DEADLINE Jack McMorrow, Book 1

Audiobook listeners will be pleased to discover this rerelease of the first installment in the Jack McMorrow series, featuring the ex-NEW YORK TIMES reporter who now puts out a paper in central Maine. McMorrow also pursues criminal investigations, making enemies among the police, paper company executives, town drunks, and fellow reporters. His adventures are recounted with relentless intensity by narrator Michael Smith. Smith is a master at dialogue. He has at least 15 well-differentiated characters who come to life as we hear their banter, threats, groans, and laughter. He also captures the stark reality of the story's setting. The listener senses the miasma of evil permeating this small town, which already reeks of the stench of a paper mill. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2018]