From the Dust, David Swinson
From the Dust, David Swinson
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From the Dust
A Novel

Author: David Swinson

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2026

Synopsis

When a murder occurs in a small town in Upstate New York, retired police detective Graham Sanderson, is drawn back into a vortex of violence, deception, and a series of murders which get dangerously personal. 

Graham Sanderson thought he’d left it all behind. His years as a Washington, DC, homicide detective, his tragically dead wife, pain, violence. Taking over his father’s house in the remote Finger Lakes region of rural New York, and looking after his shut-in brother, Tommy, seemed like a respite. That is, until the first body is found. 

The chief of the town’s small police jurisdiction, who is also a family friend, asks for Graham’s assistance. Graham’s instincts immediately kick in and he soon discovers there’s more to the area—the people, its brutally quiet, sophisticated hierarchies—than he or his family ever knew. 

David Swinson's latest novel is a soulful, rural noir story about belief: the extremities to which it pushes a community, the fear it instills in the hearts of adherents and doubters alike, and need for it nevertheless. As Graham delves deeper into the strange and then stranger circumstances of the murders, his own beliefs become challenged. What do you finally stand for when you’ve got nothing left to lose?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellen on August 23, 2025

This was a most enjoyable book. Loved the small town setting and the cast of characters and how they were developed throughout the book. The plot drew me in especially with how Detective Graham has to grapple with his own personal issues and past. There was plenty of suspense on every page and I cou......more

Goodreads review by ♡Heather✩Brown♡ on April 05, 2026

#ad much love for my finished copy @novelsuspects #partner From the Dust Damn the way I thought! It was ridiculous. This fucking cop brain of mine. It should've retired after I retired… Graham is finally retired, he walked away from his job with only two active cases not solved. Dealing with his own g......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on November 04, 2025

This was my first book by David Swinson and will definitely not be my last. From the Dust is an engaging and suspenseful read that I highly recommend. Retired and recently widowed DC police detective Graham Sanderson returns to his home town in upstate New York after his father's death. Graham's pla......more

Goodreads review by Jason on April 13, 2026

Another rock solid, character-driven procedural from Swinson. Really enjoyed this one.......more

Goodreads review by Kevintipple on April 12, 2026

Death is something the retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Detective is very familiar with, professionally and personally. Graham Sanderson has quiet working homicides in Washington, DC, and moved into his dad’s house in upstate New York. Most of his possessions sit in storage as he came to th......more

Quotes

Praise for David Swinson: 

Swinson is a modern master of lean, no‑frills, throwback noir." — Eli Cranor, Edgar Award‑winning authorof Don't Know Tough and Ozark Dogs
 
Pages don't flip this fast without wind and Swinson has whirled a hurricane of a story." — David Joy, author of Those We Thought We Knew

"Drawing on his experience as a D.C. cop and writing in clipped, terse prose, Swinson transforms the
turn of the millennium into a distant noir‑tinged era that feels both tougher and simpler than the
present. This is sure to please fans of George Pelecanos and Richard Price."  — Publishers Weekly,
Starred Review
 
"Swinson is one of the best dialogue hounds in the business." — The New York Times Book Review

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