Angels Burning, Tawni ODell
Angels Burning, Tawni ODell
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Angels Burning

Author: Tawni O'Dell

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/05/2016


Synopsis

“Compelling, fast-paced.”—Library Journal, starred review “Stellar.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “A page-turner.”—Kirkus Reviews From the New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club pick Back Roads comes this fast-paced literary thriller about a small town police chief who’s forced to dig into her own shadowy past as she investigates the murder of a teenage girl. On the surface, Chief Dove Carnahan is a true trailblazer who would do anything to protect the rural Pennsylvanian countryside where she has lived all fifty of her years. Traditional and proud of her blue-collar sensibilities, Dove is loved by her community. But beneath her badge lies a dark and self-destructive streak, fed by a secret she has kept since she was sixteen. When a girl is beaten to death, her body tossed down a fiery sinkhole in an abandoned coal town, Dove is faced with solving the worst crime of her law enforcement career. She identifies the girl as a daughter of the Truly family, a notoriously irascible dynasty of rednecks and petty criminals. During her investigation, the man convicted of killing Dove’s mother years earlier is released from prison. Still proclaiming his innocence, he approaches Dove with a startling accusation and a chilling threat that forces her to face the parallels between her own family’s trauma and that of the Trulys. With countless accolades to her credit, author Tawni O’Dell writes with the “fearless insights” (The New York Times Book Review) she brought to the page in Back Roads and One of Us. In this new, masterfully told psychological thriller, the past and present collide to reveal the extent some will go to escape their fate, and in turn, the crimes committed to push them back to where they began.

About Tawni O'Dell

Tawni O'Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, including Back Roads, which was an Oprah's Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Back Roads is currently in development to be made into a film by Michael Ohoven, the producer of the Academy Award winner Capote. Tawni has also contributed to several anthologies, including Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female. Her work has been translated into ten languages and been published in over twenty countries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna

4.5 Stars!! This was the first my first read from Tawni O'Dell, but I doubt that it will be the last. "Angels Burning" opens with the horrifying discovery of the body of a 16-year-old girl. The murdered girl, Camio Truly a member of the notorious and extremely dysfunctional Truly family that resides......more

I seem to be gravitating to thrillers lately - I'm sure there's a psychological message in there. This story starts off with a brutally murdered teen in a small hick town in Pennsylvania, where everyone knows everyone and no family secrets are sacred. At the head of the investigation is Chief Dove Ca......more

Goodreads review by Theresa

I really enjoyed this literary mystery because all of the characters have complicated, messy backgrounds that are revealed slowly over the course of the book, including the victim, Camio Truly, and the chief of the small rural town, Dove Carnahan. Camio’s body is found bludgeoned and burned. It’s the......more