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The Guise of Another

Written by: Allen Eskens
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. So when he's asked to look into the false identity of a car-accident victim named James Putnam, a man who in fact died 15 years earlier, Rupert sees a potentially big case and an opportunity to regain his respectability.

But the investigation puts him in the path of "the Beast", the nom de guerre of Drago Basta, a cunning veteran of the Balkan wars and a sociopath assassin who has been searching for Putnam for years. Putnam had something that Basta still wants. If Rupert's life was in shambles before, it's now also in danger. Threatened by the Beast and suspecting his wife of cheating, Rupert falls for the seductions of the dead man's former girlfriend. As he feels his life spinning out of control, his steadfast brother and fellow police detective Max may be Rupert's last hope.

©2015 Allen Eskens (P)2015 Tantor Crime Thrillers Hard-Boiled Mystery Police Procedurals Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

"It's a taut, intelligent, heart-ripping story that explores the darkest places in the human psyche." (William Kent Krueger, author of Iron Lake)
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great story. unpredictable. I wished a different ending for Alex but okay. I don't have more to say audible

outstanding story

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I read this as the book mentioned Joe Talbert ( protagonist of Book1) but the character was nowhere to be seen. Even the other character, Max Rupert, who played a role but was quite fleeting in Book 1 was limited to the sidelines. There was a new protagonist in this one. Character was developed but not quite as much as I would have liked it. The storyline began well with an interesting situation but quite a way from the end the story was laid bare and the only development was a cat and mouse game that was predictable. In fact even the first book unravelled the mystery quite early - so that is something I hold against the author. However Book 1 was still intriguing and quite likeable. This one falls apart. The character of the woman who shoots the protagonist at the end is quite unbelievable as shooting seemed alien to her development in the book. Quite unlike a James Hadley Chase character.

I will still go onto read Book 3 as the author does have great skill in inciting curiosity in the reader. I hope that turns out well. Will recommend a read though.

Begun well, ended not so well

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