Bad News Travels, James Swain
Bad News Travels, James Swain
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Bad News Travels
A Thriller

Author: James Swain

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2020


Synopsis

Family secrets become a blackmailer’s deadly weapon in this pulse-pounding thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of No Good Deed.The shocking suicide of Beth Daniels’s father—a prominent surgeon—has thrown the FBI agent into a tailspin. But when Beth heads to Saint Augustine, Florida, for the funeral, she’ll need more than the emotional support of her boyfriend, retired detective Jon Lancaster. She’ll need his gut instinct for solving a mystery.No sooner do they arrive than suspicions are aroused. There’s the pair of Russians who seem to be watching every move the family makes. A final, cryptic phone call Martin Daniels made to his granddaughter. Strange blood evidence on his estate. More than $1 million missing from Martin’s account. And his cell phone, wiped clean, along with clues to a double life. To Beth, it’s disturbingly clear: the man she loved was a stranger.As she and Jon delve into Martin’s past, they have no idea where the secrets will take them. Or how dangerous it will be to expose the conspiracies, the cover-ups, and the terrible truths of Martin’s life—and death.

About James Swain

James Swain is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of more than twenty mystery novels and has worked as a magazine editor, a screenwriter, and a novelist. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and have been selected as Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. The author of two previous novels in the Lancaster & Daniels series, The King Tides and No Good Deed, Swain has been nominated for five Barry Awards, has received a Florida Book Award for fiction, and was awarded France’s prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Writing. When he isn’t writing, he enjoys performing close-up magic. Visit him at http://jamesswain.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by JEN A

I received an advanced copy of this book from Net Galley and the publisher in return for an honest review. The release date for this book was 4 Aug 2020 Bad News Travels is a gripping thriller that totally delivers. It is fast paced , interesting and kept me guessing till the end. I love a book that......more

Goodreads review by JEN A

Bad News Travels is a gripping thriller that totally delivers. It is fast paced , interesting and kept me guessing till the end. I love a book that has characters that are afraid to show their flaws. The author really painted a great picture of dealing with death, grieving, and facing realities that......more

Goodreads review by Fred

OK, I'm an unabashed Swain fan. I used to attend his book signings locally before Covid got in the way and would enjoy his close up magic act at a local hotel. I got hooked on his early novels about the retired detective working with casinos to thwart the bad guys and find this series has similar ch......more


Quotes

“Lancaster and Daniels are the dynamic duo of crime fighting. Bad News Travels is a terrific addition to a fantastic series.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author“I’ve been reading James Swain’s books for twenty years and they never fail to keep me up late at night…His Lancaster & Daniels [books] are pure escapist fiction and always entertain and enlighten. Bad News Travels is his best work to date.” —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author