South of Nowhere

A Colter Shaw Novel, Book 5

De: Jeffery Deaver

Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV (CBS's Tracker, starring Justin Hartley) as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight.

When a levee collapses in Hinowah, a small town in Northern California, Colter Shaw is brought on by his sister, Dorion, a disaster response specialist, to help locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive.

But after a surprise attack along the river obstructs Colter's urgent search, the siblings are forced to consider a new reality: Is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes, or is someone sabotaging it? Colter and Dorion must race against a ticking clock to uncover the truth and save the citizens before the village washes out completely, destroying everything and everyone in its path.

©2025 Jeffery Deaver (P)2025 Penguin Audio

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One of New York Post's 30 Must-Read New Thrillers

"An exhilarating action-infused mystery. . . . Jeffrey Deaver does a brilliant job of incorporating suspense along with the harrowing drama of a natural disaster."—BookTrib

"This suspenseful thriller will keep readers off-balance and unsure whom to trust . . . Perfect for a one-sitting read."—Library Journal (starred review)

"Deaver is a first-class storyteller. . . . he takes an interesting, complex character (Colter comes from a survivalist family) and builds an intricate, unpredictable story around them. Readers familiar with Mr. Shaw will thoroughly enjoy this novel. For those who haven’t met him yet, this is a good time to rectify that."—Booklist

Great read!

The story was written well and enjoyed it. I can't wait for the next book.

I love these books about Shaw

Colter it’s one of my favorite characters by Jeffrey Dever. The books are fantastic as well as the TV show. I have really loved this series if you haven’t read any you should!

Weakest of the bunch, by A LOT

I love these novels and the inherent goodness of Colter Shaw. However this book goes off the rails almost immediately. Full of well-rendered characters and a ticking clock motif, it has all the ingredients of another great Deaver novel, but I was unable to get in the groove for this one.
Perhaps I can give it another run, but it really felt to me that it was treading water, and it breaks faith with the reader on a few key occasions. Also, with all due respect to the author, whom I’ve read a lot, there are a handful of passages towards the back end of the book, which make very little sense to me, and I reread those passages more than once. All I could figure was those chapters were either not edited at all, or they were written by a different author, or they were generated through AI. Several phrases were simply nonsensical to my ear, and some of the dialog in those passages was not heightened or unusual, but things people who have American English as their first language (as the characters are meant to) do not say. Relistening did not help me understand what was meant in these passages beyond some rote “sexiness”. Again, that was simply to my understanding of the author and American English, and I’m no expert on AI.
The whole thing felt underbaked, and also overwrought at the same time, which was wearying.
Anyway, if we get another one maybe it will be a course correction.
The narration was very good, even if the subject matter didn’t stack up.

Colter keeps coltin’!

Deaver is a masterful storyteller and I hope five Colter books is just the beginning of a long, long search for a reward!

Better Than The TV Show

I started listening to this series due to the TV Show. I had not realized that Jeffery Deaver had written another series - I was extremely pleased!! Jeffery Deaver can WRITE!! This book is a continuation of Colter Shaw's life and the story never seems to get old! I am always impressed by the variety and depth of the characters, the consistency of the main characters, and how Shaw always seem to find himself in the midst of a multi-antagonistic situation!! The thing I think I like the best about Shaw is that he is not infallible!! He doesn't always come up with the correct answer all the time! Many times, something happens that flicks that light switch - and he gets it!! That's the way it seems to work in real life!! He really isn't any different than the rest of us - he just has different talents, like we all do, and he uses them to do what he does!! This book is no different than the others - it is well worth the read!!! You will not be disappointed!!!

Just Ok

I have enjoyed the Coulter Shaw series and looked forward to the latest book. I found it boring. I think the essence of the characters, especially Coulter, was neglected in favor of the river story. I also thought too many characters were brought in. And what was the point of the abused writer opening and closing the book?

slow paced

Out of all the Colter Shaw stories, this one was slow and I kept getting distracted.

A must Read!

Jeffery Deaver spins a multi-layered story of good vs evil, as we see Colter and his family come together to face incredible challenges! More please!

Great Story

Outstanding performance, I enjoyed that very much. The author hit another home run for me. I loved the story.

Too political

I wish authors would stop being so political in their stories. When it’s this blatant it makes it unreadable. I didn’t even attempt to finish