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Finding Carson

Mark Adler, Book 1

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Finding Carson

By: Josh Soule
Narrated by: Scott Cluthe
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Best-selling author Josh Soule brings a shocking and tragic thriller. Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

Mark Adler had just finished a celebration dinner to mark the first day of his retirement as Detective Lieutenant with the Bay City Police Department. Adler looks forward to enjoying his retirement until he witnesses a city patrol officer assault a teenage girl. Wanting to do the right thing, Adler reports the incident, only to find that there is no trace of the officer or the suspect, and the department has no interest in pursuing it further. Desperate to find the truth, Mark Adler takes matters into his own hands, even at the risk of criminal prosecution; after all, if he doesn't help this girl - who will?

In part two, Adler's protege, Detective Carl Brathis partners with FBI agent Regina Carrigan to dive further into the case revealed by Mark Adler's unlawful investigation. Their meddling spurs activity in a local gang and warrants the involvement of the Mexican Mafia, and the notorious "El Fuego". Meanwhile, the trial of Mark Adler sparks heated emotions in the community and the jury faces a difficult decision on his fate.

©2020 Josh Soule (P)2020 Josh Soule
Detective International Mystery & Crime Mystery Private Investigators Fiction Suspense

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When first we meet Mark Adler, just retired as Detective Lieutenant after 30 years in in the police department, he is being read his rights by one Detective Howard, but for what we do not know. The first half of the book, delivered in the first person by Adler himself, switches between his current status of being under arrest for something, alternating with his story of how he came to be in police custody and his concerns for his only daughter. The whole section brings Adler alive, persoable, but flawed, his character writ large. The second half recounts the trial as well as looking further at the wider implications of the death.

Written with deceptive simplicity, this police procedural murder mystery has the feel of truth, and the characters are real, alive. Narrator Scott Cluthe expertly becomes the just retired Detective Adler, voice, emotion, pacing and modulation perfectly pitched. A fine performance enhancing the written book. Complete in itself, the ending is, nevertheless, initially unexpected: one which has no fairytale finish.

I was very fortunate in being freely gifted with a complimentary copy of Finding Carson by the rights holder at my request. Thank you so much. I very much enjoyed this first book in the new Mark Adler series and very much look forward to book two. Definitely recommended

"I did what I thought was right."

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