Manhattan Is My Beat, Jeffrey Deaver
Manhattan Is My Beat, Jeffrey Deaver
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Manhattan Is My Beat

Author: Jeffrey Deaver

Narrator: Stephanie Willing

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024

Synopsis

A new audiobook edition of the first novel in the Rune Trilogy by Jeffrey Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Collector. Five feet two inches of slick repartee, near-purple hair, and poetic imagination, twenty-year-old Rune hasn't been in Manhattan for very long. But she's crafty enough to have found a squatter's paradise in an empty TriBeca loft, and a video store job that feeds her passion for old movies. It's a passion she shares with her favorite customer, Mr. Kelly, a lonely old man who rents the same video over and over. The flick is a noir classic based on a real-life unsolved bank heist and a million missing dollars. It's called Manhattan Is My Beat. That's the tape Rune is picking up from Mr. Kelly's shabby apartment when she finds him shot to death. The police suspect a robbery gone wrong, but Rune is certain the key to solving the murder is hidden somewhere in the hazy, black-and-white frames of Mr. Kelly's beloved movie. But as Rune hits the mean streets of New York to find answers, she gets caught up in a dangerous adventure more chilling than anything Hollywood could dream up. As her story draws to its terrifying conclusion, Rune's final close-up may include the killer of a costar.

About Jeffrey Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author, with books sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark and Walter Mosely. The author of 48 novels, 100 short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards, including eight Edgar Awards. His first book featuring Lincoln Rhyme, The Bone Collector, was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Learn more at jefferydeaver.com.

About Stephanie Willing

Stephanie Willing is a voiceover artist based in New York. With an MFA in creative writing, classical training as a dancer, and a decade of experience treading the indie theater boards of New York City, she combines all her training and experience to bring each audiobook she narrates to life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tokoro on October 01, 2022

I was pleasantly surprised by this charming little romp of an imaginative adventure into documented and archival time---such a fitting late-80s & 90s cinematic feel! It brings out the childhood nostalgia us 90s babies used to cherish with this late-20th century pop culture. Our young protagonist is......more

Goodreads review by JULIE on March 24, 2011

I have a friend at work who really likes Jeffery Deaver. In fact, she insisted I read The Bone Collector (the first in the Lincoln Rhyme series) several weeks ago, and I enjoyed it, and thought I might want to read him from beginning to end, like I've done with other mystery writers. I don't know how......more

Goodreads review by Traceytrace on July 10, 2020

Couldn't believe this was a Jeffrey Deaver book, the main character Rune, would probably appeal to a younger reader. Very slow, boring book, not even close to the interesting, complicated Lincoln Rhyme character or books. Tried to finish this but couldn't.......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on January 29, 2024

I am not sure what to think of this book. That is because I am not sure what sort of book it is supposed to be. It started out as your basic mystery. A woman's friend is murdered and she believes the police are not pursuing the murder as they should. Naturally she begins to investigate on her own. I......more

Goodreads review by Cao on June 01, 2023

Tác phẩm đầu tay của nhà văn trinh thám nổi tiếng có số lượng sách xuất bản ở VN thuộc hàng top: Jeffery Deaver. Chắc từ quyển này mà ổng đã định hình được phong cách sáng tác: hành văn ngắn gọn, nén nhiều nội dung trong một câu và càng về cuối twist càng chóng mặt, nhức cả đầu 🤣🤣 Rune là một cô gái......more

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Deaver writes with clarity, compassion, and intelligence, and with a decidedly human and contemporary slant.

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