The Right Side

By: Spencer Quinn

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

In this riveting new novel by the New York Times best-selling author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters new perils beyond the combat zone.

LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it.

Shattered by one last blow - the sudden death of her hospital roommate, Marci - LeAnne finds herself on a fateful drive across the country, reflecting on her past and seeing no future. Her native land is now unfamiliar, recast in shadow by her one good eye, her damaged psyche, her weakened body. Arriving in the rain-soaked small town in Washington State that Marci had called home, she makes a troubling discovery: Marci's eight-year-old daughter has vanished. When a stray dog - a powerful, dark, unreadable creature, no one's idea of a pet - seems to adopt LeAnne, a surprising connection is formed, and something shifts inside her. As she becomes obsessed with finding Marci's daughter, LeAnne and her inscrutable canine companion are drawn into danger as dark and menacing as her last Afghan mission. This time she has a strange but loyal fellow traveler protecting her blind side.

Enthralling, suspenseful, and psychologically nuanced, The Right Side introduces one of the most unforgettable protagonists in modern fiction: isolated, broken, disillusioned, yet still seeking redemption and purpose - LeAnne takes hold of the listener and never lets go.

©2017 Spencer Quinn (P)2017 Recorded Books

Looking forward to the next book.

It takes a while to get going, but you need the background/memories.
I think this will be an excellent series. The main character has a lot of flaws, but is honest and realizes she is broken. The dog is a great character as well. Lots of potential.
Susan Bennett does an excellent job.

whoa on the f*** word!

I've listened to Quinn books before, "Woof" the Bret and Chet series, and really enjoyed them. I don't know if I can say I enjoyed this book. HOWEVER what I can say is I could not put it down. I can't recommend it because the language was so very bad. But I cared so much for the characters, despite many things I didn't like about them, that I HAD to finish this book.

Oh I am not a total idiot, I know military folks often have really bad language. And brain injuries certainly erase any filter one might have had. Perhaps It is because I too struggled thru vision loss in my younger days and remember my own anger. Perhaps it is because a loved one is going through major brain changes.Anyway, I empathize with this character and really hope she will be back. I hope Quinn will tone down the language a bit, the next time around. My ears are still burning.

Susan Bennett was fabulous, as usual. I will order a book simply because she narrates it.

A bit grim

I like Spencer Quinn for Chet and Bernie. This was not that, but it was satisfying. Great narration.

something different about survivors

my brother was a Vietnam vet and I could never understand his bouts of anger and being startled when he seemed to get mentally lost. the author described this accurately and people's reaction, it was like experiencing it all over again. I cried through parts of this book .

definitely not Chet and Bernie

The story of a wounded warrior, her injuries, rehab, rebellion , loss and reverse adoption.

Twists & turns and enjoyable

A detour from the other books from Spenser Quinn. This is about PTSD and coming to terms with life after combat. A very special side kick that she didn’t know she needed found her and became her best bud.

Dark and Deeply Moving

The Right Side is a tight telling of a journey that has one impossibly riveted to the end. Dark, lingering on disturbing, this story is also deeply moving and curiously uplifting. LeAnne Hogan is a heroine in every sense of the word. I highly recommend this audible. The narrator captures LeAnne in a way that feels just right and kept me in the grip of her voice to the last word.

great story!!

loved it! narrator is really really good. the beginning is a little long to get through but it's so worth it to stick with it. really surprise plot twist!

good fiction mostly credible

good fiction. mostly credible. A good attempt at honoring women veterans. A supernatural dog for pet lovers.

Beautiful!

I absolutely loved this book. The narrator was perfect for this character. It is a deep topic, an injured soldier returning state side, but it was actually quite funny. I'm impressed that this was written by a man. Men don't typically write complicated female characters.

There was very real situations soldiers deal with when injured and also returning to normal lives. This was not a battle type story. I cried throughout the book and laughed more. I typically do not like stories about people self destructing, but he made me love this book and this at time very unappealing woman.