Chenneville, Paulette Jiles
Chenneville, Paulette Jiles
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Chenneville
A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance

Author: Paulette Jiles

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/12/2023

Synopsis

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the World.  Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John’s beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered.Their killer goes by many names. He fought for the North in the late unpleasantness, and wore a badge in the name of the law. But the man John knows as A. J. Dodd is little more than a rabid animal, slaughtering without reason or remorse, needing to be put down.Traveling through the unforgiving landscape of a shattered nation in the midst of Reconstruction, John braves winter storms and confronts desperate people in pursuit of his quarry. Untethered, single-minded in purpose, he will not be deterred. Not by the U.S. Marshal who threatens to arrest him for murder should he succeed. And not by Victoria Reavis, the telegraphist aiding him in his death-driven quest, yet hoping he’ll choose to embrace a life with her instead. And as he trails Dodd deep into Texas, John accepts that this final reckoning between them may cost him more than all he’s already lost… 

About Paulette Jiles

Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, Simon the Fiddler, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on August 08, 2023

I was drawn to Paulette Jiles’ writing style and storytelling from the first book I read by her, News of the World. She has a way of pulling the reader into her novels right from the beginning and taking them to the place and time. She brings her characters to life in such a way it’s as if you knew......more

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen on October 11, 2023

Chenneville is a man on a mission. Recovering from a head injury during the civil war, he wakes to find his sister, her husband and their wee baby, have been murdered. His recovery takes longer than anticipated but he takes the year to become stronger and to take the law into his own hands. His charac......more

Goodreads review by Debra on September 05, 2023

3/3.5 stars "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a head injury in battle and recovery took the better part of a year. During that time, the civil war ended, and he returned home to learn that his beloved sister, her husband, and baby had been murdered. John goe......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 29, 2023

4+ stars This is a post Civil War story… John Chenneville has had a head injury from the war..wakes up from a comatose state in the hospital, later learns that his dear sister and her husband and baby have been murdered while he was away. He sets out to follow the evil man who did this .. to hunt him......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on November 25, 2023

It must be me. I have many Goodreads friends and reviewers who rated this book very highly. I listened to it on audiobook and made it to about 50% and put it in my DNF pile. The pace was too slow for me. I encourage readers to read many reviews on this book.......more

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