August Snow

August Snow, Book 1

De: Stephen Mack Jones

Narrado por: Luis Moreno

August Snow, an ex-police detective who was fired from the Detroit PD, brought down the entire corrupt department and the mayor with a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. The son of an African American cop and a Mexican American painter, August Snow is most at home in Detroit's Mexicantown neighborhood, where he grew up - the neighborhood he's now returned to and hopes to revitalize with his settlement money of $12 million. The trouble is August has old enemies with scores to settle.

When an old acquaintance, finance magnate Eleanore Paget, hears August is back in town, she tries to hire him to investigate suspicious goings-on at her investment bank. August declines - detective work is no longer his beat. When Eleanore is found dead the next day of an apparent suicide, August doesn't buy it for a minute. His search for her killer will drag him into a rat's nest of Detroit's most dangerous criminals.

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Talent. Good story

Story starts slow. Stick with it. Not what u think. August. Is good guy. I like and admire him. Hope there r ones like him in real time

Book One and I'm Hooked!

Im from SAGINAW so when our hero made a stop in my city i was ready to jump in the car with him and go off to war , 5 stars.............

great listen great story

I've listened to over 100 audiobooks in the last few years but never left a review until now. great characters, great narration. highly recommend it

Exceptional Read!

What a great story, although I would have rather that August had a little less angst! So much loss ! Made his character much too emotionally burdened at times. Looking forward to Book #2. Maybe his personal life gets better!

interesting.

Agree with one reviewer who said this read like a movie. Which is what bothered me through much of it. That aside; found it reasonably good, with very likable characters being my favorite part. Not sure yet if am going on with series.

Extremely well written

Descriptions very believable, characters briefly but well drawn. Suspenseful with quick action. I thouroughly enjoyed it.

Better than the description

From the description of this book, I couldn't tell where or when the setting was and I procrastinated reading it thinking it was a historical crime novel.
It is modern day Detroit, with a very likable mixed-race PI who used to work for the police department, then got a big settlement from the city so he doesn't have to work (or take crap from anyone). He is as dedicated to his community as he is to solving the crime. The book is smart, well-written, and wrapped up all loose ends. I can't wait to read the next August Snow book.

great story line, bit too much a Detroit woes

I have lived in Detroit for 33 years and have friends born and raised in Mexican town oh, so I look forward to a book in which the city of Detroit and Mexican Town played a prominent role. there was plenty of both in the book, a lot of social commentary about white flight, and sometimes it felt admit too much. towards middle through end of the book everything balances out and the main story dominates. I am looking forward to read the next book in the series.

The police are trying to frame former Det Snow

Neither time nor politics have been kind to Detroit - especially not to the southwest area known as Mexicantown. Former Detroit Police Detective August Snow lives in Mexicantown, in the same house where he was born and raised. He is considered "Blacksican" because his father, also a Detroit policeman, was Black and his mother was Mexican.

After being wrongly discharged from the force for testifying against the mayor and corrupt city cops, Snow sued. The result was a $12 million dollar cash “settlement” and a lot of bad feelings between the Detroit P.D. and Snow. These days Snow stays busy improving his and other homes on his street, looking out for his neighbors and pining for a woman on the other side of the ocean.

When prominent socialite Eleanor Paget is murdered the day after she summoned him to her home, Snow finds his name at the top of the police department’s suspect list. His only job now is to prove himself innocent before the Detroit Police Department takes their revenge on him by proving him guilty. That, and disproving the D.P.D.’s misguided theory that Paget's death was a suicide.

A fast-moving, fun read with plenty of excitement and unanticipated twists and turns. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is my first book by Stephan Mack Jones but it won't be my last!

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Great story

August Snow was a total treat and now I am officially apart of the Stephen Mack Jones fan club. Although the subject matter was dark, Snow’s dry wit and cool character made for an equal balance. What I liked best about Snow was that he saw the best in people, even when they did not see it in themselves. Snow didn’t say, I wished I could have done more, he did more. The book read like a movie where you could picture each scene, the action, characters, writing and pacing well done. I’m looking forward to reading the further adventures of August Snow. Luis Moreno did an outstanding job with the narration which complimented the story perfectly.