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The unwilling [sound recording] : a novel / John Hart.

Hart, John (author). Stillwell, Kevin, (narrator).

Summary:

Gibby's older brothers have already been to war. One died there. The other came back misunderstood and hard, a decorated killer now freshly released from a three-year stint in prison. Jason won't speak of the war or of his time behind bars, but he wants a relationship with the younger brother he hasn't known for years. Determined to make that connection, he coaxes Gibby into a day at the lake: long hours of sunshine and whisky and older women. But the day turns ugly when the four encounter a prison transfer bus on a stretch of empty road. Beautiful but drunk, one of the women taunts the prisoners, leading to a riot on the bus. The woman finds it funny in the moment, but is savagely murdered soon after. Given his violent history, suspicion turns first to Jason; but when the second woman is kidnapped, the police suspect Gibby, too. Determined to prove Jason innocent, Gibby must avoid the cops and dive deep into his brother's hidden life, a dark world of heroin, guns and outlaw motorcycle gangs. What he discovers there is a truth more disturbing than he could have imagined: not just the identity of the killer and the reasons for Tyra's murder, but the forces that shaped his brother in Vietnam, the reason he was framed, and why the most dangerous man alive wants him back in prison. This is crime fiction at its most raw, an exploration of family and the past, of prison and war and the indelible marks they leave.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1250752213
  • ISBN: 9781250752215
  • Physical Description: 12 audio discs (approximately 14 hours) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, 2021.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Kevin Stillwell.
System Details Note:
Compact discs.
Subject:
Brothers > Fiction.
Ex-convicts > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Prisoners > Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Fiction.
North Carolina > Fiction.
Genre:
Audiobooks.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 39 of 40 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 40 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Gunn Memorial Public Library CD F HAR (Text) 34621991164081 Adult Audiobook Available -
Albemarle Main Library AB Hart (Text) 31010000740631 Adult Audiobook Available -
Albertson Community Library CD HAR (Text) 30372101903240 Adult Audiobook Available -
Ashe County Public Library A-CD HAR (Text) 50503011167378 Adult Audiobook Available -
Bethlehem Branch BOCD F Hart (Text) 34269001298851 Adult Audiobook Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library CD FIC Hart (Text) 37807000028076 Adult Audiobook Available -
Clemmons Branch HART, JOHN 12 CD (Text) 2112502180042 Adult Audiobook Available -
Cleveland County Main Library AUDIO CD F HART (Text) 22281500147132 Adult Audiobook Available -
Cumberland Headquarters BOOK CD F HART (Text) 31781066479823 Adult Audiobook Available -
Denton Public Library CD F HAR (Text) 25908007861037 Adult Audiobook Available -