The Holland Suggestions

Name: The Holland Suggestions
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: John Dunning
ISBN: 9781440702846

Author: John Dunning

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/10/2009

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Nationally best-selling author John Dunning has attracted millions of fans with his mysteries including The Bookman's Wake, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Deadline, an Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee. In The Holland Suggestions, contractor Jim Ryan knows there is a chapter missing from his life. His dreams show places that are absolutely familiar, yet he can't name. One day, he receives an anonymous photograph of a mountain cave--one that may hold the key to his past. Now he is headed up into the Colorado Rockies, hoping to find this landmark that has etched itself so clearly into his mind. Through Dunning's flair for creating atmosphere and suspense, Jim Ryan's search becomes a a gripping tale of buried secrets and murder. As present and past fuse into one dark question, The Holland Suggestions holds the listener in a grip made all the more powerful by Jack Garrett's dramatic narration.

About John Dunning

John Dunning (1942–2023) revealed book collecting’s most shocking secrets in his bestselling series of crime novels featuring Cliff Janeway: Booked to Die, which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award; The Bookman’s Wake, a New York Times Notable Book; and the New York Times bestsellers The Bookman’s Promise, The Sign of the Book, and The Bookwoman’s Last Fling. He also wrote the Edgar Award–nominated Deadline, The Holland Suggestions, and Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime. An expert on rare and collectible books, he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Johnny

There is a saying that whenever one is faced with a choice between conspiracy and incompetence, one should always choose the latter. But, what if the choice is between conspiracy and paranoia? For much of The Holland Suggestions, it seems like the character is driven by paranoia. Yet, all of the cha......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

John Dunning is such a good writer that’s it’s hard to not like this book. Yes, the writing is both concise and illustrative and easy to read. But the plot is a jagged half-told and never-finished journey. Perhaps it was written to be “thrilling” but it’s just comes off as disorganized. For example......more

Goodreads review by Paul

BOTTOM-LINE: Love John Dunning's prose, but not as good as his book mysteries . PLOT OR PREMISE: A man receives a photograph in the mail and starts having weird dreams and compulsions to go to the spot in the photo, even though he has never been there. . WHAT I LIKED: The story has some interesting element......more

Goodreads review by Susan

This was a long, slow, tedious read. There were sections where the main character is heading out on a road trip. He examines various maps, and there are discussions that last for pages of various routes and where they go and what other routes they intersect and connect with. *Yawn* Once he finally ch......more