Lifes Work, Jonathan Valin
Lifes Work, Jonathan Valin
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Life's Work

Author: Jonathan Valin

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2012


Synopsis

Cincinnati Cougars' Billy Parks was All-Pro … and missing. Harry Stoner's job was to find him and get him into shape for the season. But Billy's photo told Stoner he didn't like the man … or the shape he was in. The eye revealed a killer mentality—a player who crushed, mangled, and sacked with pleasure. Billy's disappearing act might be part of a contract dispute or something far more deadly. For Stoner suspected that Billy had become a mean machine who went on scoring in a sordid world of drugs and violence, where death hit with a blind-side tackle … and life lasted only until the final cut.

About Jonathan Valin

Jonathan Valin is a mystery author best known for the Harry Stoner detective series. He won the Shamus Award for best mystery novel of 1989. After writing eleven Harry Stoner novels over a fourteen-year period, he took a break from mystery writing to help found Fi, a magazine of music criticism. He now works as an editor and reviewer for magazines.

About Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 06, 2019

This sixth book in Valin’s Harry Stoner series is as good as the fifth, and the fifth is one of my favorite mystery novels of all time. In some ways it is very different from elder brother, for Life’s Work concerns a professional football in Cincinnati, whereas Natural Causes, the earlier book, deal......more

Goodreads review by Sandi on August 28, 2010

Great entry in this PI series set in Cincinnati. Harry Stoner is hired by the professional football team in Cincy to find one of their players who has gone AWOL from training camp. Excellent plot with well-rounded, realistic characters.......more

Goodreads review by Carol on June 21, 2015

These just get better and better. True "hard boiled" stuff, with some unexpected twists. Hint for living a long life -- Don't sleep with Harry Stoner!......more

Goodreads review by Elly on October 22, 2015

3* I liked this audiobook with its sports angle as well as all the action. It's heavy though, themes similar to many books I've listened to lately which have taken me into Ireland. This one gave me glimpses of a different group of people and I enjoyed that too.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 10, 2020

Another Super Bowl-themed read is “Life’s Work” by Jonathan Valin. Valin created the 11-episode series featuring detective Harry Stoner. This is No. 6 in that series. This one’s set in the 1980’s era in Cincinnati. Harry is called in by the Cincinnati Cougars to investigate a missing person: their......more