Lost River, J. Todd Scott
Lost River, J. Todd Scott
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Lost River

Author: J. Todd Scott

Narrator: T. Ryder Smith

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/23/2020


Synopsis

A blistering crime novel of the opioid epidemic--and its cops, villains, and victims--written by a twenty-five-year veteran of the DEA.

Angel, Kentucky: Just another one of America's forgotten places, where opportunities vanished long ago, and the opioid crisis has reached a fever pitch. When this small town is rocked by the vicious killing of an entire infamous local crime family, the bloody aftermath brings together three people already struggling with Angel's drug epidemic: Trey, a young medic-in-training with secrets to hide; Special Agent Casey Alexander, a DEA agent who won't let the local law or small-town way of doing things stand in her way; and Paul Mayfield, a former police chief who's had to watch his own young wife succumb to addiction.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, loyalties are tested, the corrupt are exposed, and the horrible truth of the largest drug operation in the region is revealed. And though Angel will never be the same again, a lucky few may still find hope.

About J. Todd Scott

J. Todd Scott was born in rural Kentucky and attended college and law school in Virginia, where he set aside an early ambition to write to pursue a career as a federal agent. His assignments have taken him all over the United States and the world, but a gun and a badge never replaced his passion for stories and writing.His previous books include The Far Empty, High White Sun, and This Side of Night in the Chris Cherry / Big Bend Series, as well as the Appalachian crime novel Lost River.For more information, find Todd at www.jtoddscott.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on October 26, 2020

Lost River is an outstanding novel from J. Todd Scott who has been a federal DEA agent for more than twenty years and who thus has had a front row seat watching the ravages of drug addiction and the toll it has taken on millions of Americans and on the country as a whole. This book, his fourth, is s......more

Goodreads review by Philip on June 25, 2024

LOST RIVER was my first book by J. Todd Scott and will not be my last. A whip-fast, ultra-violent and true-to-life rural crime drama involving a Kentucky drug family and the effect that family has on those who grow up within their aura of violence. Scott's prose is taut and vicious, and his 25 years......more

Goodreads review by Eric on November 17, 2020

Lost River by J. Todd Scott opens with a bang as Little Paris Glasser, one of the main characters, harangues one of his drug runners for the incompetent dumping of a foe’s corpse. From then on, those who enjoy “Southern Noir” and “Grit Lit” know they have a gem on their hands. In Angel, Kentucky, the......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 08, 2021

I spotted Lost River by J. Todd Scott at my favorite crime bookstore in Minnesota but decided to be good and check it out from the library since I haven't read this author before. I don't usually read books that touch on current issues, but this sounded so good that I had to give it a shot and I am......more

Goodreads review by HornFan2 on December 21, 2024

Do like J. Todd Scott's writing, although the hard thing for me with Lost River was that Special Agent Casey Alexander, a DEA agent is basically a series type character verse a standalone novel one and a shame that he hasn't released more novels featuring her. Found it tedious, do to the flip-floppi......more


Quotes

"Scott, a 25-year veteran of the DEA, writes with authority about the drug crisis. Don Winslow fans won’t want to miss this wrenching thriller."—Publishers Weekly

“This grim, gritty novel captures the feeling of hopelessness that the opioid epidemic brings… Well-told but raw as an open wound and not for the squeamish.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Scott pushes his narrative to its wild conclusion in rich, organic prose.”—Booklist