A False Dawn

By: Tom Lowe

Narrated by: Michael David Axtell

Before the death of his wife, Sean O'Brien makes a promise to her that he has no plans to break - until he starts building a new life in an old cabin on a remote stretch of a tropical river in the heart of Florida. It's there that he discovers an injured young woman who whispers a cryptic message into his ear. As she fights for her life, Sean makes a promise to her, but to fulfill it he'll have to end the vow he made to his dead wife, and he'll have to face a criminal mind that has a tap root into his previous life. For O'Brien to begin to live a new life, he must revisit the past, where a brilliant criminal mind lies waiting to write a dark future.

©2009 Tom Lowe (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A darkly suspenseful, atmospheric thriller. Absolutely relentless. I refuse to believe that this is a first novel. It's just too damned good." (Steve Hamilton, award-winning author of The Lock Artist)

"A False Dawn makes good reading for anyone longing to stumble upon an unpublished John D. MacDonald Florida mystery." (Booklist)

Detailed!!

Loved this one!!
I have listened to the Sean O’Brien stories in no order at all and wouldn’t change my decision.
I actually gave O’Brien a break; I literally let him rest for a month from all the shit he’s been through,
So I listened to “the Jefferson Conspiracy “ while Sean rested up!

Unable to put the story down with O’Brien constantly on the hunt!!

Thank you Tom!!

Excellent storyteller!

The narrator is incredibly talented at bringing the individual characters to life! Suspenseful and exciting!

Easy listen

This was a good book kept you guessing what was going to happen. I liked the main character Sean O'nell. Had a bit of witty humor. Will listen to the next one in serious

Tom Lowe book

This was my first Tom Lowe book. I enjoyed this book an plan on reading more books written by Lowe. Thought the narration by Michael David Axtell was very good.

Wonderful first novel in the Sean O'Brien series

Two weeks ago I listened to A Murder of Crows, the 8th and most recent release in the Sean O'Brien series, and was so impressed that I purchased the earlier seven novels. A False Dawn is not as good as A Murder of Crows, but it is very close. O'Brien is an ex-cop in Miami who quits after his wife died. In this novel he discovers a dying woman and sets out to catch her killer only to find out the man who murdered her is a serial killer he tried to find when he was a cop. There is lots of action along with suspense and a couple of nice twists. 4.5 stars.