The Shimmer, Carsten Stroud
The Shimmer, Carsten Stroud
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The Shimmer

Author: Carsten Stroud

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

How do you hunt a killer who can go back in time and make sure you’re never born?

A police pursuit kicks Sergeant Jack Redding of the Florida Highway Patrol and his trainee, Julie Karras, into a shoot-out that ends with one girl dead and another in cuffs, and the driver of the SUV fleeing into the Intracoastal Waterway. Redding stays on the hunt, driven by the trace memory that he knows that running woman—and he does, because his grandfather, a cop in Jacksonville, was hunting the same woman in 1957.

Redding and his partner, Pandora Jansson, chase a seductive serial killer who can ride The Shimmer across decades. The pursuit cuts from modern-day Jacksonville to Mafia-ruled St. Augustine in 1957, then to the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1914. The stakes turn brutal when Jack, whose wife and child died in a crash the previous Christmas Eve, faces a terrible choice: help his grandfather catch the killer, or change time itself and try to save his wife and child.

The Shimmer is a unique time-shifting thriller that will stay with you long after its utterly unforeseen and yet perfectly diabolical ending.

About Carsten Stroud

Carsten Stroud is the author of the New York Times bestselling true crime account Close Pursuit. His other books include the novels Niceville, The Homecoming, The Reckoninng, Sniper's Moon, Lizard Skin, Black Water Transit, Cuba Strait, and Cobraville.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on May 24, 2018

The Shimmer by Carsten Stroud is a science fiction thriller that takes place across decades in the hunt for a killer. This one was action packed from the beginning keeping up a fairly fast pace all throughout. As officers corner a SUV in Florida Sergeant Jack Redding and his trainee Julie Karras find......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on July 22, 2018

You know what I like? Books about time travel. So, when I read the description of this book about a serial killer that can move through time, I knew I had to read it. THE SHIMMER starts off strong with Sergeant Jack Redding of the Florida Highway Patrol and his trainee, Julie Karras, chasing a ca......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on January 07, 2019

I adore this novel! I thought it was superbly done, and enjoyed every second of the audiobook. I am also going to purchase this novel (since this was a library loan), so I can reread it in the future. SO good...! I just wish there was more.... or a sequel coming....or something! Joe Hempel is the nar......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on May 22, 2018

I received a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I really wanted to enjoy this. The concept reminded me a bit of Stephen King's 11/22/63, which is one of my all-time favorite books. Unfortunately, this one falls really short. It's disjointed, jumps around so much it's nearly impossible to fol......more

Goodreads review by Scott on June 18, 2018

Nobody writes everyday cops as well as Carsten Stroud. Nobody. And that includes Wambaugh. Whether he's dabbling in the supernatural or sticking to the real world, Stroud never fails to deliver on a great narrative.......more