Deadroads, Robin Riopelle
Deadroads, Robin Riopelle
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Deadroads
A Novel of Supernatural Suspense

Author: Robin Riopelle

Narrator: Sophie Amoss

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/27/2017


Synopsis

Lutie always wanted a pet ghost?but the devil’s in the details.

The Sarrazins have always stood apart from the rest of their Bayou-born neighbors. Almost as far as they prefer to stand from each other. Blessed?or cursed?with the uncanny ability to see beyond the spectral plane, Aurie has raised his children, Sol, Baz, and Lutie, in the tradition of the traiteur, finding wayward spirits and using his special gift to release them along Deadroads into the afterworld. The family, however, fractured by their clashing egos, drifted apart, scattered high and low across the continent.

But tragedy serves to bring them together. When Aurie, while investigating a series of ghastly (and ghostly) murders, is himself killed by a devil, Sol, EMT by day and traiteur by night, Baz, a traveling musician with a truly spiritual voice, and Lutie, combating her eerie visions with antipsychotics, are thrown headlong into a world of gory sprites, brilliant angels, and nefarious demons?small potatoes compared to reconciling their familial differences.

From the Louisiana swamps to the snowfields of the north and everywhere in between, Deadroads summons you onto a mysterious trail of paranormal proportions.

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy

Book Info: Genre: Urban Fantasy/Dark Fantasy Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Fans of dark fantasy, horror, beautiful writing Book Available: April 2, 2013 March 17, 2014 for Kindle Trigger Warnings: murder My Thoughts: The characters from this story are from Louisiana, and some of the dialogue is d......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Deadroads is Riopelle's debut novel and it's a far cry from your usual fantasy/horror. I keep finding myself wanting to call it a slow read--not because of a lack of suspense, because there's plenty of that, but because of its richly nuanced language and tightly woven characters. You can't rush this......more

Goodreads review by April

They are, perhaps, not your typical family- Lutie, her brothers Baz and Sol, their ghost-hiding mother and ghost-catching traiteur father. But when Lutie decides she wants to catch herself a ghost, just like her mother, and enlists her brother Baz who can sing so that both the living and the dead pa......more

Goodreads review by Horror

Dead Roads is a very flawed novel, but perhaps its biggest problem is how incredibly boring the story is. There is no momentum, no real rising action, and what should be a twist is so poorly executed that when the reader comes to it, their most likely reaction will be, "Oh." You can read Lauren's ful......more

Goodreads review by Donna

Satisfyingly spooky. I liked this one. Exceptional audio narration, it felt authentic and drew me effortlessly into the story.......more