

Black Bird
Author: James Keene
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/07/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Murder
Author: James Keene
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/07/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Murder
James Keene is an American author of several novels. He was an Executive Producer of Black Bird, the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series based on Keene’s life and his novel, In with the Devil. His past work with the FBI continues to inspire his writing to this day. The son of a former police officer, he took a few wrong turns and ended up charged with a federal conspiracy. For his freedom, he accepted an offer to go undercover as an FBI Operative in a prison for the criminally insane in order to help solve the case of a serial killer. Keene’s story is one of redemption. After his release, he returned to college and earned a second degree in business. He now lives in Chicago.
Hillel Levin has been a contributing writer for the Nation, a staff writer for New York, and editor for Chicago magazine. He is the author of Grand Delusions: The Cosmic Career of John DeLorean and the coauthor of When Corruption Was King. He lives near Chicago.
Robertson Dean has acted on- and off-Broadway and in many leading roles at regional theaters throughout the United States. His film work includes Star Trek: Nemesis and Vanilla Sky.
Very hard for me to read this one. I grew up with Jessica Roach, the girl Larry Hall was eventually convicted of murdering. She was four years younger than I was; I was 18 when she went missing. We grew up in the same very small town (Georgetown, IL, population 3,600), belonged - at the time - to th......more
3.75 Stars — Still need some time to ruminate and cogitate on this one. A good-read, a cracker of a tale & well written. But I need to take some time to better understand how I feel about the writer and protagonist, and whether he heroised himself overtly or not!......more
I had no idea this was also a TV series when I picked up the audiobook, but now that I do I'm going to watch it too. This was really interesting, even though a few times there were perspective jumps like a few reviews mentioned, and I was like wait where are we now, who's talking, what's going on etc......more
السيرة الذاتية لجيمي كين الذي ساعد المباحث في تثبيت تهمة القتل علي المجرم والقاتل المتسلسل لاري هول عرفت الكتاب من دراما ابل الحديثة black bird دراما حوارية ممتازة شاهدوها ممتعة وشاهدوا أيضا وثائقي CNN عن لاري هول......more
Falls under the technically, you told a story category, for me. It’s very oddly written in a way, since Keene is a third person perspective but it’s ostensibly his book? Clearly, it is written by the other person with details supplied by Keene, which makes it odd he’s the predominate name, but I gue......more
“Reads like a fast-paced suspense novel.” Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
“An amazing story.” Chicago Sun-Times
“Keene and coauthor Levin structure the book like a mystery novel, dramatizing events that Keene didn’t observe firsthand, and telling the story in the third person. It’s a clever way to narrate a true-crime tale, more involving, somehow, than a straight first-person account might have been. Recommend this fascinating, suspenseful book to readers of both true crime and crime fiction.” Booklist
“A low-key but fascinating view of life behind bars that deserves a wide audience.” Kirkus Reviews