Way Down on the High Lonely

The Neal Carey Mysteries, Book 3

De: Don Winslow

Narrado por: Joe Barrett

From domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey’s got more than studying on his plate.

Neal’s three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over—but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle—a task that will propel Neal from the glittering Hollywood hills to the remote wilds of Nevada.

To find Cody, Neal has to turn outlaw in a land of two-bit casinos and roadside cathouses to infiltrate a vicious white supremacist group spouting hatred and dealing in terror. But the deeper undercover he goes, the deadlier the game becomes. Now Neal must force a showdown with the group’s crazed leader and find Cody before the missing toddler ends up lost in a world of unspeakable evil.

Crack another case with Neal Carey.©1993 Don Winslow (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Splendid.” (New York Times Book Review)

"Winslow deftly balances hard-edged action with characters to really care about, all described in swift, sharp prose." (Publishers Weekly)

"Neal's latest adventure is full of entertaining derring-do." (Kirkus Reviews)

I love Don Winslow’s books

The story starts slow but by the end you can’t put it down or you can’t stop listening. And the characters though they’re a bit fairytale are fun and somewhat realistic. I highly recommend this series

Who Knew this would be so relevant …

Almost 20 years later and this story sounds so fresh.
Don Winslow is tops on my favorite story teller list.
Joe Barrett does a super job narrating . He is easy and enjoyable to listen to.

What an Adventure

The characters in this series are great. The narrator is fantastic. I am going to start the next book in the series.

Great plot!

I enjoyed the performance and the theme of antisemitism and white supremecy and how it gets foiled by the heros.

I like the series, and that kept me reading

so this is the third installment. the first was definitely my favorite, the second was at times an effort to get through, but it paid off in the end. the third was good, bad, sort of predictable (maybe more expected), and typical. But if you are like me and have a thousand or so books under your belt, there are times when you read to read and when you read because you love to read.
the writing is good, the character development and descriptions make them come to life. I am no expert but I would say that is what separates the good authors from the bad. the bad make descriptors feel like 7 layered dip - globs upon globs…the good incorporate the details into the narrative with a richness it’s like your moms secret ingredient that makes her cooking taste better than anyone else’s - you can’t figure out what it is, but when it is left out - your really noticeable it.

Alarming Cult Leader & Followers

This was originally published in 1993 and I would have been hard pressed back then to believe that there are people who think like this. Fast forward to 2023, and it is not so unfathomable now to realize that there are racist people (while calling themselves Christians) like this in the US.

The story picks up where book 2 ended, so I would recommend reading this series in order. It's not absolutely necessary but the start will make more sense. In this book, I liked that Graham and Ed were actually "on the ground" with Neal in part of the story. Although I do find it interesting that Ed and Graham always seem to leave Neal hanging in the wind while they miraculously end up safely back on the east coast. You would think for all the money they have invested in him they would also try to get him back there too.

It's ironic that in book 2 and 3 Neal is touted as being great at his job, yet he always seems to get into precarious situations. Part of that is due to Ed not always providing Neal with all of the information. However, Neal does tend to make some rash decisions which place him in danger. Overall, though, Neal makes a good protagonist. And like most novels in this genre, you do have to overlook some things that just aren't believable.

As for the narrator, I think with each book the narrator has become more consistent with each main character's voice. Although I don't really like the voice of Graham, it does seem to work for Graham's wise cracks.

best book I've listened to in a long y

loved it all. all the. good guys anyway. great plot fantastic story and narration. just bought another by the same author. can't wait

Fun installment in this series

Narration is clear, engaging, and compels interest. Narrator does superb job of throwing voice concomitant with different characters.

Story is not fresh but is well done and fun.

Another great story!

I'm starting to look for novels narrated by Joe Barrett, he's that good! Suspenseful, funny, sometimes gruesome this book was a thoroughly enjoyable story!

Winslow scores another great yarn

A short, bumpy but not impossible start got the hero back from the end of book 2. I liked the consistent characters from the “Friends and Family” bunch. I also liked the love interest, the Steve Mills transition from incidental to heroic and the very satisfactory end of the story.
All in all, a time well spent.