The Boat Man, Dustin Stevens
The Boat Man, Dustin Stevens
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The Boat Man
A Thriller

Author: Dustin Stevens

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/10/2016


Synopsis

Detective Reed Mattox, just three months removed from the death of his partner, has turned invisibility into an art form. Switching to the K-9, taking over the graveyard shift, moving to a farmhouse miles outside of Columbus, his every move has become predicated on putting as much distance between himself and the outside world as possible.

That distance is shattered, though, when bodies begin turning up in The Bottoms, the poverty-stricken section of town he is assigned to patrol. Grisly, horrific scenes start to pop up in the middle of the night and the overburdened precinct has no choice but to put Reed on it.

Now operating far outside of his comfort zone with a Belgian Malinois for a partner that attracts attention wherever they go, Reed is forced to unravel the murders, taking him clear across the city and back years in time, to an event that some very influential people will do anything to keep buried.

About Dustin Stevens

Dustin Stevens is the author of over twenty novels, including the Zoo Crew series, Krokodil, Quarterback, Be My Eyes, Scars and Stars, and Catastrophic. He is also the author of several short stories that have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, as well as an award-winning screenwriter. He currently resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on February 02, 2022

I loved the book and I especially loved Billie. Billie was a female Belgian Malinois who became the partner of Columbus, Ohio Detective Reed Maddox. The dog was a perfect partner since Maddox was determined to NEVER take on another human partner. The dog was a military bomb sniffer whose original ha......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 09, 2020

89% 4 and 5 star reviews with 1,200 reviews on Amazon, so it is good. This is a pretty straightforward detective story that takes place in Columbus, Ohio. Detective Reed’s partner is killed before the story begins and Reed must have a new partner so he gets assigned Billy. To me, Billy is the best pa......more

Goodreads review by Pat on January 10, 2016

This started out as a three star book because, despite the gruesome killing, the delivery was a bit flat and I thought - here comes another standard police procedural. Once the lead detective, Reed Mattox, started to slowly connect the dots that linked the series of grisly murders it got more intere......more

Goodreads review by Dwayne on November 11, 2021

A very good police procedural. The partnership of Reed and Billie is what sets this one apart from other similar crime-search-resolve stories. Well-written and edited.......more

Goodreads review by Jordon on August 13, 2017

Steven's The Boat Man is a great crime thriller the comes together piece-by-piece right up to the end. You can sympathize with both the protagonist and the antagonist of the story while being astounded at the same time. I think I've found a new favorite series. Oh, and the Audible narration is great......more