Deadly Talley

By: Ken Consaul

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

We all have bloody thoughts

For twelve years on the streets as a sheriff’s deputy, Dean Talley dreamed of becoming a homicide investigator. Four years ago his dedication to the job paid off. Since moving the badge from his shirt to his belt, the dream has become a grim reality of bearing witness to the horrors one person can inflict upon another. The cruelty is wearing him down. The cynicism has turned him into a cop just going through the motions. His commanding officers and fellow investigators can sense the impending wreck. No one wants to be around when he finally flares out. Talley has been assigned to a series of gang and street killings, those killings management calls ‘misdemeanor murders’. He works alone, attending the crime scenes, filling out the reports, and interviewing the witnesses when they can be found. All he longs for is end of shift and returning to his bungalow at the beach. That all changes the day his wife, a crime lab tech, becomes the victim of a carjacking and lies in a coma, tied to machines. As Talley sits at his wife’s bedside he resolves to find and punish those responsible. He can’t rely on the courts. He has seen the pitiful victims' families littering the halls of justice while ambitious prosecutors seek slam-dunk convictions and make plea deals with shady defense attorneys. Careers crawl forward over the grief and outrage of the victims. Talley is willing to turn his back on the law and what’s left of his career. He balances nursing his wife with his search for those who attacked her. He creates his own system of jurisprudence. There are no motions, deliberations, or plea bargains in Talley’s court, only the verdict and passage of sentence. Come along for the ride. Wait for the unique twist in the story as it unfolds.
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Deadly Talley is great from the first click to the last. I couldn't stop reading it. Dean Talley is my new favorite "murder police". I look forward to the next in the series. -Amazon Review-
I loved this! This is a beautifully written story by an author who has an excellent command of the language. The story has a nice twist on the average mystery. The author brings the characters to life very effectively showing their introspection and humanity as well as their rational for actions. --Amazon review--

Virtual Voice is AWFUL

The mispronunciation of so many words and names made it difficult for me to concentrate on the actual story. It's almost disrespectful of a culture when the names are butchered the way virtual voice does in this narration.