comes together. This book is full of sexual depravity and brutality but having said that it is an excellent book. How will Gurney solve the case? Will his personal life survive? Listen this excellent book and find out!!!

John Verdon has written another page turner

John Verdon has written another page turner with great narration by Jeff Harding. The main character Dave Gurney has an interesting way of looking at things and his problem solving skills are entertaining. Look for ward to the next in the series.

Never Shut Your Eyes

This book had me from the start, the narration was fantastic. Dave is a retired NYPD cop with a history and one bad case where I presume he was nearly killed and he moved to the country with his 2nd wife Madeline. Dave has a son whom he seems estranged from and another son who died. Dave craves a bit more excitement than watching the asparagus grow. His wife seems quite content. Dave gets sucked into just one more case because of his talents for working out puzzels. I won’t go into the storyline you can read it. He makes a lot of progress on the murders, many interesting characters twists and turns. He thinks nothing of letting his wife know his whereabouts etc., job comes first. Great suspenseful read.