A Welcome Murder

Name: A Welcome Murder
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Robin Yocum
ISBN: 9781541470262

Author: Robin Yocum

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/09/2017

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

After his unspectacular professional baseball career ends with a knee injury in Toledo, Ohio, Johnny Earl gets busted for selling cocaine. After serving seven years in prison, all he wants to do is return to his hometown of Steubenville, retrieve the drug money he stashed before he went to jail, and start a new life where no one has ever heard of Johnny Earl.

However, before he can leave town with his money, Johnny is picked up for questioning in the murder of Rayce Daubner, the FBI informant who had set him up on drug charges in the first place. Then his former prison cellmate shows up—a white supremacist who wants the drug money to help fund an Aryan nation in the wilds of Idaho.

Five memorable characters, each with a separate agenda, come together in this layered tale of murder, deceit, and political intrigue.

About Robin Yocum

Robin Yocum is the author of the 2017 Edgar® Award-nominated A Brilliant Death. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed novels Favorite Sons and The Essay as well as Dead Before Deadline . . . and Other Tales from the Police Beat and Insured for Murder (with Catherine Candisky). The president of Yocum Communications, a public relations and marketing firm in Westerville, Ohio, Robin is well known for his work as a crime and investigative reporter with the Columbus Dispatch from 1980-1991. He was the recipient of more than thirty local, state, and national journalism awards in categories ranging from investigative reporting to feature writing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric on October 30, 2017

A Welcome Murder by Robin Yocum details the murder of disliked, local degenerate Raynce Daubner with plenty of suspects to go around. The story circles around Johnny Earl, when as a young teenager was known as the outstanding high school athlete of Stubennville, Ohio. Earl, now an adult and serving......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 26, 2017

I really enjoyed this book! I've been overloaded with police procedurals lately, and this book approaches solving a murder in a much different way. It doesn't focus on the investigation, instead it focuses on the characters and their potential involvement, or how they're connected to the victim. It......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on April 02, 2017

Vincent "Smoochie" Xenakis is married to Dena Marie Xenakis, who is having affairs with Johnny Earl and Sheriff Francis Roberson (who is married to Allison) and we get a glimpse into the world through each of these five points of view. Confusing? Not really. Robin Yocum does a great job with these m......more

Goodreads review by Sam (Clues and Reviews) on April 05, 2017

Set in the small town of Steubenville, Ohio and focusing on five very different characters, with five very different agendas, A Welcome Murder by Robin Yocum explores a layered tale of murder and deceit. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this highly developed story. I loved the narrative style of......more

Goodreads review by Lori L on March 30, 2017

A Welcome Murder by Robin Yocum is a highly recommended small town murder mystery told through multiple points-of-view. There is no question in many people's mind that Rayce Daubner deserved to be shot and left for dead in an isolated park. The question is who is responsible for the murder? Steubenv......more