The Current

A Novel

By: Tim Johnston

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

In the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene - half-frozen but alive.  

What happened was no accident, and news of the crime awakens the community's memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river 10 years earlier and whose killer may still live among them.  

Determined to find answers, the surviving young woman soon realizes she's connected to the earlier unsolved case by more than just a river, and the deeper she plunges into her own investigation, the closer she comes to dangerous truths and to the violence that simmers just below the surface of her hometown.  

Grief, suspicion, the innocent, and the guilty - all stir to life in this cold Northern town where a young woman can come home but still not be safe. 

Brilliantly plotted and unrelentingly propulsive, The Current is a beautifully realized story about the fragility of life, the power of the past, and the need, always, to fight back.

©2019 Tim Johnston (P)2019 HighBridge Company

Great Book

I love this book. I can't wait for another to come out. I agree there needs to be a continuation to this book.

The voice is so annoying

I couldn’t get through even the first chapter because the reader sounds like a robot. It’s the first audiobook I couldn’t listen to

Thoughtful and compelling

Initially, the writing style ( long, run-on sentences, lots of discriptive prose ) was a bit off-putting, because I was expecting a face-paced thriller. This isn't that kind of book, and after the first chapter I was completely engaged in the smooth, leisurely unfolding of the story. The prose took on a cinematic feel, almost like reading a detailed screenplay. Put aside any expectations and let yourself hunker down into the cold, bleak winter of Minnesota and Iowa. (5) star narration !

The ending

The ending was so confusing that it took away from the entire book. Why was there a story about an old man that saved them? What happened to Danny and what was the significance of the large bolt in Danny’s bedroom? This book needed to be wrapped up better, as it was lengthy and compelling .

Such a great writer

Detailed characters and rich writing alongside an interesting plot. This is the second if Johnston’s books I’ve read and both have kept me engrossed till the end.