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A police pursuit kicks Sergeant Jack Redding of the Florida Highway Patrol and his trainee, Julie Karras, into a shoot-out that ends with one girl dead and another in cuffs, and the driver of the SUV fleeing into the Intracoastal Waterway. Redding stays on the hunt, driven by the trace memory that he knows that running woman—and he does, because his grandfather, a cop in Jacksonville, was hunting the same woman in 1957.
Redding and his partner, Pandora Jansson, chase a seductive serial killer who can ride The Shimmer across decades. The pursuit cuts from modern-day Jacksonville to Mafia-ruled St. Augustine in 1957, then to the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1914. The stakes turn brutal when Jack, whose wife and child died in a crash the previous Christmas Eve, faces a terrible choice: help his grandfather catch the killer, or change time itself and try to save his wife and child.
The Shimmer is a unique time-shifting thriller that will stay with you long after its utterly unforeseen and yet perfectly diabolical ending.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781488204722
- File size: 256870 KB
- Duration: 08:55:08
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- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from April 30, 2018
At the start of this adrenaline-filled supernatural thriller from bestseller Stroud (the Niceville trilogy), Sgt. Jack Redding of the Florida Highway Patrol chases a speeding truck, whose driver, serial killer Selena D’Arcy, eventually pulls over and escapes into the surrounding woods. Selena and members of a crime family later break into Jack’s home and get into a gunfight with him. When Selena runs toward a shimmering light, she travels back in time 61 years to 1957 with Jack on her tail. Jack finds himself in the backseat of a police car belonging to his grandfather, Clete Redding, who’s also pursuing Selena. This situation presents Jack with a harrowing decision: whether to help Clete catch Selena or try to alter the past to save the lives of his wife and four-year-old daughter, who died in a car crash in 2017. Each choice has potentially grave repercussions for Jack and the people he cares for. Fans of Stephen King’s 11/22/63 will find a lot to like. Agent: Barney Karpfinger, Karpfinger Agency. -
Narrator Joe Hempel delivers this time-bending thriller with a straightforward tone befitting its seasoned detective. In steaming south Florida, the rescue of two kidnapped teenage girls goes horribly wrong when one of the victims attempts to kill the officer trying to free her, allowing her kidnapper, a woman, to escape. Sergeant Jack Redding catches a glimpse of the woman before she vanishes and realizes he knows her face--not from his present, but from his grandfather's past. Hempel gives the hunted woman a sultry femme-fatale tone, which is a perfect complement to the determined flat bass of Redding. Hempel's steady pace keeps the convoluted plot on track, and his Southern accents sound authentic without being overdone. E.E. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine -
April 15, 2018
Stroud ("Niceville" trilogy) introduces a serial killer who has been traveling through time for close to a century. The villain, who proves to be astonishingly perceptive and adept at avoiding capture, is on the run from a murder scene in present-day Florida. Sgt. Jack Redding, whose wife and daughter died in an unexplainable accident, latches on to the case like a man possessed. As the investigation develops, Jack witnesses the secret power of death, which the killer is harnessing. When Jack is swept up on the tails of the suspect, he is transported back to 1950 New Orleans and faced with a heartbreaking choice that will change his life forever. Infused with the edge of hard-boiled cops, tarnished and not, and a villain beyond compare, this story races to a satisfying conclusion. VERDICT Comparable to Stephen King's 11/23/63, this crisp and compelling time-traveling thriller features a tough-as-nails cop with a sharp sense of perception who is up to par with Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch. Highly recommended for readers seeking a riveting, edge-of-your-seat read.--Susan Carr, formerly with Edwardsville P.L., IL
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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