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It Dies with You

By: Scott Blackburn
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
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For nearly a decade, twenty-nine-year-old Hudson Miller has made his living in the boxing ring, but a post-fight brawl threatens to derail his career. Desperate for money, Hudson takes a gig as a bouncer at a dive bar. That’s when life delivers him another hook to the jaw: his estranged father, Leland, has been murdered in what appears to be a robbery-gone-bad at his salvage yard, Miller’s Pull-a-Part.

Soon after his father’s funeral, Hudson learns he’s inherited the salvage yard, and he returns to his Bible-belt hometown of Flint Creek, North Carolina, to run the business. But the business is far more than junk cars and scrap metal. It was the site of an illegal gun-running ring. And the secrets don’t end there: a grisly discovery is made at the yard that thrusts Hudson into the fight of his life.

Reeling for answers, Hudson joins forces with his father’s former employee, 71-year-old, beer-guzzling Vietnam vet Charlie Shoaf, and a feisty teenage girl, Lucy Reyes, who’s fiercely seeking justice for her own family tragedy. With a murderer on the loose and no answers from the local cops, the trio of outcasts launch an investigation. The shocking truth they uncover will shake Flint Creek to its very core.

©2022 Scott Blackburn (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC Amateur Sleuths Detective Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Southern United States World Literature Fiction Suspense
Intriguing Characters • Elegant Writing • Southern Noir • Captivating Thriller • Good Pacing • Incredible Story
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Decent storyline. Interesting characters. Narrator solid other than horrendous southern accent, which is throughout the story. I almost quit several times.

Painful southern accent

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Hudson Miller is a down-and-out boxer who is takes a job as a bouncer at a local, townie bar when he finds out his estranged father as been murdered. Very little is left to Hudson, except is father’s rentals and a salvage yard. With not much money left in his account, Hudson takes over the business up in Flint Creek, Michigan, but everything at the salvage yard isn't what it seems. Hudson teams up with a few others to make an unlikely trio to investigate what happened.

Scott Blackburn delivers a powerful debut thriller with It Dies With You. In this raw and gritty southern noir, Blackburn weaves together intriguing characters and elegant writing that hits you like a punch. Blackburn should be an author that everyone picks up this summer. So far, this is my summer pick that any crime fiction fan will love.

I was truly impressed with Ciulla's narration as well. I've listened to a handful of different books he's narrated and I've really enjoyed them all. This book was a fantastic piece of Southern noir, and I highly recommend it.

One of my 2022 Must-Reads

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I Loved this book! I couldn't put it down! Can't wait for his next one.

Great read!

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Someone on my socials was touting how great this book was, because I needed something new to read, I chose it. It was a great story with ok narration. (Too many characters sounded alike). I rooted for the main character from the beginning. Watching him be so very aware of his situation and place in the world was refreshing. He never made excuses. Once he moved back to his home town, you really got to see just how much he cared about doing the right thing, even if it is at his own expense.

The other characters, Lucy & Charlie were so endearing to the very end. The end was lied up a little too neatly, but the other 93% of the story had my full attention. I couldn’t put it down.

Discovery of a new genre of fiction

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Good story. This title had Interesting characters and some twists and turns. Well written story.

Lucy

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Great debut book. Definitely worth checking out this new author. I look forward to.reading future titles.

Great debut book

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This was an uneven story. Lots of subplots that ended up going nowhere

It was more good than bad, but then "Scrappy Doo" swooped in and took over the plot out of nowhere.

Solid plot, too many diversions

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IT DIES WITH YOU is one of the best debut novels I've ever read. I haven't enjoyed a new author like this since I read Jack Carr's THE TERMINAL LIST.

This book has accelerated to the top of my 2022 Reading List as one of my favorites, and it will be one of those books I plan to revisit again and again. It was captivating and a non-stop thrill ride.

Fantastic novel! Highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys southern crime!

Fantastic Novel

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IT DIES WITH YOU is the result of an intricate story written by gifted author. The narration by Andrew Ciulla brought it to life. Get this. You’ll enjoy the story, and you’ll love Charlie.

Incredible Story / Amazing Narration

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I commute far distances for work so I’m all audio book all the time right now. The narration enriched this story for me. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the different Carolina dialects but this narrator did a nice job of giving the main characters unique voices that were easy to follow during my painful trips from NJ to NYC. If I read this independently, I’m not sure Charlie would have been as fun a character for me. Credit the narrator for that and the author for giving him and the protagonist such great lines. Like when Hudson says, ‘you really should be a motivational speaker, Charlie’ which is something my dad might say. I actually lol’d.

I’m really enjoying the emergence of new writers like Scott, S.A. Cosby and Jordan Harper. They’re capturing the topical references and the tone/mood of today in ways that my previous low brow titans - Stephen king, Nelson demille and Michael Connelly - simply cannot - and the latters’ efforts are bothering me. I urge these new writers to keep writing and I’ll keep reading - and I hope others do too.

Only reason for me to not give five stars on story is a personal preference for an element of romance in a novel, and all three emerging writers that I referenced are missing that ingredient so far - probably cause they’re new writers and there is nuance to that type of intimate interaction, tying it back to the narrative and moving the story forward without losing pace. King does that so well. But character development occurs in action and thrills as well as in response to a romantic interest. It can add texture to these cool stories and I hope these writers find their way.

I also would have liked a fight scene with our jujitsu trained protagonist/semi pro boxer where he showed how dangerous he could be.

At any rate, I highly recommend this one. Cool premise, fun characters and the story moves ahead at a good pace. If your an audio book person like me then get this for the narration- dude does a good job. Let’s help these newer writers stay published!

Really enjoyed this book!

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