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Burning Man

A Gideon and Sirius Novel, Book 1

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Burning Man

By: Alan Russell
Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
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When LAPD detective Michael Gideon and his police-dog partner, Sirius, are assigned to the Special Cases Unit (SCU), Gideon knows their work lives will be anything but ordinary. SCU gets the cases no one else wants, the unusual and bizarre crimes that need special handling and special investigators. When a high-school student is found crucified in a local park, Gideon and Sirius must face up to the gruesome tableau and the motivation behind the murder. Complicating matters is a nightmare from their past, the scars of a terrible fire that nearly cost them their lives. The blaze left Gideon ravaged by PTSD - and yet somehow imbued him with an eerie prescience that gives him unusual insights into the crimes he investigates.

©2012 Alan Russell (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Suspense

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Interesting police (LAPD) story with a human interest twist. I'm now downloading the rest of the series.

Took me a while to get used to the narrator, but got there eventually. He's has a... slaptick type of voice. Like a comical 1940's gumshoe voice. You grow to love it though.

Very enjoyable read

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Had I known this audiobook was peopled with Catholic characters including praying nuns I'd never have bought it. I thought an LA cop with a canine partner would be right up my street but I found him a rather sanctimonious character. Liked Sirius his dog though. I object to doses of religion in novels just as I lose all interest in series once the female lead reproduces and the novels become full of maternal outpourings. Give me Joe Pike, an extremely rare vegetarian central character bless him with no obvious religious beliefs and the sense of justice I heartily espouse. I shan't buy another in this series. The narrator did a fine job.

Needs a religion warning

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This is about a cop nd his dog. It has a bit of everything, humour, action and romance.
Well worth reading.

Good.

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Sirius gets 3 ***, but I found Gideon's brand of humour particularly irritating and detracts from the enjoyment I would otherwise have derived from the story. I had high hopes (when I read the synopsis) for the series but I don’t think I’ll bother now. I just can’t take Gideon's character seriously.

I love K9, S&R books, but ….

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