The Stolen Hours, Allen Eskens
The Stolen Hours, Allen Eskens
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The Stolen Hours

Author: Allen Eskens

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Christine Lakin, Tina Huang

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021

Synopsis

In this thrilling mystery, a woman finds herself in a race not only for justice but for her life, from the bestselling author of The Life We Bury "Riveting, hold-your-breath." —Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job—working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney—and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn. The police believe the woman’s assailant is local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the case quickly flounders as the evidence wears thin. It seems Gavin saw this investigation coming—and no one can imagine how carefully he has prepared. The more determined Lila is to put Gavin behind bars, the more elusive justice becomes. Battling a vindictive new boss and haunted by the ghosts of her own unspeakable attack, which she’s kept a dark secret for eight long years, Lila knows the clock is ticking down. In a race against an evil mastermind, it will take everything Lila’s got to outsmart a killer—and to escape the dark hold of her own past. “A near-perfect thriller, The Stolen Hours is a true nail-biter that will have you reading long into the night.” —Book Reporter“Even readers who predict the tale’s biggest twist before it arrives will still have the breath knocked out of them by the surprises that follow.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“There’s not a moment misplaced or a second lost. With the precision of a watchmaker, Eskens assembles the fine parts of a mystery and sets them to the tempo of a thriller, leaving the reader breathless.” —Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries

About Allen Eskens

Allen Eskens is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, and The Heavens May Fall. A criminal-defense attorney for twenty-five years, he lives with his wife in Minnesota, where he is a member of the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susanne on July 31, 2021

Review posted to blog: [URL not allowed] A masterful character-driven mystery suspense, about Lila Nash, who fans of Allen Eskens have come to know and love. Lila Nash, the girlfriend of Joe Talbert (from The Life We Bury and The Shadows We Hide), has always been focused on he......more

Goodreads review by Darla on September 15, 2022

Lila Nash is kicking butt and taking names. She has almost reached her goal of passing the bar and working in the prosecutor's office. A suspect in a kidnapping appears before the judge and Lila is thrown back to the most traumatic night of her life. But, does she even know this guy? Could that nigh......more

Goodreads review by Karen on August 26, 2023

I love this author. I love how character-driven he is, and how important it is to him to make sure his readers get to know them (his characters). We get to know Lila, Joe Talbert’s girlfriend, more personally in this book, as she comes into her own as a Prosecutor. If you are looking for Joe, he make......more

Quotes

“A riveting, hold-your-breath, frightening mystery. The Stolen Hours is a thoroughly captivating legal thriller.”
 —Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Wife

"A rousing legal thriller that’s also an acute study of female victimization and male privilege."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“In Allen Eskens’ newest thriller The Stolen Hours, there’s not a moment misplaced or a second lost. With the precision of a watchmaker, Eskens assembles the fine parts of a mystery set to the tempo of a thriller, leaving the reader breathless.” 
 —Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire Mysteries

"The Stolen Hours is as good as it gets; a heart-pounding and utterly engaging thriller that had me turning the pages at warp speed. At the core of this magnificent and beautifully told story is Lila, a strong yet vulnerable woman in search of the truth. But Eskens cleverly lets her share the spotlight with two other women whose strengths and weaknesses play off of and enhance each other. Alone, each is a character that readers will identify with and root for. Together, they're unstoppable. I loved this book!"—Karen Dionne, New York Times bestselling author of The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister

“The plot provides satisfying twists and poses thought-provoking questions about gender. Eskens reliably entertains.”—Publishers Weekly

"A stunning small-town mystery."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review, on Nothing More Dangerous

"The next best thing to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird . . . A magnificent book and an uplifting one."—New York Journal of Books, on Nothing More Dangerous

"Riveting . . . Eskens vividly renders how small towns try to keep their secrets, and how sometimes they cannot."—Ron Rash, author of Serena, on The Shadows We Hide

Brilliant . . . Darkly lyrical and brutally intimate."—Publishers Weekly (starred review), on The Shadows We Hide

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