The Guise of Another

By: Allen Eskens

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

A former Medal of Valor winner, Minnesota detective Alexander Rupert is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. So when he's asked to look into the false identity of a car-accident victim named James Putnam, a man who in fact died 15 years earlier, Rupert sees a potentially big case and an opportunity to regain his respectability.

But the investigation puts him in the path of "the Beast", the nom de guerre of Drago Basta, a cunning veteran of the Balkan wars and a sociopath assassin who has been searching for Putnam for years. Putnam had something that Basta still wants. If Rupert's life was in shambles before, it's now also in danger. Threatened by the Beast and suspecting his wife of cheating, Rupert falls for the seductions of the dead man's former girlfriend. As he feels his life spinning out of control, his steadfast brother and fellow police detective Max may be Rupert's last hope.

©2015 Allen Eskens (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"It's a taut, intelligent, heart-ripping story that explores the darkest places in the human psyche." (William Kent Krueger, author of Iron Lake)

The Book Was OK Expect For The Ending

While this book is surely not as good as his first, "The Life We Bury," it is certainly not a bad listen. Eskens's debut book was phenomenal. It had everything I love and I'm sure many readers would agree. However, I don't think "The Guise Of Another" is a waste. I love a good mystery and this book did deliver on that aspect. It also had some twists and turns that I wasn't expecting, so that is always a plus.

I understand why some listeners have the complaints they do such as not identifying with the main character and being able to "like" Alexander. My thoughts on that are that most every book you listen to you are pulling for the main character. You hope for good things to happen to that character. You want everything to work out for that character in the end. This book was different and it annoyed me! When the story unwinds and you find out some things about Alexander, you're not sure how to feel. Eskens makes you think here. And the ending, deflating I hated that, too. It did not work out how I expected it to and that was not so good! sometimes a change is always good but for me this one went too far.

I won't be going back for the next book

Jonathan Yen was good with the delivery of the story

A great page turner!

This book should be a movie! Full of mystery and unexpected turns! A great read! Looking forward to your next book Allen Eskens!

nothing extrordinary

really struggled at times. predictable , too detailed in places that didn't matter, did not detail the areas that should have. Narrator was just average,story average

fairly grim

The story is only semi entertaining with no real likable characters. It's convoluted and just a dark story.I will not be recommending it to friends or family.

Hardly a book 2 with no Joe!

Although I was disappointed this wasn’t a continuation of Joe’s story I still enjoyed the story. It was a good story with a a lot of suspense and surprises.