It takes the average reader 4 hours and 9 minutes to read Echo of Darkness by John A. Bray
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Dante Falconieri is now a private detective with an office in Manhattan. A former agent with the DEA, he left Federal service under a cloud of suspicion that still follows him. His partner, both at the office and in matters of the heart, is Clara O'Shea. She was a New York City detective now retired on three quarters disability pension after being shot while working as Dante's handler when he was on loan to the NYPD as a confidential informant.A woman named Amelia Boyle comes to their office to retain their services. Her husband disappears at strange hours and she suspects infidelity and wants to know who he is involved with. With the marriage failing, and Amelia seeks a divorce. She also wants a large financial settlement from her husband's wealth when she leaves, knowing if he has secret trysts might increase her chances of a significant cash award. From the first time Dante follows Ada'n 'Ed' Boyle, he knows an extra marital affair is not the reasons for his absences from home as he witnesses Ed meeting with a group of suspicious looking men on a Hudson River pier. The question is why Ed, a Syracuse University graduate with a high IQ, a former employee of the United States Agency for International Development and now a well paid investment banker with the firm of Karagian Brothers, is associating with unsavoury people. As Dante pursues leads into Boyle's involvement to uncover the husband's strange conduct, Amelia Boyle is found murdered. This event brings the NYPD and all of Dante's past crashing together as more and more bodies appear. Ed Boyle then asks Dante for help in disentangling himself from the gang he meets on the pier. Filled with twists and turns, Echo of Darkness takes the reader through the dark world of international crime and diamond smuggling. Finally, Dante risks his life to help his new client and unearths evidence of another conspiracy far worse than gem smuggling. Praise for John A. Bray 'An exciting, full-throttle thriller. I loved it' - Tom KaseyJohn Bray is a 17-year NYPD veteran, who retired as a lieutenant attorney prosecutor and took early retirement to become a crime lawyer before becoming a full-time author.
Echo of Darkness by John A. Bray is 245 pages long, and a total of 62,475 words.
This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Echo of Darkness aloud.
Echo of Darkness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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