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    The Big Finish
    The Big Finish
    The Big Finish
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Big Finish

    Written by James W. Hall

    Narrated by David de Vries

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    About this audiobook

    A year ago Thorn’s son, Flynn Moss, disappeared into the eco-underground, his only contact with Thorn a series of postcards chronicling his exploits. But a postcard arrives unlike the others, a call for help, Thorn jumps into action, setting off for North Carolina. But before Thorn arrives, he’s intercepted by a federal agent who informs him he’s too late—Flynn had been acting as an informant for the FBI, and when his traitorous acts were discovered, he was summarily executed.

    The agent proposes a scheme to catch Flynn’s killer using Thorn as bait. Thorn, full of rage, accepts the job if only to get his hands on his son’s killer. The mission takes him to a small town where the gang is holed up, planning an attack on a hog farming operation that has been polluting local rivers and spreading illness through the area.

    Little by little Thorn discovers that nothing he’s been told is true, and the trap they’re setting isn’t for Flynn’s killer, but for his partner, a woman who proves more daring and dangerous than any Thorn’s ever met. She’s on her own crusade of vengeance, and she and Thorn make an uneasy alliance. With her help Thorn uncovers a conspiracy that stretches far beyond this small Carolina town.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 2, 2014
    ISBN9781491505991
    The Big Finish
    Author

    James W. Hall

    A winner of the Edgar and Shamus awards, James W. Hall is the author of twenty novels, including The Big Finish, the latest in the Thorn Mysteries, as well as four books of poetry, two short story collections, and two works of nonfiction. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Hall holds a BA from Florida Presbyterian College, an MA from Johns Hopkins, and a PhD in literature from the University of Utah. He divides his time between North Carolina and Florida.

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    • 5/5
      There's a lot of recapping in the early pages of this one, but after those early bits, the story takes off and lives up to the best books in the Thorn series. With Hall's ever-so-detailed attention to character and action and nature, the book spirals forward in a story that's as heartbreaking as it is timely, and I absolutely loved it. Hall also outdid himself in making a memorable villain, albeit that's one of his hallmarks, and coming back to this story and Thorn was a trip into remembering why I fell in love with this series way back when it began.I loved it.
    • 4/5
      I got a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I didn't realize when I requested this book that it was no. 14 in a mystery series. Normally I like to reads mystery series in the order in which books were published, and starting with no. 14 seems particularly risky in terms of being able to understand the main recurring characters. However, Hall does a great job of introducing Thorne and his world and background, and the mystery itself stood very solidly on its own. I ended up really liking this book, and zooming through it quickly over the weekend. Hall creates an interesting -- and bleak -- empoverished world in rural North Carolina where he sets the story. Without providing any spoilers, ultimately this is a very sad story, with great characters and good twists. Assuming I gain a few more life times of reading time, I would definitely want to go back and read Hall's whole Thorne series.