The Life We Bury Audiobook

Quotes

• “Set against the backdrop of a brutal Minnesota winter, The Life We Bury is much more than a satisfying, suspenseful novel…The characters are as real as my next-door neighbors, the story compelling, and the writing superb.”

  — Suspense magazine

• More complications ensue, until the novel's satisfying resolution.

  — Publishers Weekly Starred Review

• “As Joe learns more about the events of the murder, he is faced with several threats to his own safety, yet refuses to give up his pursuit of the truth. More complications ensue, until the novel’s satisfying resolution.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Thriller fans should keep their eyes on Eskens; he’s a comer.”

  — Booklist

• “Compulsively suspenseful.”

  — BookPage

• “Eskens’ first-person narration grabs the reader and never relinquishes its hold.”

  — Library Journal

• “Eskens’ debut is a solid and thoughtful tale of a young man used to taking on burdens beyond his years—none more dangerous than championing a bitter old man convicted of a horrific crime.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Narrator Zach Villa’s low-key but appealing performance of Eskens’ debut mystery is a true audio pleasure…Joe is a thoroughly decent and responsible character, and Villa renders those qualities perfectly. Jeremy is appropriately slightly wooden-voiced, and their mother is a shrewish drunk. Villa ratchets up the drama and pacing as Joe wades into danger when he identifies a likely alternative killer. He is also a master of evoking the cold loneliness of the rural Minnesota landscape. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile