Iron River

Name: Iron River
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: T. Jefferson Parker
ISBN: 9781423379171

Author: T. Jefferson Parker

Series: Charlie Hood Series #3

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 01/05/2010

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the third thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White Fire.Along the U.S./Mexico border, a man named Finnegan wakes up in the border-town of Buenavista after a hit and run-eerily aware of events he should know nothing about, $90,000 richer, and with Charlie Hood’s name and address in his wallet.Meanwhile when tracking the flow of illegal guns into Mexico, Hood’s team accidentally kills the son of Benjamin Armenta, head of the Gulf Cartel and one of the most violent men in the world. Now, Hood must work to grasp the enigmatic forces fighting for control of Buenavista—forces that circle back to Finnegan, and to Armenta’s unstoppable plan for brutal vengeance.

About T. Jefferson Parker

T. Jefferson Parker is the author of numerous novels and short stories, the winner of three Edgar Awards, and the recipient of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mysteries. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he was an award-winning reporter. He lives in Fallbrook, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 22, 2015

This is the third installment in T. Jefferson Parker's excellent series featuring Charlie Hood. Hood is an Army vet who has become an L.A. County deputy sheriff. Here he joins a taskforce called Operation Blowdown, which is assigned the virtually impossible task of slowing the flow of guns from the......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on April 03, 2014

Ya know...if I had wanted to read a trilogy or whatever...an ongoing series which cannot be read as a stand-alone, I would do that. But reading a book, I think the reader deserves to know whether the book is part of an ongoing series that is open-ended (leaving the reader with numerous loose ends) o......more

Goodreads review by Mike on February 11, 2015

The third book in the Charlie Hood series is another TREMENDOUS read! I highly recommend this series to my GR friends.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 18, 2019

Hood is an L.A. deputy, currently working with an ATFE group nailing bad guys shipping guns to Mexico for crime lords in the drug wars there. There are several threads running in the story: the gun runners; a small arms firm struggling to remain solvent; a mysterious man struck by a car, currently in......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on March 15, 2010

Magnificent, with a masterly understanding of the grey areas between the good and the evil. Parker's characters are nailed-down real, their pain breaks your heart, their strengths make you want to sing. This is crime fiction at its very best.......more