Welcome to Cooper

Name: Welcome to Cooper
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tariq Ashkanani
ISBN: 9781713608509

Author: Tariq Ashkanani

Narrator: Ryan Jordan McCarthy, Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 7 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 10/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Crime, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

In this explosive thriller of bad choices and dark crimes, Detective Levine knew his transfer was a punishment—but he had no idea just how bad it would get.Cooper, Nebraska, is forgettable and forgotten, a town you’d only stumble into if you’d taken a seriously wrong turn. Like Detective Thomas Levine’s career has. But when a young woman is found lying in the snow, choked to death, her eyes gouged out, the disgraced detective is Cooper’s only hope for restoring peace and justice.For Levine, still grieving and guilt-ridden over the death of his girlfriend, his so-called “transfer” from the big city to this grubby backwater has always felt like a punishment. And when his irascible new partner shoots their prime suspect using Levine’s gun, all hope of redemption is shattered. With the case in chaos, and both blackmail and a violent drug cartel to contend with, he finds himself in a world of trouble.It gets worse. The real killer is still out there, and he’s got plans for Detective Levine. And Cooper may just be the perfect place to get away with murder.

About Tariq Ashkanani

Tariq Ashkanani is a solicitor based in Edinburgh, where he also runs WriteGear, a Kickstarter company that sells high-quality notebooks for writers, and WriteGear’s podcast Page One. He had no formal writing training or consultation prior to writing Welcome to Cooper. He is currently working on a follow-up thriller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vicki

Welcome to Cooper... Welcome to Cooper by Tariq Ashkanani No spoilers. 4 stars. I don't usually read crime dramas, being that my ex-husband is a Los Angeles Sheriff's homicide detective, and I'm a little burned out on police procedure... But... This Amazon first reads pick was quite good. I confess that......more

Goodreads review by Deb

All I'm writing about this book is that it's a story within a story and I didn't know who was actually telling their confession until the very end , which I loved.The ending was the best part, but, of course you need to read it all to get to that.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Okay first a confession. I went into this book with a slightly negative mindset as I was starting to think I had chosen the wrong book for my September First Reads selection after a great review of another book (thanks Jayme!!). Once I started, though, I found an enjoyable and well written slice of m......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Cooper, Nebraska. Detective Levine has been transferred to this less than desirable location. This is his punishment for robbing drug dealers and then selling the drugs .. to mostly other cops. He ratted out his partner and instead of charging him with crimes or just firing him, they sent him here........more

Goodreads review by Sharon Bogen

Stay Alert! Hard to find a book during 'covid boredom' that doesn't read like all written off of same template. So I start many books and give up.... not this one. Unique writing style, plot twists and turns... and I'm not even sure who is the hero as all deeply flawed. Good book for chess players to......more

Quotes

“Narrator Ryan Jordan McCarthy keeps listeners guessing in this fresh take on a police drama.… McCarthy portrays Levine in a brooding, deep voice, enhancing the bleak, dark tone of the story. His energetic narration moves the short chapters of the story along swiftly…. Listeners who are in the mood for unlikable flawed characters and atypical storytelling will be rewarded with an unexpected twist. Narrator Frankie Corzo makes a brief but effective appearance.” —AudioFile Magazine“With Welcome to Cooper, Tariq Ashkanani announces himself onto the crime fiction stage with a dark thriller set in the cankered heart of modern small town America. As Detective Thomas Levine navigates murder, corruption, and his own dark past, the plot lays bare the hidden world of violence and greed overtaking the American dream. A taut, uncompromising, and starkly visceral ride.” —Vaseem Khan, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series“A tense, noirish, pacy thriller where nothing is as it seems right up until the chilling conclusion. An exciting new voice in crime fiction.” —John Marrs, bestselling author of The Good Samaritan