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Deaf Row

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Deaf Row

By: Ron Franscell
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
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Retired to a small Colorado mountain town, former Denver homicide detective Woodrow “Mountain” Bell yearns only to fade away. He has failed in so many ways—as a father, a husband, friend, and cop—he fears he wasted his chance at a meaningful life.

When Bell stumbles across a long-forgotten, unsolved child murder, his first impulse is to let it lie—but he can’t. He is drawn into the macabre mystery when he realizes the killer might still be near.

Without help from ambivalent local cops, Bell must overcome the obstacles of time, age, a lack of police resources, and his own personal flaws by calling upon the unique skills of the end-of-the-road codgers he meets for coffee every morning—a club of old guys who call themselves Deaf Row. Soon, this mottled crew finds itself on a collision course with a serial butcher.

More than a tense mystery, more than an unnerving psychological thriller, Deaf Row is drawn from Ron Franscell’s career as a bestselling true-crime writer and journalist. It’s a novel of men pushing back against time and death, trying not to disappear entirely.

Deaf Row is a moving, occasionally humorous, portrait of flawed people caught in a web of pain and regret.

©2023 Ron Franscell (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing Police Procedural Mystery Suspense Crime Fiction Witty Marriage
Engaging Mystery • Unique Characters • Chilling Storyline • Intriguing Plot • Humorous Elements

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I absolutely loved this book. Even though it offers a mystery with gruesome crimes, the serious crime should be able to be tolerated by anyone with a funny bone. The “good guys’” banter delighted me and kept me laughing out loud. The priest’s prayers are a stitch too, even though they are appropriate to those who are praying with him. It was a joy to have found and read Deaf Row! The mystery is good also.

I have read two other books Ron Franscell. I appreciated them, but they were not fun. This was a treat!

Crime & actually funny Dad jokes!

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Great characters, chilling storyline (and Colorado winter setting), and fantastic narration by Jim Meskimen. He brings each of the members of Deaf Row to vivid life! Highly recommend this engaging book!

A great read for a cold winter’s night

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The story moves you along so well. Quite compelling, Great characterization. Also a bit spooky which is wonderful!

Compelling

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Story telling at its best. I spent time in a parking lot waiting to go in due to not being able to stop listening to this well narrated book.

Wow! Well written intriguing story

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As an old timer I particularly liked this book and recommend it to one and all

Very good

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