Johnny Careless, Kevin Wade
Johnny Careless, Kevin Wade
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Johnny Careless
A Novel

Author: Kevin Wade

Narrator: John Pirhalla

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2025

Synopsis

“Pirhalla, an experienced architect of suspense, gives this audiobook considerable zing.”—AudioFile

“A fast-moving classic crime novel” (John Sandford) crafted by the veteran screenwriter and showrunner for the acclaimed police procedural series Blue Bloods, Johnny Careless is Kevin Wade’s razor-sharp debut novel.

Police Chief Jeep Mullane has been bounced back home to Long Island’s North Shore by a heartbreaking case that both earned him his NYPD detective’s shield and burned him out of the Job. Now heading up a small local police department, he finds himself navigating the same geography he did growing up there as the son of an NYPD cop. Jeep is a “have-not” among the glittering “haves,” a sharp-witted, down-to-earth man in a territory defined and ruled by multigenerational wealth and power and the daunting tribal codes and customs that come with it.

When the corpse of Jeep’s childhood friend Johnny Chambliss—born into privilege and known as “Johnny Careless” for his reckless, golden-boy antics—surfaces in the Bayville waters, past collides with present, and Jeep is pulled into a treacherous web. He is challenged by Johnny’s wealthy and secretive family and his beautiful, enigmatic ex-wife as he untangles a knotted mystery fraught with theft, corrupt local moguls, and decades-old secrets, all while grappling with his own deep-seated grief for his lost pal.

A fast-paced story, Johnny Careless “combines grit and wit in a way that conjures Donald Westlake or Robert Parker in full stride” (Carl Hiassen).

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

About Kevin Wade

Kevin Wade is a playwright, screenwriter, and television writer and producer whose credits include the stage plays Key Exchange, Mr. & Mrs., and Cruise Control, and the screenplays for Working Girl (seven Academy Award nominations), True Colors, Mr. Baseball, Junior, Meet Joe Black, and Maid in Manhattan. For television, he created the ABC television drama Cashmere Mafia and in 2010 joined the rookie CBS drama Blue Bloods as a writer. Starting with the second season and for the rest of the show’s fourteen year-run, Wade served as its showrunner, executive producer, and back-seat driver.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on March 25, 2025

I just wrapped up Kevin Wade's "Johnny Careless" and I've got mixed feelings about this one. As someone who devours crime procedurals, I was really excited to dive in, especially given Wade's screenwriting background. While there's definitely stuff to like here, I found myself wanting a bit more. Let......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on December 08, 2024

I received a free copy of, Johnny Careless, by Kevin Wade, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Jeep Mullane is a police in New York. Johnny Chambliss aka Johnny Careless, body was found in the water, he was a childhood friend of Jeep. This book was a good read.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on September 07, 2024

Celadon Books were generous enough to send me an advance readers copy of this book. Seeing the authors it was approved by gave me hope that this was going to be a good read. John Sandford and Carl Hiaasen are two masters of the cop/crime genre. This book and the author, Kevin Wade, have moved right......more

Goodreads review by Daryl on September 18, 2024

I was fortunate to receive an Advanced Readers Copy of JOHNNY CARELESS by Kevin Wade. This is Mr. Wade’s debut novel, but he’s a television producer, writer, and screenwriter. I have to say, I enjoyed the book thoroughly. I love thrillers and I can now add Kevin Wade to m list of authors I want to r......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 22, 2024

This is an exceptional police thriller. Chief Jeep Mullane is a NYPD cop's son who grows up around the wealthy of Long Island befriending a young man who is known as Johnny Careless. The book actually starts our with Chief Mullane vmbeing called to an unattended drowning death and he recognizes a ta......more

Quotes

"Wade’s gift for suspense is as well honed as one would expect from his film and TV credits—the real surprise is his character work, which goes deep enough that readers will find themselves thinking about Jeep and Johnny long after they’ve turned the final page. Haunting and heartbreaking, this is a winner."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"A haunting debut novel that works through misunderstandings and violence to something that feels like redemption."
—Kirkus

“Jeep Mullane is the kind of American hero cop we need now more than ever. This is a fast moving classic crime novel.”
—John Sandford, author of the Prey series

"Kevin Wade's cinematic prose carries you away at a sizzling pace that's unstoppable. Johnny Careless is fresh and wildly entertaining, the characters so real you expect them to walk through the door."
—Patricia Cornwell, New York Times bestselling author

"From page one, Kevin Wade stomps on the accelerator -- smart, cool writing abetted by (mostly) smart, secret-bearing characters. Johnny Careless combines grit and wit in a way that conjures Donald Westlake or Robert Parker in full stride."
—Carl Hiaasen, New York Times bestselling author

“There are a lot of suspects in the murder of careless, care-free Johnny Chambliss. An ex-wife, an embittered coach, a humiliated father, a cabal led by the town mayor, a mysterious foreigner, a lurker who calls himself Angel, and a gang of vicious thieves are all cast in Wade’s ‘collision between the past and present.’ Sheriff Jeep Mullane probes this twisty, unpredictable case, his sharp-as-an-ice-pick investigative skills leading the reader through a nimble, engrossing, thoroughly entertaining novel.”
—Joe Ide, author of the IQ series

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