Narrated by Rick Adamson, Tell Me Where She’s Buried by Patrick Logan is the first audiobook in the Striker and Frost FBI Thriller series. It’s been a decade since FBI Agent Constantine ‘Con’ Striker put away the Sandman serial killer, who refused to tell Con where he buried his sister. An engaging thriller with flawed characters and plenty of twists.
by Patrick Logan
Series: Striker and Frost #1
Narrator: Rick Adamson
Length: 7 hours and 34 minutes
Genres: Thriller
Source: Publisher
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Eleven years ago, Los Angeles was terrorized by The Sandman, a serial killer who claimed at least twelve women's lives. Young FBI Agent Constantine 'Con' Striker stopped him, but not before enduring a devastating personal loss—his twin sister, Valerie, vanished.
He believes that his sister was one of The Sandman's victims. Even after a decade on death row and confessing to twelve murders, The Sandman denies knowing Valerie Striker. Desperate for closure, Con demands the killer reveal where his sister's remains are buried. But The Sandman refuses to talk.
Con's obsession with finding his sister has cost him nearly everything he his marriage is in tatters, his career is on the brink, and he's burned through partners faster than he changes his clothes. Now, rookie agent Alex Frost joins Con on a new stopping the piracy of Hollywood films before their release. As they investigate, they uncover a web of darkness and complexity far beyond simple theft...and more deadly. When they discover a connection between the pirated films and Valerie's disappearance, Con believes he's on the brink of finally finding out the truth. Con's relentless pursuit of answers risks not only his sanity but also Alex's life. And as the pieces come together, it soon becomes apparent that he may soon be searching for his partner's body in addition to his sister's.
The Striker and Frost series is an FBI Crime Thriller and while this is the first full-length audiobook, I highly recommend beginning with Tell Me Where The Sandman Sleeps as it tells us about Con’s sister going missing and the case that made Striker a notorious FBI Agent.
Tell Me Where She’s Buried takes place a decade after Tell Me Where the Sandman Sleeps, and Con Striker is frankly a mess. He drinks too much, his marriage has fallen apart, his boss wants him gone; and Con is obsessed with finding out where the Sandman buried her body. So far, the Sandman has refused to talk. Con doesn’t work well with others, and when he is assigned a new agent to assist him on a pirating case, he treats the guy like shit and gets him transferred.
Enter, rookie agent Alex Frost. Frost just passed her exams and is thrilled to be partnered with Con Striker. Her boss, however, wants her to spy on him and update him to oust him. The tale that unfolds marks the beginning of their partnership and the anniversary of Valerie Striker’s disappearance.
Agent Striker was tenacious when we met him in Tell Me Where the Sandman Sleeps, so I had to come to terms with the mess of a man we meet. The tale started off slow until Frost appeared, and then things sped up and pulled me in.
We’ve got several case threads. The one they are assigned regarding a Hollywood movie production company whose films keep ending up on piracy sites. Then we have the case Striker is obsessed with, his missing sister. Striker suffers from guilt regarding Valerie, and it’s caused his life to unravel, but Frost slowly helps him pull things together even as he spirals out of control. Plenty of twists regarding both cases made for some intense moments as we saw the beginning of this dynamic team forming a bond.
Rick Adamson narrates, and while the change in narrator threw me in the beginning, I felt he did a great job of giving voice to both Striker and Frost. The story lends itself perfectly to the audio format, and listening enhanced my overall enjoyment.
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About Patrick Logan
After seventy plus novels and more than a million copies sold, he's found his true calling, one that also includes a plethora of letters. He also has two spooky podcasts that are appropriate for ALL ages, so long as you like to be scared: P.T. Logan's Five Minutes of Terror and Camp Fear. Both are FREE and available on all podcast platforms. For MATURE audiences, he's created two fiction podcasts, Nightmare Residue and Bad Priest.
About Rick Adamson
Rick Adamson is an Audie Award winner for his work on In a Heartbeat by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy (with Sally Jenkins) of The Blind Side fame. Also the winner of several ALA awards and a Harper Audio Grammy nominee, Rick has been narrating fiction and nonfiction as well as corporate and educational projects for twenty-five years. Originally from Maryland, he now lives in northern New Jersey, where he and his wife have raised three sons.
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Rachel @Waves of Fiction
It’s hard to see a character down so low, but sounds like he’s getting some help pulling himself together. An interesting sounding mystery series!
Sophie
A change in narrator in a series or interconnected series is always a bit weird at first but I am glad he did a great job!
Bookworm
This sounds like a good thriller, and I would start with Tell Me Where The Sandman Sleeps first to get more of a feel for the characters. Nice review!
Anne - Books of My Heart
I think I’d like this but would want to read the previous series.
Sophia Rose
Yes, that would be tough to encounter a character in the first book and see what damage the bitter anger and grief could do to him in this one.
Mary Kirkland
That sounds like a good one.