The Darkest Game

LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel Mysteries, Book 3

By: Joseph Schneider

Narrated by: George Newbern

Bad things happen every day. No one knows this better than LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel. He also knows that bad things often go unpunished - all it takes is a glance at his dusty stack of cold cases to see that time is kind to sinners.

A museum curator is found shot point-blank, his home torn apart. It's the sort of random crime destined to fester in an evidence locker. But it's a case tailor-made for the academic-turned-detective - he can't leave any question unanswered. In pursuit of an untouchable killer, Jarsdel soon uncovers a web of fraud and corruption that leads him to sunny Catalina Island, Hollywood's bygone playground. There, nothing is as it should be: the past is ever-present, and Jarsdel unwittingly finds himself embroiled in a widespread conspiracy. While reckoning with a dark legacy, he'll exhume long-buried secrets of LA's troubled past, and with it, deadly consequences.

A searing mystery from critically acclaimed author Joseph Schneider, The Darkest Game is a story about dread, greed, and anguish - how it spreads like rot and how one detective struggles to keep it at bay.

©2022 Joseph Schneider (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

The third book in the series makes me want more.

Excellently written and narrated. Looking forward to read more stories about Tully, Oscar and the great LA that can count as a character, too.

On the edge of my seat

This book kept me on the edge of my seat right up until the end! The twists had me wracking my brain trying to figure out the motives before the lead characters. What a great listen!

really fantastic

dark fresh and very LA. I hope you will really enjoyed the gritty detective work as much as did.

5

It is so easy to hand this book a 5
Beautifully written and narrated, this holds my
attention as so few do. It is a very different
murder/ detective plot. Catalina Island, the museum, the back and forth of dialog between
the two long time partners- really a fine
listen.