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  • Spilled Blood

  • A Novel
  • By: Brian Freeman
  • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
  • Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,430 ratings)

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Spilled Blood

By: Brian Freeman
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Publisher's summary

A taut thriller about two rural Minnesota towns locked in a deadly feud - and a teenage girl caught in the crossfire.

Linked by the Spirit River, the two towns couldn’t be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that company’s carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporation’s president, is found shot dead - and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime.

Reluctantly, Olivia’s mother summons her estranged husband, Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, to come defend his daughter. As Christopher struggles to unravel the mystery of Ashlynn’s murder and save his own daughter, he uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. And looming over everything are the chilling, apocalyptic threats from a murderous psychopath known only as "Aquarius".

©2012 Brian Freeman (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Critic reviews

Thriller Award Winner, Best Novel, 2013

“Brian Freeman is, quite simply, a first-rate storyteller.” (Nelson DeMille, New York Times best-selling author)

“This guy can tell a story.” (Michael Connelly)

“Harrowing.... Freeman ratchets up the suspense steadily, and then provides a cataclysmic ending.” (Publishers Weekly)