Thrill Kill, Brian Thiem
Thrill Kill, Brian Thiem
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Thrill Kill
A Matt Sinclair Mystery

Author: Brian Thiem

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2016

Synopsis

Cops in Oakland seldom meet people whose lives are going well. That’s certainly the case when homicide sergeant Matt Sinclair recognizes the dead woman hanging from a tree as a teenage runaway named Dawn he arrested ten years before. And as Sinclair and his partner, Cathy Braddock, soon learn, many of Dawn’s clients, not to mention the local and federal officials who protect them, will go to any length to keep the police from digging too deep into her past.Then the killer goes public, and Sinclair and Braddock must race to uncover the secrets Dawn was killed to protect before the killer unleashes a major attack on a scale the city has never seen before. But in the process, Sinclair runs into secrets from his own past—some of which could end his homicide career for good.With Thrill Kill, the second novel in the Detective Matt Sinclair mystery series, Brian Thiem, a veteran of the Oakland Police Department and the Iraq war, has written a nuanced police procedural that could only be written by a trained detective with years of hard-earned experience.

About Brian Thiem

Brian Thiem spent twenty-five years with the Oakland Police Department, working homicide as a detective sergeant and later as the commander of the homicide section. He also spent twenty-eight years of combined active and reserve duty in the US Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He received various assignments, including a tour in Iraq as the deputy commander of the Criminal Investigation Group for the Middle East. He lives in Connecticut.

About Johnny Heller

Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy

Matt Sinclair and his partner Cathy Braddock are called to a park to investigate a naked woman hanging in a tree. So happens that Matt knows the woman. Dawn Gustafson was a call girl that Matt first met when he was working vice and she was newly arrived from Minnesota. They met each other occasional......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

Matt Sinclair, a homicide detective with the Oakland California Police Department, is called to investigate the murder of a 27 year old woman who is found hanging from a tree, a bullet hole in her head and burns on her body. Her appearance appears staged and there are no witnesses to the crime. Sinc......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Excellent read! I had a difficult time putting it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys crime novels and those that don't just need to give it a chance and you will be hooked! Brian Thiem is a fabulous writer. He brings the pages to life.......more

Goodreads review by Bill

I won a hardback copy of “Thrill Kill (Matt Sinclair #2)”, a thriller by Brian Thiem, on Goodreads.com and am posting an honest review. I gave it a rating of 4 stars. This fast-paced police procedural follows Oakland Detective Matt Sinclair and his partner Cathy Braddock in the case of a nude young w......more

Goodreads review by John

Brian has done a great job of developing Matt's character while pulling me (and I expect most readers) into a very complex murder investigation with enough red herrings to keep a flock of seagulls happy. Having seen a photo that undoubtedly fueled the plot during one of his crime writers' workshops,......more

Quotes

“Thiem, a former Oakland police detective and retired US Army officer, offers insights into the prices paid by those sworn to protect and defend an increasingly obstructive and even hostile citizenry. His portrayal of a decent man’s efforts to uphold civilization in a decaying urban jungle rings all too disturbingly true.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Another satisfying read in a top-notch new series. Be well, Detective Sinclair, and come back soon. We need you.” Booklist

“Thiem’s tough-but-tender hero’s dedication to a routine so grueling it feels authentic puts the procedure back in procedural.” Kirkus Reviews

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