Scavengers

Posadas County Mysteries #1

By: Steven F. Havill

Narrated by: Stephanie Brush

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Not one, but two dead bodies are found in the harsh New Mexico desert. The first man's face is smashed beyond recognition, and the second one appears to have been forced to dig his own grave before being murdered...execution style.

Soon, new Sheriff Robert Torrez and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman are knee deep in the midst of a brutal murder spree that spans both sides of the border. Retired Sheriff Bill Gastner is still on hand to offer his support and unerring street smarts, and to do a little investigating of his own in his new position as game and livestock investigator for the state.

Listen to another Posadas County Mystery.

©2002 Steven F. Havill (P)2005 Books in Motion

Critic reviews

"Skilled investigation, happenstance and cooperation mesh through every phase of the puzzle, ushering the reader along to one satisfying conclusion." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Throughout this low-key, character-driven series, Havill has managed as well as anyone in the genre to balance the particulars of cop procedure with the often unspoken emotions at the core of small-town life." ( Booklist)

Changed narrator, I quit listening

The narrator forms characters in the listeners minds. When you change narrators mid series, you wreck the characters in the listeners imagination. Stephanie Brush demolishes Bill Gastners character in my imagination. Now I will quit listening to this series, or at least listen to the books read by Rusty. Too bad too at $13 a pop.

Change in reader is terrible

I loved the Bill Gastner books, probably as much for the reader's style and voice as for the stories themselves. What a disappointment this book is. The characters I know and love are completely different when read by Ms. Brush. Bill Gastner is dead and in his place is some stranger. So sad.... I won't be buying any more.

Performance excruciating

Have purchased all the previous ha I'll books in this series. Change in narrators is jarring--characterization wildly disparate, inappropriate, and inconsistent. Who knew that so many New Mexican residents hailed from New Jersey and the valley. What is unfortunate is that the narrator-who has a pleasant natural voice--might have done a fine job just reading the text in a straightforward manner. Now I have tobuy print versions of future volumes.

Boring

Is book was about a exciting as watching a car rust. this has got to be one of the most boring books I have read or listened to. the story is more about the under sherrif's every day life than it is about the story of the case she is working on. save your money and purchase something better.

Poor Narration Ruins Experience

Title says it all...

Ms. Brush may be a good narrator, but she is clearly clearly miscast...

Just avoid.

New Reader ruins the book

Do not waste your credit on this book. The new reader is worse than awful. Her clipped voice and stupid annoying, iritating characterizations totally ruin the book. I had to turn it off after 15 minutes, tried a second time and only made it 8 more minutes. It is such a shame because I totally enjoyed the series up to this point. I can't imagine anyone allowing this reader to continue. I will see if a kindle version is available and let my kindle read it to me.

Scanvenger

No surprises, little action, events in the book do not come together at the end but lots of descriptive narative. If you have insomnia and need sleep, get this one

Poor choice of narrator

I don’t normally write reviews, but I feel pretty strongly about this series tanking because of the narration! I will probably read this book as I could not get past the narrator. These books went from being about New Mexico to sounding like they have a mafia connection. The narrator has also managed to remove the charm and personality from the characters that Mr. Nelson had put in. I realize since it is from a female perspective, they probably wanted to use a female narrator. Perhaps another would be fine… I will not be buying any more books that she narrates in this series.

Good writer

Love the writer, read several of his books. I do not like the narrator at all. Should has stayed with Rusty. I have to rate the audio book lower than previous audiobooks.

good read

The Narrator is excellent and the storyline well done. Hard to not like this authors work.