A Fire in the Night, Christopher Swann
A Fire in the Night, Christopher Swann
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A Fire in the Night

Author: Christopher Swann

Narrator: Ax Norman

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

Nick Anthony has retreated to the North Carolina mountains to mourn the untimely death of his wife. Once a popular professor, Nick just wants to be left alone with his grief. But when his estranged brother and sister-in-law die in a house fire, a stunned Nick learns he has a niece, Annalise, who is missing. At the scene of the crime, the men who set the fire have realized Annalise, and the information they are looking for, got away. Feverish and exhausted, she stumbles onto her uncle's porch, throwing Nick into the middle of the mystery of her parents’ death and the dangerous criminals hunting her down. Hired to retrieve the stolen information at any price, private military contractor Cole and his team track Annalise to Nick’s cabin. But Nick has a hidden past of his own—and more than a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.

About Christopher Swann

Christopher Swann is a talented author and the English department chair at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He earned his bachelor's degree in English from Washington and Lee University, a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Ph.D. in creative writing from Georgia State University. He currently resides with his wife and two sons in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Ax Norman

Ax Norman is a voiceover artist who has lent his voice to projects for Scholastic, the National Park Service, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Empire State Building. He has voiced over one-hundred and sixty titles in a wide range of genres.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina

(New-to-me) author Christopher Swann’s A Fire in the Night has been likened by the publisher and other reviewers to books by the following authors: Linwood Barclay, Michael Farris Smith, Lee Child, Gregg Hurwitz, and Vince Flynn. Since I’ve only read one book by any of those dudes (Hurwitz’s Orphan......more

Goodreads review by Pat

I really enjoyed the author’s previous book, Never Turn Back, so when I saw this one I knew I wanted to read it. Retired history professor Nick Anthony lives in splendid isolation in a very secluded area. He has no phone and no internet. Since his wife Ellie died he has kind of opted out. All his pe......more

A Fire in the Night, the shiny new thriller from Christopher Swann, is set in North Carolina, and I love that. Nick’s wife passes away, and he travels to the mountains for respite. He soon learns his brother and sister-in-law passed away and that his niece, Annalise, is missing. On top of that, Nick......more

Swann really delivers with his latest, a solid murder mystery starring Nick, a grieving former professor with a secret past and an orphaned niece who shows up on his doorstep. Tense and action-packed, with an ending that will make your heart stop, A Fire in the Night is my favorite kind of book, a n......more

Goodreads review by Eric

A Fire In The Night by Christopher Swann is a pretty good thriller, though unfortunately, most readers won’t have the pleasure of taking this in as a summer beach read, given a release date of September. Nick Anthony, a former university professor of medieval history and studies, now finds himself re......more