

Dead Harvest
Author: Chris F. Holm
Series: Collector Series #1
Narrator: Brian Vander Ark
Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/01/2012
Author: Chris F. Holm
Series: Collector Series #1
Narrator: Brian Vander Ark
Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/01/2012
Chris F. Holm was born in Syracuse, New York, the grandson of a cop with a penchant for crime fiction. He wrote his first story at the age of six. It got him sent to the principal’s office. Since then, his work has fared better, appearing in such publications as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Needle Magazine, Beat to a Pulp, and Thuglit. He’s been a Derringer Award finalist and a Spinetingler Award winner, and he’s also written a novel or two. He lives on the coast of Maine with his lovely wife and a noisy, noisy cat.
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