The Current
A Stunning New Novel from the Bestselling Author of DescentTim Johnston, whose 2015 national bestseller Descent was called astonishing by the Washington Post and unforgettable by the Miami Herald, returns with another tour de force about the indelible impact of acrime on the lives of innocent people.When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700 mile drive north to Minnesota, they suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives in the icy waters of the Black Root River, just miles from home One girl s survival, and the other s death murder, actually stun the citizens of a small Minnesota town, thawing memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier, and whose killer may yet live among them One father is forced to relive his agony while another s greatest desire to bring a killer to justice is revitalized and the girl who survived the icy plunge cannot escape the sense that she is connected to that earlier unsolved case by than a river Soon enough she s caught up in an investigation of her own that will unearth long hidden secrets, and stoke the violence that has long simmered just below the surface of the town Souls frozen in time, ghosts and demons, the accused and the guilty, all stir to life in this cold northern place where memories, like treachery, run just beneath the ice, and where a young woman can come home but still not be safe.Brilliantly plotted, unrelentingly suspenseful, and beautifully realized, The Current is a gripping page turner about how the past holds the key to the future as well as an unbreakable grip on the present. New Download The Current [ By ] Tim Johnston [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Tim Johnston has again written an outstanding literary suspense thriller Having been introduced to the author in 2016 with, Descent, I was highly anticipating getting my hands on his next book The Current did not disappoint A page turning, psychological crime thriller with many twists and turns, The Current, is a dark, emotional novel filled with tension and rage, guilt and revenge, but also compassion.Two friends leave college to drive to Minnesota to visit Audrey s father, retired sheriff To Tim Johnston has again written an outstanding literary suspense thriller Having been introduced to the author in 2016 with, Descent, I was highly anticipating getting my hands on his next book The Current did not disappoint A page turning, psychological crime thriller with many twists and turns, The Current, is a dark, emotional novel filled with tension and rage, guilt and revenge, but also compassion.Two friends leave college to drive to Minnesota to visit Audrey s father, retired sheriff Tom Sutter, as he is getting close to the end with cancer A stop at a gas station in Iowa not far from the Minnesota border brings about an unfortunate event never expected Hurrying to get back on the road again in the harsh, cold winter, their car goe...4 Stars.A Taut, Tension filled Thriller that kept me on my Toes When two girls go into the river, only one comes out, nineteen year old Audrey Sutter Ten years ago another girl s life was lost to that same river Holly Burke her death was suspicious and though there was a suspect, he was never charged The Sheriff at the time was Tom Sutter, Audrey Sutter s father, he has never forgiven himself for letting the killer go free Now, his own life hangs in the balance Gordon Burke re lives his 4 Stars.A Taut, Tension filled Thriller that kept me on my Toes When two girls go into the river, only one comes out, nineteen year old Audrey Sutter Ten years ago another girl s life was lost to that same river Holly Burke her death was suspicious and though there was a suspect, he was never charged The Sheriff at the time was Tom Sutter, Audrey Sutter s father, he has never forgiven himself for letting the killer go free Now, his own life hangs in the balance Gordon Burke re lives his daughter s death every single day and wants justicethan anything Audrey Sutter remembers the feel of breaking through the ice, the woosh of the river, the insane cold against her skin and the ...Life is about the intrusion of the unexpected.Sun filled, glorious days fill us with the ease of life and its gentle flow But it is in the ravaged moments of night that brutal reality visits upon us And with it comes the jagged scars that are deep, very very deep.Two Iowa college girls take to the road heading north in the midst of an icy Minnesota winter One girl has home as her destination The other girl will have quite the unplanned destination They stop nearly out of gas at a small town Life is about the intrusion of the unexpected.Sun filled, glorious days fill us with the ease of life and its gentle flow But it is in the ravaged moments of night that brutal reality visits upon us And with it comes the jagged scars that are deep, very very deep.Two Iowa college girls take to the road heading north in the midst of an icy Minnesota...Because it was only girls in the river it s always been only girls In a small town in Minnesota, in the depths of winter, a car with two girls goes in the river, but only one girl survives The survivor claims they were pushed into the river The crime is eerily similar to the death of a young girl in the river 10 years ago, a murder than was never solved The recent death dredges up an unresolved past with long buried griefs and suspicions We see the poisonous effects of an unresolved murde Because it was only girls in the river it s always been only girls In a small town in Minnesota, in the depths of winter, a car with two girls goes in the river, but only one girl survives The survivor claims they were pushed into the river The crime is eerily similar to the death of a young girl in the river 10 years ago, a murder than was never solved The recent death dredges up an unresolved past with long buried griefs and suspicions We see the poisonous effects of an unresolved murder on the residents of this small town A murder that changed their lives forever This is a literary, character driven mystery, not a suspenseful whodunit I like deep dives into character s psyches so this style worked for me The mood is dark and grim, and the suspicions and heartaches in this town run deep I came to care about the charac...Two best girlfriends were travelling by car from their Southern college to a small town in Minnesota Caroline Price had generously volunteered to drive Audrey Sutter seven hundred miles to visit her father, Retired Sheriff Tom Sutter Sheriff Sutter had inoperable lung cancer A late night gas station stop in Iowa, near the Minnesota border, on a raw snowy night, turned deadly leaving Caroline missing and Audrey barely alive.The gas station, approximately two deserted miles from the highway loo Two best girlfriends were travelling by car from their Southern college to a small town in Minnesota Caroline Price had generously volunteered to drive Audrey Sutter seven hundred miles to visit her father, Retired Sheriff Tom Sutter Sheriff Sutter had inoperable lung cancer A late night gas station stop in Iowa, near the Minnesota border, on a raw snowy night, turned deadly leaving Caroline missing and Audrey barely alive.The gas station, approximately two deserted miles from the highway looked desolate Two vehicles were parked near the ladies restroom, one being a two tone truck A bathroom pit stopAudrey was accostedCaroline pepper sprayed the young menthenAudrey and Caroline stumbled to Caroline s RAV4 and attempted to drive away As they approached an icy trestle bridge, the car was rear ended and plunged, nose first, into the Black Root River Audrey woke up in the hospital, Caroline was presumed dead Who would do such a thing Gordon Burke used to co own Burke Young Plumbing...An atmospheric story alive with tension and emotion Tim Johnston has written a book that I not only Red but I felt I felt the tension in my head, I felt the emotion in my heart, and I felt the cold in my bones There was something so real and raw about this story It is one of those books that will stick with you long after you turn the last page Audrey and Caroline are driving from their southern college to Audreys home in northern Minnesota Audrey is going home to see her father who is fight An atmospheric story alive ...Early in the book a vehicle is pushed into a river that is frozen on the surface but that has a raging current under the ice The car contains two college girls, one who survives the river and one who doesn t Ten years earlier another girl, the same age, died in this river, miles upstream, when someone threw her in the river after hitting her with a vehicle The writing in this book is different and it took a few chapters for me to get used to the way the book was written but once I got the rhy Early in the book a vehicle is pushed into a river that is frozen on the surface but that has a raging current under the ice The car contains two college girls, one who survives the river and one who doesn t Ten years earlier another girl, the same age, died in this river, miles upstream, when someone threw her in the river after hitting her with a vehicle The writing in this book is different and it took a few chapters for me to get used to the way the book was written but once I got the rhythm of the words, the reading became easier... First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Tim Johnston, and Algonquin Books for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.In my first exploration of Tim Johnston s work, the novel took a journey that may literally chill the reader to the bone On their way back from college, two young women stop for gas in the middle of winter A simple fill up soon turns sour when one is assaulted by two men who prey on her solitude After fen First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Tim Johnston, and Algonquin Books for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.In my first exploration of Tim Johnston s work, the novel took a journey that may literally chill the reader to the bone On their way back from college, two young women stop for gas in the middle of winter A simple fill up soon turns sour when one is assaulted by two men who prey on her solitude After fending them off, the women rush to their vehicle and continue on their way, hoping the worst is behind them Bright headlights soon creep up in the rearview mirror and the vehicle is bumped off the road, teetering on the edge of a body of water In the moments before they lose consciousness, both women vow to get through this together When Audrey Sutter wakes, she is in the hospital with significant injuries Her friend was not so lucky, having peris...The nose of the car drops over the edge of the bank and the world pitches, and their own weight rolls forward through their bodies as at the top of a roller coaster just before the drop the deep human fear of falling, the plunging heart, and there s no stopping it and no getting out and nothing to do but hold on And down they go, fast and easy in the snow, toboggan smooth, hand in hand, their grips so tight, the grips of girls much younger, girls who will not be separated, their faces forwar The nose of the car drops over the edge of the bank and the world pitches, and their own weight rolls forward through their bodies as at the top of a roller coaster just before the drop the deep human fear of falling, the plunging heart, and there s no stopping it and no getting out and nothing to do but hold on And down they go, fast and easy in the snow, toboggan smooth, hand in hand, their grips so tight, the grips of girls much younger, girls who will not be separated, their faces forward, watching the surface of the river, the black glistening ice as it rushes up toward them, larger and larger, until there s nothing in the windshield but t...4.5 so well written stars Ten years ago a young girl went into the freezing cold river She was murdered and a family, a father, and a small town reeled from the shock, a loss of life that sent currents through lives that were never to be the same again The murderer was never found Yes, there was a suspect, a young man, whose family was devastated and as the young man is let go, he runs away He runs from a family, a twin brother, and a mother who loved him He runs from a dog, whose devotion 4.5 so well written stars Ten years ago a young girl went into the freezing cold river She was murdered and a family, a father, and a small town reeled from the shock, a loss of life that sent currents through lives that were never to be the same again The murderer was never found Yes, there was a suspect, a young man, whose family was devastated and as the young man is let go, he runs away He runs from a family, a twin brother, and a mo...
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- 06 December 2018 Tim Johnston
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- 352 pages
- Tim Johnston
- The Current