Saving Laura, Jim Satterfield
Saving Laura, Jim Satterfield
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Saving Laura

Author: Jim Satterfield

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2013


Synopsis

Huge money—huge drug heist…Revenge will be brutal.Twenty-one-year-old Lee Shelby plunges into dangerous terrain when blatantly—and foolishly—he robs Aspen, Colorado’s most notorious cocaine dealer, fleeing the scene with five kilos of Peruvian flake and $75,000.Shelby escapes to the sagebrush hills of southwestern Wyoming, hoping to disappear into the wilderness until after the furor dies down. Then he plans to return and wrest his old girlfriend, Laura, from the dealer’s clutches. Shelby’s half-baked scheme goes awry when a chance encounter with a teenage Bonnie and Clyde puts him in the middle of a shootout with two highway patrolmen, intensifying his challenge to stay hidden off the grid.Using his cache of survival skills, Shelby evades local and state police and returns to Aspen only weeks after the robbery. He finds Laura, herself on the run after a brutal assault at the hands of her captor.To make things worse, Shelby encounters an unscrupulous DEA agent, willing to sacrifice Laura to make his case. At the core of the chase and the unending physical challenges is the love of a man for a woman.Pure, not simple, but complicated.

About Jim Satterfield

Jim Satterfield holds a Ph.D. in fishery and wildlife biology from Colorado State University and worked for more than ten years as a biologist for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. During this time he also taught at the University of Denver and received the Colorado Governor’s Award for his work with inner city youth. In 1995, he moved to Montana to work as a natural resource manager. Saving Laura is Satterfield’s third novel. His first, Soon You Will Cry, won the Pacific Northwest Writers Association’s Zola Award for historical fiction. He is president of Authors of the Flathead and lives in Kalispell, Montana with his wife, Gloria, and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on December 12, 2012

Wow! Author Jim Satterfield has created a thriller, filled with adventure, danger, and multi-dimensional characters you can care about! I loved this book!......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 04, 2017

Something different, a little far fetched but lots of action, scenery and colorful characters......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on May 07, 2014

Saving Laura is a tight and gripping read – with the feel of a classic Western but set in the 1970s – where the hero is a young and capable loaner going up against drug dealers, dirty cops, and a harsh landscape to rescue the woman he never should have left behind. It’s a man’s man novel, with a str......more

Goodreads review by Peter on July 16, 2013

If you are, like me, on the lookout for a fresh voice in the thriller genre, clear out your schedule for a few days and pick up a copy of Jim Satterfield’s Saving Laura. Set in Wyoming and Colorado—a region Satterfield knows like his backyard—Saving Laura is the tale of a young man willing to risk e......more

Goodreads review by T.J. on July 06, 2014

A smart and exciting read from Jim Satterfield. This novel is a perfect example of the modern thriller, quick paced, full of action, layered, and delivers all the way to the end. A great summer read, or just a plain awesome read any time you’re looking for page turning entertainment that will keep y......more