Pay Dirt Road

By: Samantha Jayne Allen

Narrated by: Sandy Rustin

Annie McIntyre has a love/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas.

Recently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition but certainly in direction, Annie is lured into the family business—a private investigation firm—by her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Leroy, despite the rest of the clan’s misgivings.

When a waitress at the café goes missing, Annie and Leroy begin an investigation that leads them down rural routes and haunted byways, to noxious-smelling oil fields and to the glowing neon of local honky-tonks. As Annie works to uncover
the truth she finds herself identifying with the victim in increasing, unsettling ways, and realizes she must confront her own past—failed romances, a disturbing experience she’d rather forget, and the trick mirror of nostalgia itself—if she wants to survive this homecoming.

©2022 Samantha Jayne Allen (P)2022 Recorded Books

Really enjoyed the narrator

Book was good but the narrator made it great . I'm looking forward to more read by her

Boring romance

A Flat romance, rambling plot, characters I couldn’t connect to. But a decent depiction of small town Texas…it’s only saving point!

Bubble gum mystery

Light weight story that relied on foul language instead of substance. May be ok for pre-teens, but not for adults.

Start to a series?

Great start for a series and I hope this is book 1, I would love to see how Annie develops as a character. Having lived n a small town for a time, they can have a lot of drama. I was completely surprised by the ending. The narrator was perfect. Look forward to more mysteries being salved by Annie.

Looking forward to more from this author

I enjoyed the story and the character development. It seemed to drag a little at times, but still kept me interested. Wish the narrator knew how we pronounce pecan and Allsup's in West Texas.