Download The Sorrow Hand A Nick Drake Novel Book 1 Audible Audio Edition Dwight Holing Steve Marvel Tantor Audio Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 7 hours and 3 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Unabridged Publisher Tantor Audio Audible.com Release Date February 26, 2019 Whispersync for Voice Ready Language English, English ASIN B07NGQ8N4Q

The Sorrow Hand A Nick Drake Novel Book 1 Audible Audio Edition Dwight Holing Steve Marvel Tantor Audio Books Reviews

• The author, Dwight Howling, has written and extremely good mystery, which takes place in a locale that I have some personal experience and was the deciding factor in why I chose to purchase and read this book (normally as the author was someone I had never read before, I would have skipped it as it was not offered as a -Unlimited selection).
  
  That said, I’m certainly glad that purchased it as it was definitely worth it! I did however only award it 4-Stars as there were some “carry-over” editing issues. (5-Stars is reserved for “Overall Perfection”. Granted there were very few, however there were enough to knock off a star.
  
  This is definitely a mystery. It is not filled with action, though there is a great deal of it, and it does not depend upon “action scenes” to carry the storyline, that is carried forward from scene to scene, by an excellent overall plot, great characterization, and a writing style that many other authors may envy.
  
  I liked the protagonist “Nick Drake” and I was able to identify with his “issues” to a great extent though his fight against his addiction to heroin, his own personal “demon”, is not one of them, though the root of its cause…I’ll just say that I too understand “walking with the dead”.
  
  Even though I only gave this 4 Stars I do HIGHLY Recommend it. I will also be looking forward to the second book in the Nick Drake Series. Hopefully it will not be a long wait, but in the mean time I believe I’ll try another of Mr. Holing’s offerings.
• The descriptions of an area I'm unfamiliar with is what kept me going, in spite of more than a few character tropes and obvious plot manipulations. It's as if the author started with the typical set of cardboard cutouts and then tried to give each one enough detail to lift it above the mold it was taken from. Unfortunately, these superficial trappings could not hide the bones. I did enjoy a few of the traits of the main character and handling of his struggles. I did not enjoy being hit over the head with Vietnam PTSD. These are issues that could be addressed with a bit more subtlety. Also, yes there are a few editing issues not typos but bits and pieces of plot and/or dialogue out of order. In the end, I read the entire book and would probably try another one if the author chooses to continue as a series.
• This is the second time I have read a novel series where the hero is a wildlife Ranger. The first is of course, the Joe Pickett novels by CJ Box. They are some of my favorite works and I just finished the latest one, and look forward to many more.
  So I was a little hesitant, frankly, when I read in the notes for this book that it was about a fish and wildlife character. However, this book is so different in so many ways that I was able to enjoy it for itself, and not compare it to the Pickett books.
  .I’m not sure that it is written as smoothly as the Pickett books but then the style of writing, which is choppier and much more direct, fits the character and the setting to a T.
  This is not Wyoming, present day, this is Oregon in the late 1960s.
  This is not Joe Pickett, slightly world-weary, stridently honest, letter of the law to a fault,. Nick Drake is a Vietnam veteran, struggling with addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder. He admits to being a junkie and relying on it to still the nightmares that still haunt him over his time in country. Being from this generation, and having friends that came back from Vietnam changed in so many ways, the character of Nick Drake is pretty believable.The author weaves the flashbacks of his time in Vietnam quite well with the present day narrative. The characters are well crafted, sympathetic, and more than anything flawed in a real sense.
  As the old saying goes, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, with sequels a plenty. Hail and farewell, Nick Drake.
• In this well-crafted story, Nick Drake tries to solve, with the assistance of a crusty, and colorful deputy, Pudge, the disappearance and murder of several young women while Drake fights his own personal demons from a war halfway around the world. In a style that might remind one of James Lee Burke, Dwight Holing weaves a story of intrigue and drama underpinned by Native American mysticism and Drake’s struggle to overcome PTSD. Drake is a very interesting and complex character that drives the story through flashbacks to Vietnam around the time of the Tet Offensive and his current job as a conservation officer. This page-turner will keep you guessing and riveted to the end.
  
  Jeffrey Miller, Bureau 39
• Nick Drake is wonderfully complex character and I was invested in this story from the very first page. His backstory in Vietnam is beautifully (and horrifically) described. It was all very visceral and real, layered and emotional. I’m a huge fan of westerns and this felt very much like a
  contemporary western married with a mystery. I love the setting and time period. Eastern Oregon in 1968. It was a time of incredible turmoil and change and the story vividly reflects all of it. The dialogue crackles with wit and honesty and the action scenes are beautifully written and really exciting. If you’re looking for a smart, thrilling, beautifully written pager-turner, look no further. I can't wait for book two.