MAGIC HOUR

Name: MAGIC HOUR
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Susan Isaacs
ISBN: 9780060893378

Author: Susan Isaacs

Narrator: Ken Howard

Abridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 10/18/2005

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSusan Isaacs brings her wicked wit and keen understanding of what really goes on between men and women to a very different slice of Long Island—the Hamptons.Magic hour. That perfect time, that fleeting hour of enchanted light near dusk and dawn that is perfect for moviemaking, perfect for making love. Perfect for murder.And into the magic hour steps Stephen Brady, wise guy, tough guy, local farm boy turned homicide cop, and a good man with a very bad life. But just as his luck is about to change, the rich, gifted, and urbane filmmaker Sy Spencer is murdered, and Brady discovers that his prime suspect is a woman he and the victim shared.A spellbinding mystery, a scathing social satire and a poignant love story, Magic Hour looks beyond the trendy magazine-cover Hamptons’ world of the summer set’s high-cheekboned elegance and the locals’ down-on-the-farm authenticity into the hearts of real people.Magic Hour is the story of the treacherous murder that rocks them all and of the police detective who is too cold-hearted, too world-weary to ever fall in love—until he does.

About Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs is the bestselling author of eleven novels, two screenplays, and one work of nonfiction. She lives on Long Island.

About Ken Howard

Ken Howard received a Theatre World Award for his role as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and a Tony Award® for his performance in Child's Play. He has starred in four television series and appeared in many full-length features and made-for-television films.

Reviews

Goodreads review by DonnaDavis on July 20, 2017

Isaacs is a word-painter. Her writing is vivid and lush, and once in awhile, a slice of wry humor comes around a corner and strikes you hard and fast, and you didn't expect to laugh, yet there you are. I read everything Isaacs writes. This was one of the first. I am usually unwilling to read about th......more

Goodreads review by Marianne on October 29, 2014

My go to book! Have read it every summer for at least the last ten years and recommend it to all my friends! Steve Brady, recovering alcoholic homicide detective rediscovers the love of his life who he doesn't even remember. Susan Issac's descriptions of Long Island from what is now 25 years ago is......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on September 04, 2022

This book was drawn out in some ways,and once again got slow in some areas.Half the time I wondered if the book was about the crime committed or the relationships this cop kept getting into during his life.On the upside the outcome wasn't what I expected as far as who killed Sy in the story.Though t......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on May 22, 2021

This is the first book I have ready by this author and my first thought was that it was a lot of pages! I did enjoy the story and didn’t guess “whodunit” but the chapters were too long and it could probably have some bits cut out to make it an easier read.......more

Goodreads review by Barb on May 06, 2022

Thought I'd never get through this book as was very slow. Not the most exciting, however, picked up towards the end. Probably would have made a good made-for-tv movie about 20 years ago, if she had picked up the pace.......more