

What Dies in Summer
Author: Tom Wright
Narrator: Chris Patton
Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/04/2012
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Tom Wright
Narrator: Chris Patton
Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/04/2012
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Daitsu Tom Wright, born and raised in Wisconsin, lived in Japan for over forty years. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he taught as a professor in the English Language and Culture Program at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. Retiring from the university in 2010, he now lives with his wife in Hilo, Hawaii.
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