Midnight Rambler, James Swain
Midnight Rambler, James Swain
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Midnight Rambler

Author: James Swain

Narrator: Peter Jay Fernandez

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2007

Synopsis

Years ago, South Florida cop Jack Carpenter beat up a murder suspect named Simon Skell, a dangerous predator with a penchant for playing the Rolling Stones' "Midnight Rambler" as he tortured young women. When Jack lost his temper, he lost his job and his marriage, too; so as Skell's early release from prison draws near, the tarnished hero—now a specialist in cases of missing children—sees an opportunity to make things right.Scrambling to gather more evidence, Jack uncovers a shocking criminal conspiracy: a group of four men who kidnap and kill young women on the margins of society. Teaming up with an FBI agent, Jack must outwit and outrun his enemies.

About James Swain

James Swain is the nationally bestselling author of numerous thrillers, which have been translated into many languages and chosen as Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. He has received several Barry Award nominations, a Florida Book Award for fiction, and the prestigious Prix Calibre .38 Award for Best American Crime Writing. An avid magician, he has written and lectured extensively on the subject.

About Peter Jay Fernandez

Peter Jay Fernandez is an accomplished audiobook narrator who has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards and an Audie Award in 2009. He has also appeared on television, film, and stage. His appearances include roles in Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and the musical Thunder Knocking on the Door.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leon

Likeable story with Disney World thrown in. Other reviewers have commented about plausible police procedures and that Swain was better off writing about what he knows. I'm leaning in the same direction. The FBI is NOT going to let a local take lead on a serial killer investigation. Especially if the......more

Goodreads review by Marko

Jako uzbudljiva i napeta priča, puna avanture i adrenalina. Džek Karpender je definitivno detektiv koga će ljubitelji krimića zavoleti. 4 zvezdica od mene zbog predvidljivog kraja i nekih nejasnih momenata i situacija. :)......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W

I have read most of Swain's Tony Valentine series and enjoy them a lot. Swain apparently knows the gambling and grifting business cold and it shows in the stories. Midnight Rambler is a departure from that knowledge set, I think. His protagonist is an ex-cop who got thrown off the force for beating......more

Goodreads review by Don

(3 1/2). I saw a couple of reviews about this book on GoodReads and it piqued my interest. It is solid from start to finish. Jack Carpenter is a great protagonist. Insightful, cocky, irritating, slighted, enduring, the whole nine yards. The story gets a little out of hand here once in a while but th......more

Quotes

“Swain, author of the gambling crime series starring Tony Valentine (Grift Sense, etc.), avoids many of the clichés of the antisocial ex-cop novel in this chilling stand-alone…Well-defined characters and intricately woven subplots, one involving a nail-biting scene at Disney World, make this a page-turner.” Publishers Weekly

“The creator of casino expert Tony Valentine produces a suspense crossover…Gone private, Jack is every inch the detective he used to be, and the episodes in which he tracks down his latest targets… are thrilling…Jack’s likely to be a hit with readers who fantasize about noble roughnecks, and a sequel, maybe even a series, seems assured.” Kirkus Reviews

“Midnight Rambler is a heavy hitter, fast and spare. Travis McGee meets Philip Marlowe.” Randy Wayne White, author of Hunter’s Moon

“Midnight Rambler kept me up all night long, and Jack Carpenter is as appealing a hero as I’ve ever met. The only problem with Swain’s riveting thrillers is they end.” Tess Gerritsen, author of The Bone Garden

“If you listen to this book at night, you’ll have every light in the house burning. Detective Jack Carpenter lost his wife and his job with the Miami Police as a result of losing his temper while capturing the sadistic serial killer Simon Skell…Carpenter’s world-weary tone is expertly rendered by Peter Jay Fernandez. The steamy South Florida setting is perfect for the mélange of well-crafted characters, colorful accents, and pulse-quickening plot twists. Don’t say you weren’t warned.” AudioFile

Awards

  • Barry Award
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