The Devil Went Down to Austin, Rick Riordan
The Devil Went Down to Austin, Rick Riordan
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The Devil Went Down to Austin

Author: Rick Riordan

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/11/2011


Synopsis

Tres has taken a short-term teaching job at the University of Texas at Austin. He is living with his brother Garrett, a computer wizard, and enjoying this easy assignment. But when Garrett's business partner is murdered, Tres must switch from professor to detective. Rick Riordan, teacher, Texan, and multiple award-winner, creates a masterful mixture of local color and mystery in each Tres Navarre mystery.

About Rick Riordan

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and former teacher of English and History. His career started with teaching in various schools in Texas, after earning h I s double major from the University of Texas at Austin. His favorite subject that he taught in almost every class was Mythology, since he enjoyed it and most students really enjoyed it. That interest gave way to his very popular series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and The Kane Chronicles, a trilogy focusing on Egyptian mythology. In 2014 came The Heroes of Olympus, which was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series about Roman and Greek mythology.

Twentieth Century Fox purchased the rights to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and released a full feature film in February of 2010. Riordan has written many successful book series for children and adults. His newest series, Magnus Chase and the God's of Asgard begins in October of 2015, with the release of the first book, The Sword of Summer, focusing on Norse mythology.

Riordan lives in Boston with his wife and their two sons, who inspired the Percy Jackson series through its beginnings as a bedtime story.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meg

I just love this series. Great characters, snappy dialogue and cool crime.......more

Goodreads review by itchy

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Book # 4 in the Tres Navarre mystery series starts when Tres learns that his brother, Garrett, has mortgaged the family ranch to fund a start-up software security company, and has missed the last four payments. When Tres goes to Austin to confront his brother he finds a financial and “with-friends-l......more

Goodreads review by Lee

Another sarcastic filled romp down in Texas, with a good mystery thrown in. This one taking place in Austin, instead of his home turf of San Antonio. For me, it made a difference in the story as Riordan really gives the reader a grand tour of San Antonio, with his detail of the place. That being sai......more