The Good Boy: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “A terrific piece of crime writing—propulsive action paired with the authentic sounds of a city on the make. Theresa Schwegel’s ear for dialogue is pitch-perfect—from the station house to the streets, from cops to robbers to teens, Schwegel serves up fully-realized characters who pop off the page. An essential read.”

  — Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

• “A terrific piece of crime writing--propulsive action paired with the authentic sounds of a city on the make. Theresa Schwegel's ear for dialogue is pitch-perfect--from the station house to the streets, from cops to robbers to teens, Schwegel serves up fully-realized characters who pop off the page. An essential read.

  — GILLIAN FLYNN

• A vivid, nuanced, and emotional tale told in prose that crackles with electricity. The characters are real, their world is our own, and their stories the kind that linger long after the last page is turned. At once a thriller and a beautifully rendered family story, it simply won't disappoint.

  — MICHAEL KORYTA

• A brooding, world-wise, humane piece of crime fiction...Readers who respond to it will find the book lingering in their minds longer than most.

  — USA Today

• [A] nail-biter...The reader will empathize with everyone from Pete, who has his heart in the right place but makes several wrong turns, to Butch, who never speaks yet says volumes.

  — Publisher's Weekly

• “A vivid, nuanced, and emotional tale told in prose that crackles with electricity. The characters are real, their world is our own, and their stories the kind that linger long after the last page is turned. At once a thriller and a beautifully rendered family story, it simply won’t disappoint.”

  — Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet

• A brooding, world-wise, humane piece of crime fiction…Readers who respond to it will find the book lingering in their minds longer than most.”

  — USA Today

• “If Schwegel can keep up this level of plotting, action, and character development for another twenty books or so…people will be saying that Robert Crais could have been another Theresa Schwegel if he had just tried a little harder.”

  — Houston Chronicle

• “[A] nail-biter…The reader will empathize with everyone from Pete, who has his heart in the right place but makes several wrong turns, to Butch, who never speaks yet says volumes.”

  — Publisher’s Weekly