Dark Places, Reavis Z. Wortham
Dark Places, Reavis Z. Wortham
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Dark Places
A Red River Mystery

Author: Reavis Z. Wortham

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2015

Synopsis

At the tail end of 1967, the Parker family once again finds it impossible to hide from a world spinning out of control. Fourteen-year-old Top still can’t fit in with their Center Springs, Texas, community, and his near-twin cousin Pepper does the only thing she can conceive to escape her own demons: she joins the Flower Children flocking to California—just as three businessmen are murdered in the Red River bottoms on the same night as a deadly hit and run.Constable Ned Parker wonders if these crimes are connected, but when Pepper disappears, he follows, leaving the investigation in the hands of Sheriff Cody Parker, who hires Deputy Anna Sloan, an investigator with an eye for detail. Following her instincts, she trails killers through a world nearly forgotten, the hunt’s backdrop one of continuous rain, gloomy skies, and floods. When an ambush nearly kills her, the investigation accelerates into gunfire, chases, and hair-raising suspense, while out on Route 66 to California, a man named Crow isn’t what he seems.Lies, deception, and a band of outlaw motorcyclists prove to the Parkers that no matter where you turn, no matter what you do, the world is full of such darkness that even grandmothers are capable of unspeakable deeds.

About Reavis Z. Wortham

Reavis Z. Wortham is the critically acclaimed author of mysteries, thrillers, and westerns in several series: the Red River Mysteries, Sonny Hawke series, Tucker Snow thrillers, the Cap Whitlatch, and Hollow Frontier series. He has been a newspaper columnist and magazine writer since 1988, as well as the humor editor for Texas Fish and Game Magazine for over twenty years. He teaches writing at a variety of venues including local libraries and writers’ conferences. For more information, visit ReavisZWortham.com.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on December 09, 2022

one of my top five favorite authors !!! From the first chapter you know that this is going to be a wild and woolly. I actually lived in Texas at the time of this story and I can tell that the author was spot on about the weather. The author weaves his wonderful story with the truth of that very weath......more

Goodreads review by Randy on January 27, 2021

So good This series just gets better and better. Genuine and realistic, each character just rings true. Impeccable storytelling. You can't help but get drawn in.......more

Goodreads review by Doug on February 07, 2024

2.5 stars. Another scattered story. There is some good character development, but the plot is incoherent. There are elements of realism in that lack a throughline, but the difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs a throughline. The weakest in the series so far.......more

Goodreads review by Leah on June 06, 2023

I probably enjoyed this book in Reavis Wortham’s Red River Mystery series the best. Pepper’s spunk adds character to the storyline.......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie Hill on March 13, 2017

Peppa has started to grate my last nerve and her antics are too much and starting to take away from the book's other characters.......more

Quotes

“One helluva book! The story lines in Dark Places grab you from the git-go and simply don’t let go. Populated with richly drawn characters, good and (deliciously) evil, and propelled by some of the best dialogue you’ll find in thriller writing today, the novel delivers on all levels. Think: Elmore Leonard meets James Lee Burke. A true winner!” Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of the Lincoln Rhyme series

“A well-written, multifaceted tale of murder and cultural discontent in a small, northeast Texas town near the Oklahoma border in 1967.” Dallas Morning News

“Authentic…The novel’s short chapters fit both the fast pace and the deftly spare actions and details.” Historical Novel Society

“Wortham nails the time period, the hardscrabble town, and the people, for whom family loyalties are paramount.” Publishers Weekly

“Replete with period details and a strong sense of place, this winning fifth series entry is as much a coming-of-age story as crime fiction.” Library Journal

“A fifth trip back to Center Springs, Texas, focuses on one regular’s attempt to bust out of the place for good…Once again, Wortham supplies something for everyone—especially fans of summer movies who love chase sequences.” Kirkus Reviews

Awards

  • Strand Magazine Pick
  • Dallas Morning News Pick
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