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Suspicion Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Joseph Finder (Author), Steven Kearney (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,301 ratings
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The new novel from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder, "the master of the modern thriller", about a father who is forced to make a choice with unspeakable consequences.

When single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his teenage daughter adores, he has no one to turn to for financial support.

In what seems like a stroke of brilliant luck, Danny meets Thomas Galvin, the father of his daughter’s new best friend, who also happens to be one of the wealthiest men in Boston. Galvin is aware of Danny's situation and out of the blue offers a $50,000 loan to help Danny cover his daughter's tuition. Uncomfortable but desperate, Danny takes the money, promising to pay Galvin back.

What transpires is something Danny never imagined. The moment the money is wired into his account, the DEA comes knocking on his door. Danny's impossible choice: an indictment for accepting drug money that he can't afford to fight in court, or an unthinkably treacherous undercover assignment helping the government get close to his new family friend.

As Danny begins to lie to everyone in his life, including those he loves most in the world, he must decide once and for all who the real enemy is or risk losing everything - and everyone - that matters to him.

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  1. Listening Length
    10 hours and 15 minutes
  2. Author
    Joseph Finder
  3. Narrator
    Steven Kearney
  4. Audible release date
    May 27, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B00JFBPCK8
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 10 hours and 15 minutes
Author Joseph Finder
Narrator Steven Kearney
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date May 27, 2014
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B00JFBPCK8
Best Sellers Rank #123,343 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#2,871 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)
#8,328 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)
#26,790 in Crime Thrillers (Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Gem
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
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Outstanding writer, super intrigue, one of best mystery writers around. All books great
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Josh Mauthe
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun, disposable popcorn read that does everything a fun thriller should do, and does it well
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2018
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Sometimes, you just want a so-called "beach read." No matter how refined your tastes, no matter how much you like thematic depth and richness in your books, no matter how much you enjoy savoring a beautifully crafted sentence or carefully wound chapter, sometimes, it's just fun to read the equivalent of a summer blockbuster popcorn movie. Growing up, there were a bunch of authors I could turn to for this: Clancy, Crichton, Grisham, and so forth. But many are gone now, and I quit on Grisham at a certain point. Lee Child's Jack Reacher books are great, sure. But what if I want a great "regular guy in tense corporate, sort-of-legal conspiracy thriller" kind of book?

Well, you can turn to Joseph Finder, whose books often scratch that exact itch for me. Over the years, I've read about a half-dozen Finder books, and they're all solid: they deliver tight plotting, enough character work to draw you in, effective prose, and a narrative momentum to die for. Sure, they don't exactly change the way you think about the world, but they're entertaining and gripping as anything, and sometimes that's enough. And Suspicion is no exception to any of that, thrusting a likable single dad into a nightmare of violence, lies, and double lives.

It all starts innocently enough - Danny Goodman is struggling to pay his bills, and more importantly, to keep his daughter in the private school she's attending. So when Thomas Galvin, the father of her best friend, offers Danny money to pay his bills and keep his daughter at the school (explaining that the friendship is incredibly good for his own daughter), Danny takes it. But when he suddenly finds himself accused of taking a large payment from a notorious money man for a lethal Mexican drug cartel, well, Danny's life gets a little hairier - and that's before they ask him to start spying on Galvin.

That's only the basic setup for Suspicion, which has twists and turns aplenty to come. You might see a couple coming (I did), but that's okay; Finder has plenty up his sleeve, and half of the fun isn't just watching the plot unfold, but wondering exactly who knows what and who's being played. By keeping us almost entirely in Danny's head (apart from a few side chapters used to build up the book's main villain), we're constantly in his own sense of paranoia. Does Galvin know about him? What will happen if - when - he's found out? What will his daughter think? And most importantly, what will the cartel do to a man who's helping the government take them down?

Finder expertly spins all of these threads together, wringing tension out of every conversation with Galvin and constantly keeping us in the dark as to what he knows and what he doesn't. And even when you think you've got a handle, Finder has a way of taking things in unexpected directions, keeping his plot moving without ever a moment's peace. It's all a ton of fun, and makes for a great little piece of thriller writing. And if the ending doesn't quite stick (for one thing, there's a really awkwardly shoehorned-in piece of foreshadowing; for another, there's a slight twist that feels a little thrown in), that's okay. Suspicion does its job, giving you plenty of entertainment and a lot of fun. Sometimes, that's enough.
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J. Brandt
5.0 out of 5 stars Joseph Finder continues to write top notch thrillers
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2014
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When I know Joseph Finder has a new book coming out I start my "countdown to great reading" and, as usual, I am thrilled with this new book. The plot is simple. A frustrated writer with a daughter in a prep school finds himself financially in tough times. His daughter has befriended someone at school and and the family of her new friend really has taken a liking to her. The family is filthy rich and Danny Goodman cannot see that with that family and their money there are secrets that cannot be told.

Thomas Galvin just wants to be friends. After all, their daughters have become inseparable so what's a "loan" between friends, right? The twists and turns begin as Danny Goodman (the writer who is financially in tough times) finds out that the loan has a few issues and those issues are going to cost him dearly.

The problem with this book? I did not want to put it down. :-)

The book moved quickly and the tensions rise as Goodman has to deal with all sorts of people and agencies as he gets deeper into trouble. I loved the book and the twists and turns kept me interested from page one until the last sentence. Thank you, Mr. Finder. Five stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, implausible, predictible
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2014
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This was one of those novels that had me "sitting on the edge of my seat" in a number of places even though at the same time I was saying to myself "this is ridiculous, bad idea", and I knew what was going to happen. So I guess that means I was entertained, and that is what I was looking for in a novel at this time of the summer. Yes, as others have pointed out, the lead character, Danny, makes really bad decisions, but the book wouldn't work without them, so, after shaking my head, I read on. There were a couple of plot twists, so to speak, and the characters were pretty well developed. All in all, it is, as I said, an entertaining book, just not a really good one.
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Michael G Kurilla
4.0 out of 5 stars Better to look a gift horse in the mouth
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018
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Joseph Finder's Suspicion is a stand along thriller about a single parent and struggling writer who ends up in debt to a suspected drug cartel money launderer. With the DEA threatening to involve him in the crime, he is forced to go undercover to assist in their investigation. At the same time, a rival drug cartel is also moving in. All the while, his teenage daughter and his psychiatrist girlfriend add to his anxiety as he struggles to comply, but at the same time, extricate himself from a no win situation.

While only an amateur, the stumblings and bumblings antics are believable and realistically portrayed. Finder does a good job of setting up the situation before delivering the numerous plot twists that turn the tale from a routine thriller into a nonstop action packed adventure. In spite of the well crafted plot, the main characters are not very relate-able and engender little empathy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "An Awesome, Intriguing Novel"
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018
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Author Joe Finder is an outstanding author. I've enjoyed his novels for several years. This is a thriller about a single dad finding himself not able to afford sending his daughter to a private school in Boston. Her father, Danny, meets the father, Tom Galvin, of a boy who is her best friend. Galvin offers to loan Danny some money. As soon as the money is in his bank account, the DEA arrives at his door. He had no idea the money came from a drug cartel money account. Danny can be sent to prison, or he can assist the DEA in providing sound evidence of Tom Galvin's activity. This story turns into a web of terror for Danny as he begins lying to everyone. A spellbinding story I could not put down. Also, great news for the author. An NBC pilot will soon be released for a possible new series.
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poohscat
1.0 out of 5 stars Shallow
Reviewed in Mexico on August 20, 2017
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I'd like to say Finder is worth reading but why lie? His plot is time worn and thinner than smoke. It seems he has never met a cliche he didn't love and immediatly adopt as his own. If this is an example of a best seller there's hope for all bad writers.
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dita 59100
5.0 out of 5 stars Merveilleux auteur
Reviewed in France on August 11, 2016
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Une vraie trouvaille, des thrillers parfaitement bien écrits, des livres qu'on a du mal à reposer une fois entamés, un vrai plaisir!
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LabijoseBooks
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but a bit predictable.
Reviewed in Spain on January 30, 2016
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This is my second Joseph Finder book, the other one being “Paranoia”, which I liked more. This one is also a brilliant thriller about a single father (Danny), struggling to keep her daughter in a prestigious school, which he can’t afford. Out of the blue, the father of her best daughter’s friend offers him a 50.000 dollar loan, assuring him he’s doing it to prevent her daughter of losing her ever best friend, whose company he values more than anything. So Danny takes the money, promising to give it back as soon as he can. But things aren’t as easy as they seem, and the next morning Danny sees himself indicted for accepting “cartel related drug money”, and finding no way out he has to cooperate with DEA agents to help them catch his new friend. So he has to start lying everybody he loves (his girlfriend, his daughter, his trusted new friend) in order to comply with the police forces and as real nightmare ensues.

The story moves quickly, but somewhere between the middle and the end it gets less interesting. It gets too predictable. Anyway, I enjoyed it. The twists and turns keep you guessing. The ending was a bit disappointing, though. As I said before, I enjoyed “Paranoia” much more.
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Bewitched4258
5.0 out of 5 stars Another really great read!
Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2014
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Like all of Joseph Finder novels this one is foiled with suspense as a life like father does what he can got his daughter. I really enjoyed the twist which really made the storyline more believable and effective. Great book!
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Sally
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, especially towards the end.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2014
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This is the second book I have read by Joseph Finder, the first being Paranoia, which is definitely in my top ten favourite books ever (and I read a lot).
I finished Suspicion this morning on my journey to work.
It was a brilliant story, one of those that got better and more on the edge of your seat thrilling in the middle and by the last few chapters I couldn't put it down.
Joseph Finder is a fantastic writer (purely based on the two books I have read by him) and I'm going to order another of his now. Can't wait.
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