Sounded ID: 9798823472357
ISBN: 9798823472357
Publication Date: July 16, 2023
Publisher: OTF Literary
Language: English
Author Name: Owen Thomas
Narrator Name: Robert Ashker Kraft
Raymond Mackey is a struggling crime writer. His friends call him Mack. But friends are in short supply these days. Mack’s 30 years as a homicide detective came to the kind of abrupt, ignominious end that tends to make friends dry up and blow away. It matters little that Mack was never actually a mole working for a shadowy, seemingly omnipresent mob boss. Somehow, the evidence was there anyway, and the scandal ended everything for him overnight. Lucky to stay out of prison, Mack lives in a netherworld of forced retirement, spinning his memories of old homicide cases into pulp fiction and worki...
Raymond Mackey is a struggling crime writer. His friends call him Mack. But friends are in short supply these days. Mack’s 30 years as a homicide detective came to the kind of abrupt, ignominious end that tends to make friends dry up and blow away. It matters little that Mack was never actually a mole working for a shadowy, seemingly omnipresent mob boss. Somehow, the evidence was there anyway, and the scandal ended everything for him overnight. Lucky to stay out of prison, Mack lives in a netherworld of forced retirement, spinning his memories of old homicide cases into pulp fiction and working part time as a shopping mall cop. His wife Marlo has been dead of pancreatic cancer for nearly five years. That leaves his ancient Smith-Corona Corsair, a pack of Camels, a bottle of Old Forester, and Marlo’s bourbon-loving cat, Phil, as Mack’s only company.
Almost. Because Mack also keeps himself company. The psychiatrists call it depersonalization-derealization disorder. Mack calls it triple-D. But crazy also works. It means he watches himself, usually from an overhead perspective, as though someone has tied a floating camera to a back beltloop on a long string. It makes him feel watched, and not by someone inclined to judge him kindly. “Watch yourself, Mack,” people tell him. He has no choice.
When an old informant goes missing and Mack’s face turns up in a dead man’s camera, his past comes roaring painfully back to life. Now the cops want him for questioning, the mob want him dead, and it’s getting tough to tell who, exactly, is working for who. As a mercilessly hot Chicago summer finally breaks and it starts to rain bodies, Mack is past his prime for this kind of action. Retirement has added weight and subtracted agility. His antiquated cell phone will not stop ringing with a mysteriously blocked number. In the end, as Mack watches himself from above, it is razor-sharp instinct, cheap consumer electronics, and his dead wife that offer his only hope.
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1. | 1. MIAB Opening Credits Mix |
1 mins 14 secs |
2. | Chapter 1 |
18 mins 05 secs |
3. | Chapter 2 |
2 mins 52 secs |
4. | Chapter 3 |
3 mins 46 secs |
5. | Chapter 4 |
2 mins 57 secs |
6. | Chapter 5 |
23 mins 29 secs |
7. | Chapter 6 |
5 mins 58 secs |
8. | Chapter 7 |
15 mins 07 secs |
9. | Chapter 8 |
6 mins 32 secs |
10. | Chapter 9 |
11 mins 55 secs |
11. | Chapter 10 |
1 mins 05 secs |
12. | Chapter 11 |
2 mins 53 secs |
13. | Chapter 12 |
7 mins 32 secs |
14. | Chapter 13 |
2 mins 23 secs |
15. | Chapter 14 |
0 mins 59 secs |
16. | Chapter 15 |
5 mins 41 secs |
17. | Chapter 16 |
6 mins 42 secs |
18. | Chapter 17 |
12 mins 11 secs |
19. | Chapter 18 |
2 mins 30 secs |
20. | Chapter 19 |
0 mins 48 secs |
21. | Chapter 20 |
1 mins 50 secs |
22. | Chapter 21 |
1 mins 28 secs |
23. | Chapter 22 |
3 mins 24 secs |
24. | Chapter 23 |
3 mins 13 secs |
25. | Chapter 24 |
2 mins 16 secs |
26. | Chapter 25 |
6 mins 13 secs |
27. | Chapter 26 |
1 mins 29 secs |
28. | Chapter 27 |
2 mins 08 secs |
29. | Chapter 28 |
1 mins 04 secs |
30. | Chapter 29 |
4 mins 10 secs |
31. | Chapter 30 |
1 mins 00 secs |
32. | Chapter 31 |
4 mins 11 secs |
33. | Chapter 32 |
2 mins 15 secs |
34. | Chapter 33 |
5 mins 25 secs |
35. | Chapter 34 |
0 mins 40 secs |
36. | Chapter 35 |
1 mins 50 secs |
37. | Chapter 36 |
1 mins 23 secs |
38. | Chapter 37 |
6 mins 02 secs |
39. | Chapter 38 |
2 mins 47 secs |
40. | Chapter 39 |
2 mins 27 secs |
41. | Chapter 40 |
0 mins 46 secs |
42. | Chapter 41 |
5 mins 33 secs |
43. | Chapter 42 |
1 mins 28 secs |
44. | Chapter 43 |
5 mins 32 secs |
45. | Chapter 44 |
10 mins 46 secs |
46. | Chapter 45 |
2 mins 55 secs |
47. | Chapter 46 |
8 mins 17 secs |
48. | Chapter 47 |
4 mins 45 secs |
49. | Chapter 48 |
0 mins 50 secs |
50. | Chapter 49 |
4 mins 41 secs |
51. | Chapter 50 |
0 mins 52 secs |
52. | Chapter 51 |
5 mins 17 secs |
53. | Chapter 52 |
1 mins 20 secs |
54. | Chapter 53 |
2 mins 24 secs |
55. | Chapter 54 |
0 mins 45 secs |
56. | Chapter 55 |
2 mins 23 secs |
57. | Chapter 56 |
0 mins 31 secs |
58. | Chapter 57 |
1 mins 58 secs |
59. | Chapter 58 |
0 mins 54 secs |
60. | Chapter 59 |
2 mins 31 secs |
61. | Chapter 60 |
1 mins 00 secs |
62. | Chapter 61 |
5 mins 10 secs |
63. | Chapter 62 |
1 mins 49 secs |
64. | Chapter 63 |
1 mins 56 secs |
65. | Chapter 64 |
1 mins 20 secs |
66. | Chapter 65 |
2 mins 40 secs |
67. | Chapter 66 |
2 mins 55 secs |
68. | Chapter 67 |
0 mins 49 secs |
69. | Chapter 68 |
1 mins 37 secs |
70. | Chapter 69 |
20 mins 40 secs |
71. | Chapter 70 |
1 mins 54 secs |
72. | Chapter 71 |
11 mins 04 secs |
73. | Chapter 72 |
2 mins 05 secs |
74. | Chapter 73 |
1 mins 07 secs |
75. | Chapter 74 |
0 mins 57 secs |
76. | Chapter 75 |
7 mins 54 secs |
77. | Chapter 76 |
1 mins 56 secs |
78. | Chapter 77 |
3 mins 24 secs |
79. | Chapter 78 |
1 mins 52 secs |
80. | Chapter 79 |
10 mins 56 secs |
81. | Chapter 80 |
2 mins 41 secs |
82. | Chapter 81 |
1 mins 09 secs |
83. | Chapter 82 |
1 mins 39 secs |
84. | Chapter 83 |
5 mins 23 secs |
85. | Chapter 84 |
4 mins 14 secs |
86. | Chapter 85 |
5 mins 26 secs |
87. | Chapter 86 |
2 mins 28 secs |
88. | Chapter 87 |
3 mins 14 secs |
89. | Chapter 88 |
0 mins 57 secs |
90. | Chapter 89 |
1 mins 56 secs |
91. | Chapter 90 |
1 mins 17 secs |
92. | Chapter 91 |
5 mins 53 secs |
93. | Chapter 92 |
1 mins 48 secs |
94. | Chapter 93 |
23 mins 08 secs |
95. | Chapter 94 |
3 mins 25 secs |
96. | Chapter 95 |
1 mins 57 secs |
97. | Chapter 96 |
40 mins 29 secs |
98. | Chapter 97 |
7 mins 10 secs |
99. | MIAB CLOSING CREDITS MIX |
1 mins 24 secs |
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