Gas City on Playaway Author:Loren D. Estleman Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloads just press play! — "Calling upon his considerable novelistic skills, Loren D. Estleman expos... more »es the black heart of a seemingly stable, well-run city suddenly pitched into violence and chaos. A delicate balance of forces -- greed and corruption, ambition, and desire -- run out of control in the wake of a serial killer's grisly rampage.
A power struggle -- between a police chief who has looked the other way for too long, a Mafia boss who holds the city's vices in his powerful grasp, and media reporters looking for a big story -- turns what has been a minor dispute into a desperate struggle for survival.
Setting this drama in a blue-collar metropolis dominated by an oil company, Estleman, with an unerring eye for telling detail and an ear for dialogue that reveals the secret desires of his characters, crafts a fascinating, deadly tapestry of love, ambition, revenge, and redemption -- a stunning portrait of the human condition."« less