Thunder Road

Name: Thunder Road
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Colin Holmes
ISBN: 9798228573123

Author: Colin Holmes

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Baker & Taylor

Published: 09/02/2025

Categories: Fiction, Noir

Synopsis

In this gamble, more than a few poker chips are at stake.When an Army Air Force Major vanishes from his Top Secret job at the Fort Worth airbase in the summer of 1947, down-on-his-luck former Ranger Jefferson Sharp is hired to find him, because the Major owes a sizable gambling debt to a local mobster. The search takes Sharp from the hideaway poker rooms of Fort Worth's Thunder Road, to the barren ranch lands of New Mexico, to secret facilities under construction in the Nevada desert.Lethal operatives and an opaque military bureaucracy stand in his way, but when he finds an otherworldly clue and learns President Truman is creating a new Central Intelligence Agency and splitting the Air Force from the Army, Sharp begins to connect dots. And those dots draw a straight line to a conspiracy aiming to cover up a secret that is out of this world—literally so.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joey on April 18, 2022

Every so often—and it is, as it should be, very rare—I read a book for review and think, “If only there were six stars in the rating system, instead of five…” So imagine my surprise when I realized that this is the author’s debut novel. It is admittedly a perfect storm for me, as a reader, paranormal......more

Goodreads review by Ed on March 20, 2022

This is an eclectic work of fiction that works all day long. The characters, dialogue, plot and pace all interact to create an original and very entertaining story set in post war Dallas/Fort Worth. It's got everything; good guys, bad guys, Air Force bad guys, corrupt guys, beguiling women, cowboys,......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on May 18, 2022

awesome western noir I live in Fort Worth, so it was so much fun to see a story set here during the aftermath of World War II. The author builds a mystery relentlessly and makes you keep turning pages. I especially liked the romantic subplot, which felt authentic and nuanced. A really awesome read.......more

Goodreads review by Barcie on February 17, 2022

What a fun read! To use an analogy, you're sitting there enjoying watching Dragnet when, about 60% in, the episode morphs into The X-Files ... at which point you are truly in love. "Thunder Road" stands on its own merits as a '40s detective story with WWII veteran Jefferson Sharp trying to make a go......more