The Arm and the Fall

A Novel

De: Gary Tanguay

Narrado por: Gary Tanguay

A star player falls to his death. Was it murder or suicide? Detective Rockie Suarez and washed-up sportscaster Jerry Cushing take on a greedy owner, the Russian mob, and crooked cult leader to uncover the truth.

The sports world is shocked when the star quarterback of the St. Louis Rivermen, Danny “The Arm” Wilcox, falls to his death days before the championship. Following this tragic event, washed-up TV sportscaster Jerry Cushing finds himself covering the biggest story of his career.

What should be an open-and-shut case of suicide seems like anything but in the eyes of Detective Rockie Suarez. Needing a foothold in the sports world, she hooks up with Jerry to investigate her lead suspect—the owner of the team.

The hard-nosed detective and over-the-hill sportscaster form an unlikely duo (in business and pleasure), and in pursuit of the truth, Rockie and Jerry find themselves embroiled in a world of amputated limbs, Russian mobsters, and sinister religious gurus.

©2021 Gary Tanguay (P)2022 Gary Tanguay

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Tanguay...delivers an enjoyable story that runs full tilt...brisk sporadically violent thriller...gleefully over the top ending readers won't soon forget." (Kirkus Reviews)

Fun and farcical

Gary Tanguay’s sense of humor shines in this farce about a famous sportscaster who becomes the story himself as he pursues the criminal who killed the star QB. Gary knows his football given his career and it shows as the story unfolds. Plus, he lends his distinguished vocals to add to the experience. I’d recommend listening at 0.9 speed so you don’t miss any of the action.

How is Gary equally as bad at writing as he is at narrating?

I've known of the author for many years from when he was covering the celtics when I was younger... so I figured the writing wouldn't be great but being a TV radio guy he should be able to narrate.... He cannot do either. the entire story is some fever dream gary had about an alternate universe where patriot players are from different cities with different names, some not even cleverly changed (Dan Koppen changed to Dean Kopen). the end result is a strange story that's impossible to follow with characters who never introduced to the reader but expected to know who they are. I'm ngl I'm pretty sure it has two endings and neither of them fit with the events from the book. he says he's making a seqel....I'll leave it alone.

Worse narration in 30 years of audio books

I've listened to over 600 audio books in 30 years and this is the worse narration ever. The narrator spoke very fast. There was no change in timbre for any of the characters. Because of the fast talk and no change in the timbre it was difficult to figure out which character was speaking. I gave up in frustration. The book might be OK to read but definitely pass on the audio version.