Available Dark, Elizabeth Hand
Available Dark, Elizabeth Hand
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Available Dark

Author: Elizabeth Hand

Narrator: Carol Monda

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand brings us a searing and iconoclastic crime novel, in which photographer Cass Neary, introduced in the underground classic Generation Loss, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of crime in Scandinavia’s coldest corners.As this riveting tour-de-force opens, the police already want to talk to Cass about a mysterious death she was involved with previously, but before they can bring her in, Cass accepts a job offer from overseas and hops on a plane.In Helsinki, she authenticates a series of disturbing but stunning images taken by a famous fashion photographer who has cut himself off from the violent Nordic music scene where he first made his reputation. Paid off by her shady employer, she buys a one-way ticket to Reykjavík, in search of a lover from her own dark past.But when the fashion photographer’s mutilated corpse is discovered back in Finland, Cass finds herself sucked into a vortex of ancient myth and betrayal, vengeance and serial murder, set against a bone-splintering soundtrack of black metal and the terrifying beauty of the sunless Icelandic wilderness. Cass Neary finds her own worst fears confirmed: it’s always darkest before it turns completely black.

About Elizabeth Hand

Elizabeth Hand is the author of more than fifteen cross-genre novels and collections of short fiction. Her work has received the Shirley Jackson Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award (four times), the Nebula Award (twice), as well as the James M. Tiptree Jr. and Mythopoeic Society Awards. She's a longtime critic and contributor of essays for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Boston Review, and the Village Voice, among many others. She divides her time between the Maine coast and North London.

About Carol Monda

Carol Monda is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and accomplished voice-over artist. She is also an award-winning actor known for her work in Out of Season, After You Left, and The Gentlemen.


Reviews

This is a world inhabited by aging punk musicians, artists, and necrophiles. Yes, necrophiles: a fascination with the dead is something these artists share, and use, to create their finished pieces. Cass Neary, our narrator, is a tough character and part of this crowd in New York City. But her stren......more

The story didn't quite grab me to be honest but I find Cass to be such an engaging main character and it was my interest in her that kept me turning the pages.......more

'Available Dark' is book two in the Cassandra Neary noir-mystery series. In some ways, these are typical dark murder mysteries, but they are quite twisted morally. I have never read a series which turns mainstream ethics inside out so much. Not even the Dexter (Darkly Dreaming Dexter) books demonstr......more

Goodreads review by Caleb

I've been a fan of Elizabeth Hand for many years, so it's hard to present an unbiased view of any of her novels. Having jumped in with that initial disclaimer let me now gush briefly; I loved Available Dark. When I read Generation Loss in 2012 I ranked it in the top two novels I read that year. I fel......more


Quotes

“Brilliant…A flash of incandescence counters final threats of death, and the all-encompassing darkness is leavened by a glimmer of hope. Stunning.” Booklist (starred review)