The Dying Hour

Rick Mofina

Mar 2017 · Jason Wade Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Paul Costanzo

About this audiobook

The Dying Hour introduces Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter with the Seattle Mirror, a loner who grew up in the shadow of a brewery in one of the city's blue-collar neighborhoods. At the Seattle Mirror, he is competing for the single full-time job being offered through the paper's intense intern program. But unlike the program's other young reporters, who attended big name schools and worked at other big metro dailies, Wade put himself through community college, and lacked the same experience. Wade struggles with his haunting past as he pursues the story of Karen Harding, a college student whose car was found abandoned on a lonely stretch of highway in the Pacific Northwest. How could this beloved young woman with the altruistic nature simply vanish? Wade battles mounting odds and cut-throat competition to unearth the truth behind Karen Harding's disturbing case. Her disappearance is a story he cannot give up, never realizing the toll it could exact from him. The Dying Hour is a bone-chilling, mesmerizing tale that introduces listeners to an all-too-human young hero who journeys into the darkest regions of the human heart to confront a nightmare.

Ratings and reviews

I have read the book and oh, what a story. One of the best thriller/investigative books I have read in my life. If I could have given it 10 stars, I would. Great work.

About the author

Rick Mofina is a former journalist and the author of several acclaimed thrillers. He is a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, a four-time International Thriller Award finalist, and a two-time Shamus Award finalist.

Educated at Juilliard, Paul Costanzo brings the sensitivity and nuance of a classical music background to his twenty-five-plus years of voice acting, and AudioFile magazine has called his narration "superb."