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    Last Ragged Breath
    Last Ragged Breath
    Last Ragged Breath
    Audiobook11 hours

    Last Ragged Breath

    Written by Julia Keller

    Narrated by Shannon McManus

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    About this audiobook

    From the night-black depths of a coalmine to the sun-struck peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, from a riveting murder mystery to a poignant meditation on the meaning of love and family, the latest novel in the critically acclaimed series strikes out for new territory: the sorrow and outrage that spring from a real-life chapter in West Virginia history.

    Royce Dillard doesn't remember much about the day his parents—and one hundred and twenty-three other souls—died in the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster. He was only two years old when he was ripped from his mother's arms. But now Dillard, who lives off the grid with only a passel of dogs for company, is fighting for his life one more time: he's on trial for murder.

    Prosecutor Bell Elkins faces her toughest challenge yet in this haunting story of vengeance, greed, and the fierce struggle for social justice. Richly imagined, vividly written, and deeply felt, Last Ragged Breath is set in West Virginia, but it really takes place in a land we all know: the country called home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 25, 2015
    ISBN9781480575387
    Last Ragged Breath
    Author

    Julia Keller

    Julia Keller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former cultural critic at the Chicago Tribune, is the author of many books for adults and young readers, including A Killing in the Hills, the first book in the Bell Elkins series and winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel (2013); Back Home; and The Dark Intercept. Keller has a Ph.D. in English literature from Ohio State and was awarded Harvard University’s Nieman Fellowship. She was born in West Virginia and lives in Ohio.

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      Another great Bell Elkins book. I just can’t stop listening to these... first time I was ever thankful for a long commute to work. ;) I highly recommend. The plot is not quite as action-packed as some others, but provides other rich delights even if the mystery is a bit “quieter.” Enjoy!