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The Guise of Another

By: Allen Eskens
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. So when he's asked to look into the false identity of a car-accident victim named James Putnam, a man who in fact died 15 years earlier, Rupert sees a potentially big case and an opportunity to regain his respectability.

But the investigation puts him in the path of "the Beast", the nom de guerre of Drago Basta, a cunning veteran of the Balkan wars and a sociopath assassin who has been searching for Putnam for years. Putnam had something that Basta still wants. If Rupert's life was in shambles before, it's now also in danger. Threatened by the Beast and suspecting his wife of cheating, Rupert falls for the seductions of the dead man's former girlfriend. As he feels his life spinning out of control, his steadfast brother and fellow police detective Max may be Rupert's last hope.

©2015 Allen Eskens (P)2015 Tantor Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime

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"It's a taut, intelligent, heart-ripping story that explores the darkest places in the human psyche." (William Kent Krueger, author of Iron Lake)
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In my opinion not as enjoyable as the Life We Bury but good enough to keep me interested to listen to it to the end. I would like to read more of Allen Eskens books

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I enjoyed the character development in this book and that we got to know the lead character Alexander quite well. They were a couple of twin tunes that I wasn’t expecting. Overall a very enjoyable list. I highly recommend this book.

Very enjoyable listen!

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Narration was terrible - the main female character had Marge Simpson’s voice!! Overall the book was “meh”.

Marge Simpson a villain??

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I'm so glad I persisted listening to this book. It really had me hooked around the halfway mark. I suspect in part, it's because I expected to meet Joe Talbot again but this was a new story. Definitely had me intrigued - well worth the read.

Took a while

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The story was good - and held attention. The narration was very hard to listen to - the characterisations were frustrating at times and I had to persevere.

A story to hold your attention

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