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Something is wrong in Niceville. . . A boy literally disappears from Main Street. A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing. An audacious bank robbery goes seriously wrong: four cops are gunned down; a TV news helicopter is shot and spins crazily out of the sky, triggering a disastrous cascade of events that ricochet across twenty different lives over the course of just thirty-six hours. Nick Kavanaugh, a cop with a dark side, investigates. Soon he and his wife, Kate, a distinguished lawyer from an old Niceville family, find themselves struggling to make sense not only of the disappearance and the robbery but also of a shadow world, where time has a different rhythm and where justice is elusive. . . .Something is wrong in Niceville, where evil lives far longer than men do. Compulsively readable, and populated with characters who leap off the page, Niceville will draw you in, excite you, amaze you, horrify you, and, when it finally lets you go, make you sorry you have to leave. Read the first thirty-five pages. Find out why Harlan Coben calls Carsten Stroud the master of “the nerve-jangling thrill ride.”
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"This place is anything but nice, however it is nice and creepy, in the good, hair-raising Stephen King way. If you like your Southern Gothic hard-boiled, this is for you."
— Michael (5 out of 5 stars)
Niceville Listener Reviews
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" I might have given this book 4 stars based on the writing, but I wasn't that crazy about the story itself. The author put a few too many balls in the air in my opinion, and he let a few drop at the end. There were minor storylines that the story could have done without altogether and some major ones that left loose strings untied. Characters like Andy Chu could have been eliminated altogether to leave more room to develop (and properly conclude) the main storylines. The characters were good and I liked the author's writing style generally. I might enjoy some of his earlier or future works, but I'm not sure I can fully recommend this one despite enjoying many elements of it. "
— Andy, 2/18/2014 -
" Great ending justifies how hard it is to get into the entire middle of the story. "
— Georgette, 2/1/2014 -
" Maybe I just didn't get it. I just couldn't get into this book, and I found it hard to finish. "
— Lucia, 1/31/2014 -
" It was hard to get through and did not have a satisfying ending. Not worth reading! "
— Christine, 1/26/2014 -
" What was this? A cops and robbers thriller; a ghost story; a horror book? Too many threads for one book. "
— Greg, 1/19/2014 -
" Definitely not a book for everyone - an oddball mystery but I enjoyed the humor and weirdness of it. "
— Jenn, 1/16/2014 -
" This was an odd book. Still unsure if I liked it or not. I think that I did since I wanted to know what happened, but one of the main plotlines was never really explained. "
— Addie, 1/15/2014 -
" Really twisted and strange storyline, but it was intresting, and a likeable read "
— Sharon, 1/13/2014 -
" I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. It was very weird, but managed to keep my attention until the ambiguous ending. "
— Brian, 1/10/2014 -
" Disturbing book, definitely. I like scary, so it was a good read, but the plot was super similar to that movie The Woman in Black, so that kind of ruined it for me a bit "
— Kelsey, 1/8/2014 -
" This book is an uneasy fusion of heist story, paranormal southern gothic saga and PTSD chronicle. Some of the descriptive writing and some of the dialogue is well done, but the whole thing just didn't come together for me. "
— Monica, 12/29/2013 -
" strange book. kinda lame ending. interesting characters and storyline though. "
— Renee, 12/5/2013 -
" This is a well-written book with depth in character and plot. It has the added benefit of being totally bizarre. That's all I have to say. "
— Meg, 10/30/2013 -
" I can't believe I spent the time reading this one.... "
— Shanda, 6/24/2013 -
" Really liked it, except it is the beginning of a trilogy (which was not noted on the book jacket) and so it ends with many more questions raised than answered. A bit disappointing. "
— Stephanie, 11/22/2012 -
" I got this in the form of an audio book. I thought it was supposed to be more of a supernatural horror type story which is how it started out. Then it changed into a crime story with totally unlikeable characters and by about disc 4 I said "Aaaah, forget it! Next!" "
— Vicki, 10/22/2012 -
" A Stephen King-ish kind of creepy. "
— Marcie, 8/7/2012 -
" I haven't read a horror in a while and this was a good choice. I was genuinely spooked at times. A good, solid and interesting story. "
— Kathleen, 6/30/2012
About Carsten Stroud
Carsten Stroud is the author of Cuba Strait, Black Water Transit, the award-winning Sniper’s Moon, and other novels. His nonfiction titles include Deadly Force; Iron Bravo, chosen for the US Army’s recommended reading list; and the New York Times bestseller Close Pursuit. He lives on the shores of Lake Huron.
About Ann Marie Lee
Ann Marie Lee is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award for narration. She is a Los Angeles–based actress with television credits that include ER, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Nip/Tuck. Her stage performances for Broadway National Tours and regional theater include Peter Pan, As You Like It, Heartbreak House, and The Cherry Orchard.