Beneath the Skin, Jonathan Maberry
Beneath the Skin, Jonathan Maberry
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Beneath the Skin
The Sam Hunter Case Files

Author: Jonathan Maberry

Series: Sam Hunter

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2016

Synopsis

A collection of short stories featuring Sam Hunter, from bestselling author Jonathan MaberrySam Hunter is a bit of an animal. He’s a former Twin Cities cop who lost his badge because of excessive force. Abusive husbands, child molesters, and other lowlifes wound up looking like they’d been mauled by a dog—or a wolf.Now Sam is a low-rent PI in Philadelphia. He takes the kinds of cases no one wants. His clients are usually on the fringes of society, the kind who are prey for all manner of predators—human and otherwise.When Sam takes on a client they become part of his “pack,” and no one protects their own better than a werewolf, at least the kind of werewolf like Sam, who comes from a long, long line of Benandanti—also known as “the hounds of God.”Stories in this collection include: “Like Part of the Family,” “Toby’s Closet,” “Crazy Town,” “We All Make Sacrifices,” and “A House in Need of Children.”

About Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, four-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-Wars, became a Netflix original series. He writes horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, thrillers, and more. He is the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and the editor of Weird Tales magazine.

About Ray Porter

Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin

Audible Daily Deal Sale until 28Jan18 $1.95 Beneath the Skin was the audible daily deal awhile back and I picked it up simply because I’d read zombie series I liked (which is odd since it isn’t really my genre and it was YA) by Jonathan Maberry and I really have enjoyed Ray Porter’s voice in a few ot......more

Goodreads review by Jason

These stories are all great... separately. And they were written and published separately, originally. Sam Hunter is an awesome character in small doses. Snarky, sarcastic, smug - what's not to like. But combined, these stories contain a lot of repetition - how his clients are like his pack; how he h......more

Goodreads review by Jon Recluse

I'm a huge fan of horror fiction involving private investigators and occult detectives, so this collection really hit the spot. Sam Hunter is a private investigator who happens to be a member of a long line of werewolves who battle evil in all it's forms. A line that got a pass from the Inquisition. H......more

Goodreads review by David

3.5 stars rounded up. These stories are all good, and perhaps they could have been great. Sam Hunter works as a PI in the big city, and the way the dialogue is written makes it read like a 1950s hardboiled 'noir'. Sam is a decent bloke, although it's a fact he chooses to conceal beneath a veneer of sn......more

Goodreads review by Shawn

A wonderful collection of Sam Hunter stories. Loosely related to Maberry’s Pine Deep series, as this character comes from there, this will give you the same vein as those stories. I am a huge Pine Deep fan and wish he would delve into it more. So I jump at every story that at least gets me close and......more

Quotes

“Beneath the Skin is a juicy treat for paranormal mystery fans to sink their teeth into, highly recommended.” Midwest Book Review

“Narrator Ray Porter’s gruff, measured growl complements Jonathan Maberry’s werewolf PI, Sam Hunter. A former cop turned private investigator, Hunter is often sought out for cases that require a supernatural expertise. These cases are presented as intriguing, easily digestible short stories with humor, solid detective work, and no small amount of violence. Porter’s pacing and delivery give a modern noir feel to this wry, gritty collection, and his characterizations enhance Maberry’s spin on familiar archetypes. Through Porter, listeners encounter brave women, slippery villains, and intrepid children and learn more about Hunter’s sordid past. There’s no ‘sexy werewolf’ trope here; the dangers Sam faces aren’t alluring, they’re deadly. This is a refreshing take on paranormal conflict for those who like their mysteries bloody and bizarre.” AudioFile

Awards

  • Audible.com Bestseller
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