A Friend in the Dark
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Rufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why.
After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Greyhounds, until he learns that a former Army buddy, now a police detective in New York City, has died by suicide. Sam knows that’s not right, and he immediately sets out to get answers.
As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend’s death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they’re running out of time.
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An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Gregory Ashe and C.S. Poe.
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3.5I've been on an Ashe binge (likely to continue) and I thought this collab with [a:C.S. Poe 13832392 C.S. Poe https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1537378902p2/13832392.jpg] would be a good step to the side. It was a happy marriage of their two styles. Murder brings together two screwed up guys: Sam is out of the army but dragging a plethora of issues; Rufus is existing in a sort of arrested development after an unhappy childhood. Good times. Given their personal issues and the span of the narrative the ending isn't even a HFN, understandably so. Luckily book 2 is already out and I'm diving right in. It was also an excuse to try out a new narrator, [a:Garrett Kiesel 21076557 Garrett Kiesel https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. I liked him, his voice(s), and it's always good to have a new voice, however, and maybe it's more of a production issue, the pacing can use some improvement.
