Rough Draft, James W. Hall
Rough Draft, James W. Hall
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Rough Draft

Author: James W. Hall

Narrator: Sandra Burr

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/25/2007


Synopsis

When her parents were murdered, Hannah Keller was 3,000 miles away, on leave from her job with the Miami Police Department. Her family’s only survivor on that deadly day was Hannah’s six-year-old son Randall. While fishing on the dock behind his grandparents’ house, the boy glimpsed the killers, and later discovered his grandparents’ bullet-riddled bodies.Five years later the trauma of that day still haunts the boy. He lives in terror that the killers will return for him. Hannah is no longer a cop but now works full time as a novelist, and is trying to do whatever she can to heal her son’s wounds. But when she receives a coded message apparently from her parents’ killers, the entire episode explodes again.Teaming up with a maverick FBI agent from the Miami field office, Hannah begins to track the killer. As she moves deeper into the labyrinth, she discovers, to her horror, that she and her son are being used as pawns in an elaborate scheme—a trap designed to catch one of the world’s deadliest assassins. Hannah and Randall become entangled in a bitter feud, a burning vendetta, and the mind of a bloodthirsty professional killer.

About James W. Hall

James W. Hall travels between his homes in south Florida and North Carolina. For the last 29 years, he has taught literature and creative writing at Florida International University, where his students have included Dennis Lehane, Barbara Parker, and Vicki Hendricks. After publishing four books of poetry and several works of short fiction in such magazines as the Georgia Review and Kenyon Review, Hall began writing crime novels in 1986 with Under Cover of Daylight.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

I ran across this title in a box of books from our storage unit, and it sounded like it might be a good one. The main character, Hannah, is an author whose son witnessed her parents being killed. Hannah is also a former police officer who believes she knew who was responsible for the murders and why......more

Goodreads review by Nikki

As a Miami girl, I always enjoy reading a novel set on home turf. With James W. Hall, the pleasure is doubled by his superb writing skills. Hall knows how to keep a story going at full speed, fueled by skillful dialogue. His characters are full-bodied, original and realistic. The plot has multiple mud......more

Goodreads review by Carly

Up until the end of the book I probably would have given at least 3 stars, but I just wasn't a huge fan of the ending. The book is well written and kept me interested, but still lacked something for me. Maybe it's that I didn't really connect with the main character. Also there was a plot point intr......more