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The Zero Night

A Jonathan Stride Novel, Book 11

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The Zero Night

By: Brian Freeman
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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“Freeman’s Bourne novels might get more publicity, but his Stride novels are where his skills as a storyteller are really showcased. First-rate.” — Booklist

A woman has been kidnapped.
Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back … dead or alive.

After nearly dying of a gunshot wound, Jonathan Stride has been on leave from the Duluth Police for more than a year. When his partner, Maggie Bei, gets called about a suspicious abduction involving a local lawyer, she tells Stride it’s time for him to come back.

Attorney Gavin Webster says he paid $100,000 in ransom money to the men who kidnapped his wife. Now they’ve disappeared with the cash, and she’s still missing. Gavin claims to be desperate to find her—but Stride discovers that the lawyer had plenty of motive to be the mastermind behind the crime.

Even as Stride digs for the truth about Gavin Webster and his wife, he must also deal with a crisis in his own marriage.

His wife, Serena, is struggling after the death of her mother, the abusive woman she hadn’t seen in twenty-five years. When she loses control at a crime scene and draws her gun on a fellow cop, Serena finds herself kicked off the Webster case. Alone at her desk, she begins hunting through old police files and starts to ask questions about a mother’s death that was written off as suicide. That death haunts Serena like an echo of her own childhood—but her obsession with it takes a terrible toll.

As Serena shuts him out of her despair, and his own investigation grows increasingly tangled, Stride wonders whether going back to his detective work was the right decision. But all he can do is keep moving forward. Because Stride fears the Webster kidnapping may be only one part of a horrific murder conspiracy.

And it’s not over yet.

©2022 Brian Freeman (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Marriage Disappearance Money Abduction

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Once again another brilliant story well done read beautifully once again totally recommended
Well done .

another brilliant story

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As usual, another excellent edition to the Johnathan Stride series. Stride is still recovering from his heart surgery and Cat has moved out to uni when Serena receives a blast from the past that threatens to knock her over the edge. Meanwhile, in her new post as lieutenant, Maggie is drawn into a bizarre kidnap. We see a lot more Character development from Serena in this book and learn more about her past.
Overall an excellent book, with a superbly crafted storyline.
As usual brilliant narration.
Highly recommended series for this who enjoy the crime/thriller genre.
5 stars all round!

Excellent!

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likeable characters, well defined by the narrator and great twists. Stride is back and we are the better for it.

Another Stride classic

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I’ve listened to all the Stride books I love them brilliant stories and I have followed the hole series

Fantastic

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Enjoyed this story, narration excellently paced, smiled frequently about the McDonald's references and not too many plots including the character I wanted shot or to disappear!

More history of Stride's...wife

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