ONLY KILLERS AND THIEVES

David Linski's voice conjures the heat and dust of the Australian Outback of the 1800s. Howarth's audiobook is a bleak tale in which childhood innocence isn't lost--it's obliterated. Two teenage boys, 14-year-old Tommy and 16-year-old Billy, are forced to seek revenge after their family is slaughtered. Sullivan, the landowner to whom the family is indebted, takes responsibility for the children; however, Sullivan's intentions, and the law enforcement with whom he's involved, have ulterior motives in their mission of retribution. Linski's stoic, tense narration complements the tone of this dark but compelling Western, which is both a gripping thriller and a powerful story of masculinity, race, and identity. S.P.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2018]