The Bitter Past, Bruce Borgos
The Bitter Past, Bruce Borgos
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The Bitter Past
A Mystery

Author: Bruce Borgos

Narrator: James Babson

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/18/2023


Synopsis

Sheriff Porter Beck’s life in the high desert of Nevada is relatively quiet until an old retired FBI agent is found tortured and murdered. Clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age and a long-ago, all-butforgotten Russian spy.

Porter Beck left Lincoln County to join the Army, where he worked deep in the shadows of far-off places. Now he’s back, doing the same lawman’s job his father did for decades until he started to develop dementia. There’s not much violent crime in Lincoln County, making this murder stand out, and
when the FBI comes calling—in the person of the alluring Agent Sana Locke—Beck knows that there’s something much bigger going on.

To catch the killer, Beck must first find the KGB agent who came to steal America’s secrets sixty years earlier. With the somewhat complicated help of his very complicated stepsister, Brinley, and the unexpected intrusion of his own intelligence past, Beck must unravel the truth about that KGB agent and
the world’s first dirty bomb, two things the United States government cannot afford to have revealed. As the body count climbs, so do the stakes for him and those he loves, especially when that alluring federal agent makes it impossible to know who can and can’t be trusted.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on September 26, 2023

the setup… Porter Beck is the sheriff of Lincoln County, located in the deserts of Nevada. Though he was born here, Beck has only recently returned after his long stint in Army Intelligence. Things are relatively uneventful so when a retired FBI agent is found brutally murdered it raises suspicions a......more

The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) by Bruce Borgos was a very suspenseful and compelling book that was written in alternating timelines. In present day Nevada, out in the secluded desert landscape, a brutal murder occurred. A retired FBI agent was murdered and was recently discovered. The circumstanc......more

Goodreads review by Tiff on April 29, 2024

Crime, mystery, thriller, conspiracies, comedic relief - and more! The character development was well thought out and the dual timelines were a nice touch - added more richness to the plot and build up. There was even an epic twist towards the end that had me asking, what the heck just happened?? In......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on August 01, 2023

Thanks so much to all of you NetGalley reviewers for the very kind words about THE BITTER PAST! I'm thrilled you enjoyed the first of what we believe will be a long series starring Sheriff Porter Beck. Looks like our book launch party will be at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on July......more

Goodreads review by Teju on July 29, 2024

Didn't enjoy this one as much as the second in this series, but it was still SOLID! Beck is called in to investigate a gruesome murder on an elderly man. Decisions made in the past will answer questions as to what is going on today as he races to also solve an abduction of a wife from the LDS communi......more