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Title details for The Chase by Candice Fox - Available

The Chase

by Candice Fox
David de Vries
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The Chase is a modern The Fugitive with characters only #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Candice Fox can write.
"Are you listening, Warden?"
"What do you want?"
"I want you to let them out."
"Which inmates are we talking about?"
"All of them."
When 650 of the world's most violent human beings pour out of the Pronghorn Correctional Facility into the Nevada Desert, the biggest manhunt in US history begins.
For John Kradle, this is his chance to prove his innocence, twenty-six years after the murder of his wife and child. He just needs to stay one step ahead of the law enforcement officers he knows will be chasing down the escapees.
Death Row Supervisor turned fugitive-hunter Celine Osbourne is single-minded in her mission to catch Kradle. She has very personal reasons for hating him – and she knows exactly where he's heading...
A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books

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  • Release date

    March 8, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250837035
      • File size: 364097 KB
      • Duration: 12:38:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 24, 2022
      A mass breakout from the Pronghorn Correctional Facility in Nevada, orchestrated by someone with inside connections, drives this uneven thriller from Fox (Crimson Lake). The desert quickly fills with hundreds of convicts heading to Vegas and surrounding communities for their first taste of freedom in a long time. Meanwhile, U.S. Marshal Trinity Parker is particularly concerned about one fugitive, Burke David Schmitz (aka the Mardi Gras Shooter), and death row supervisor Celine Osbourne is obsessed with recapturing John Kradle, who “came home from work one day and blew his wife and kid away.” The main story line involving the purpose of the breakout and its primary beneficiary is soon overshadowed by the subplot featuring Celine and Kradle, the book’s best-developed character. Trinity is a caricature of a lawman, Schmitz is a stock mass murderer/domestic terrorist, and chapters featuring other assorted convicts come across as little more than filler. The backstory chapter in which Celine visits her grandfather in prison, however, is superbly written. As a whole, this novel reads like an underdone pie—tasty morsels in a bland filling, surrounded by a doughy and undercooked crust.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When an orchestrated breakout occurs at a maximum security prison in Nevada, the turmoil makes for an entertaining audiobook that benefits from excellent performances by David de Vries and Lisa Negron. What makes the story work are the conflicts: among prisoners, among administrators, and among the law enforcement officers who must locate the escapees. All this is accompanied by the search for a death row inmate whose guilt is in doubt. Using two narrators works well in an audiobook in which the major characters are both male and female and the narrators provide dialogue from differing perspectives. De Vries and Negron each use a deliberate style that complements the intensity of the story. The result is a novel that keeps listeners wondering what will happen next. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2022

      When a hostage situation results in the entire population of a federal prison being released, an urgent manhunt ensues. U.S. Marshal Trinity Parker leads the effort to round up the many murderers and terrorists that have disappeared into the Nevada desert, while death-row supervisor Celine Osbourne is singularly focused on finding escapee John Kradle, a "family annihilator." Kradle, however, isn't fleeing from justice; he's desperately searching for any shred of evidence that might prove his innocence. Narrators Lisa Negron and David de Vries employ incongruent styles: Negron's reserved, almost robotic, and de Vries's more varied and vivid. With a dozen disparate points of view, listeners may initially be confounded by the onslaught of fast-paced action. After the initial tumult, however, the alternating perspectives settle into a less frenzied pattern, though many of the plot lines remain disjointed. VERDICT Fox (Gathering Dark) mingles suspense with wit in a manner that is engrossing and entertaining. This audio will appeal to listeners seeking a compelling, character-driven thriller teeming with doubt and danger; recommended for fans of Karin Slaughter, Sarah Bailey, and Allison Brennan.--Lauren Hackert

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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