Descending Son, Scott Shepherd
Descending Son, Scott Shepherd
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Descending Son

Author: Scott Shepherd

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/01/2014

Synopsis

If Jess Stark really knew what was on the other side of the coffin lid, he might just decide to remain six feet under…Jess stayed away from Palm Springs for seven years, avoiding his family and the girl who broke his heart. It took a desperate call from his mother to force him home to see his ailing father. As soon as he returned, Jess found himself embroiled in two suspicious deaths, emotional turmoil with his family, and a supernatural secret that involved them all—winding up in an unmarked grave in the middle of the Coachella Desert.In a tale that spreads from the California Desert to the jungles of Mexico and set in a town that time has practically forgotten, Descending Son is rooted in the sins of Jess’s past and a future that threatens his life. Sure, Jess can go home again, but there’s a heavy price to pay.

About Scott Shepherd

Scott Shepherd has worked in television as a writer and producer for over twenty-five years. While studying as an undergraduate at Stanford, he developed one of the first courses on mystery and detective novels, which remains part of the curriculum. His television credits include The Equalizer, Miami Vice, The Dead Zone, Quantum Leap, for which he received an Emmy nomination, and The Outer Limits, for which he received a Cable Ace Award. Scott has collaborated with numerous best-selling novelists including Karin Slaughter, Harlan Coben, and Stephen King, whose novel The Colorado Kid was the basis for the current SyFy hit Haven. In addition to his television work, Scott teaches writing at the prestigious graduate program of University of Texas, Austin. Scott lives in Los Angeles with his wife Holly.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria on January 04, 2014

This was my January 2014 selection of Amazon First - finally I picked a winner! Descending Son is a horror mystery-thriller that had me entranced from the beginning until the end. It's a normal workday for Jess Stark until his co-worker relays a message to him carrying him back to his past. After th......more

Goodreads review by Marvin on January 22, 2014

Descending Son wants to be a mystery, a horror novel and a soap opera all at the same time. All that does is stretch the story into a meandering mish-mash. It starts out well as a mystery with our main protagonist returning home to his ailing father after a seven year absence. A mysterious car accid......more

Goodreads review by Brigette on May 02, 2019

I know, it looks like I took for.ev.er to read this book. Well, I kinda did. It was my "emergency" back-up book that I read on my phone when I didn't have access to my normal reading outlets. I thought this book started out great - totally a thriller beginning and I was really interested in the stor......more

Goodreads review by Angela Y. Weeks on July 09, 2021

It took me a while to read the book because of time - not because of the content. It was a fairly well written book, but not one of my favorite subjects to read (been on my reading list since 2014 and I wanted to read it before I deleted it). There were twists and turns, but the ending was sort of p......more

Goodreads review by Alissa on September 21, 2017

In an effort to save money, I am trying to go through some of the books I already own. Read in September of 2017, I am finally reading my January 2014 kindle first selection. This book was obviously a bad choice. I will sometimes give a book a break and forgive its flaws if it at least entertains me......more

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