A River of Crows

by Shanessa Gluhm Narrated by Lu Banks

Overview

In 1988, Sloan Hadfield's brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran prone to violent outbursts, was arrested and charged with murder. Ridge's body was never recovered, and Sloan's mother-a brilliant ornithologist-slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive.



Now, twenty years later, Sloan's life is unraveling. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she's forced to return to her rural Texas hometown when her mother is discharged from a mental health facility.



Overwhelmed by memories and unanswered questions, Sloan returns to the last place her brother was seen all those years ago: Crow's Nest Creek. There, she is shocked to hear a crow muttering the same syllable over and over: Ridge, Ridge, Ridge.



When the body of another boy is found, Sloan begins to question what really happened to her brother all those years ago. What she discovers will shock her small community and turn her family upside down.



A River of Crows is a tale of family secrets, deception, and revenge perfect for fans of Julia Heaberlin and Jennifer Hillier.

Editorial Reviews

MARCH 2024 - AudioFile

With a youthful delivery, narrator Lu Banks depicts the anger and confusion of a 12-year-old girl who is traumatized by the loss of her beloved brother in an apparent drowning near their favorite fishing spot. In the wake of the tragedy, their mother, an ornithologist, goes in and out of mental institutions. Then, the girl is left to her own devices when her father is convicted of having murdered her brother even though his body was never recovered. The plot evolves into an absorbing mystery 20 years later when the adult sister attempts to discover the truth behind her brother's disappearance. Banks is especially adept at re-creating the childhood dialogue between the siblings in this involving psychological suspense. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159444974
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	01/23/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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