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Ragged Lake

By: Ron Corbett
Narrated by: Graham Rowat
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As the history of a murdered family is pieced together, Detective Frank Yakabuski learns something criminal has been happening at Ragged Lake, with roots going back decades....

The debut in a pause-resisting trilogy from award-winning writer Ron Corbett.

Gruesome murders, a northern secret, and a buried past

While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter's cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered.

An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family's murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing lodge as he investigates the area with his two junior officers. Before long, he is fighting not only to solve the crime, but also to stay alive and protect the few innocents left living in the desolate woods.

A richly atmospheric mystery with sweeping backdrops, explosive action, and memorable villains, Ragged Lake will keep you guessing - about the violent crime, the nature of family, and secret deeds done long ago on abandoned frontiers.

©2017 Ron Corbett (P)2017 Recorded Books Crime Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Thriller Murder Suspense
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A murder in the wilderness sets up a confrontation between the brilliantly written Frank Yakobubusky and an array of evil characters. Ragged lake is a hard tough place filled with hard tough people and there's very little wasted prose in this dark wonderful tale as they meet their fates. Classic Noir, one of the best written novels I've came across in a while. I look forward to more by the author.

superb bleak noir

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Lots of different threads brought together in a surprising ending. Loved the inter woven history

A great story well read

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Nice to find a book that straightforward and takes you with it. A good read that I I enjoyed and would recommend.

A good read

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The background detail on the Canadian landscape was very detailed and drew me in, but some parts of the storyline were just too gruesome for me. I stopped listening at chapter 7.

I should have read the synopsis better

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boring no life to narrator. not my cup of tea couldn't finish. xxxx xxxx

boring

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