The Devil Himself, Peter Farris
The Devil Himself, Peter Farris
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The Devil Himself

Author: Peter Farris

Narrator: Megan Tusing

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2022

Synopsis

Deep in the backwoods of South Georgia, eighteen-year-old Maya narrowly escapes a savage end. The victim of a vast human-trafficking operation managed out of Mexico, she had the misfortune to discover the dark plans of a high-ranking client. Her fate seemed sealed, until Leonard Moye, a lonely eccentric who doesn't suffer fools or tolerate trespassers, takes the young woman under his protection. Both bearing the scars from personal tragedies, they soon develop a bond that makes them, as a pair, a formidable foe, even for hardened criminals and professional scumbags. Maya knows too much and the old man lives on land in the crosshairs of narco machinations. As the heavies seek to finish the job, they find they may be no match for the resourcefulness of a disturbed old man and a cunning young woman. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself, sizzles with page-burning suspense and bewitching characters. Farris has created a new classic in country noir, a novel of wicked, gritty action and heartfelt redemption. First published in France with enormous critical acclaim and winning multiple literary awards, The Devil Himself will mark Peter Farris as a major crime writer in America as well.

About Peter Farris

Peter Farris is the award-winning author of Last Call for the Living, The Clay Eaters, and The Devil Himself, which was first published in France, won the Le Prix 813, and was an official selection for the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière among other accolades. He lives with his family in Georgia.

About Megan Tusing

Megan Tusing is an experienced actor and audiobook narrator who has numerous credits in stage, film, and television. She has recorded over one hundred audiobooks and, when not on stage or in the booth, can be found knitting in the company of good friends. A native of West Virginia, she currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on July 27, 2022

Sometimes the only response a critic has to a book is the most uncritical response possible: "Wow." And that's exactly what I said to myself after finishing THE DEVIL HIMSELF. Put simply, it's a novel that bristles with interestingness on every page, full of passages that feel the the most pleasant......more

Goodreads review by Lou on June 11, 2022

Maya, an eighteen year old in this tale, is in danger from Lucio and all things connected to him including one troublesome entity The Mayor, one of title and status and a need for coverup due to corruption of the worst sense. These sentences describe her conflict from the beginning pages of the tale:......more

Goodreads review by Eric on April 04, 2022

The Devil Himself by Peter Farris opens with the introduction of eighteen-year-old Maya. Maya finds herself gagged and bound in the trunk of a vehicle and is slated for murder. Maya is a sex trafficking victim and has outlived her usefulness because one of her politically powerful abusers coined “Th......more

Goodreads review by Scott on July 23, 2022

Farris has officially cemented his place among the Southern fiction greats with this dark, twisted, yet redemptive tale of power and corruption. Leonard Moye is easily one of my all time favorite unlikely heroes. It’s easy to understand why this loner so hates the outside world that has been ever-ch......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 04, 2022

Peter Farris writes as though Flannery O’Connor passed him the torch of Southern Gothic fiction. You’ll see THE DEVIL HIMSELF on all of the best of lists for 2022. The French already know what Americans are going to find out. No one is writing better Southern fiction than Peter Farris is today.......more

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