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  • Written by: Ron Franscell
  • Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
  • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Written by: Ron Franscell
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Retired to a small Colorado mountain town, former Denver homicide detective Woodrow “Mountain” Bell yearns only to fade away. He has failed in so many ways—as a father, a husband, friend, and cop—he fears he wasted his chance at a meaningful life.

When Bell stumbles across a long-forgotten, unsolved child murder, his first impulse is to let it lie—but he can’t. He is drawn into the macabre mystery when he realizes the killer might still be near.

Without help from ambivalent local cops, Bell must overcome the obstacles of time, age, a lack of police resources, and his own personal flaws by calling upon the unique skills of the end-of-the-road codgers he meets for coffee every morning—a club of old guys who call themselves Deaf Row. Soon, this mottled crew finds itself on a collision course with a serial butcher.

More than a tense mystery, more than an unnerving psychological thriller, Deaf Row is drawn from Ron Franscell’s career as a bestselling true-crime writer and journalist. It’s a novel of men pushing back against time and death, trying not to disappear entirely.

Deaf Row is a moving, occasionally humorous, portrait of flawed people caught in a web of pain and regret.
©2023 Ron Franscell (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing
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Old Detectives, and old friends never die!

Loved,just loved this cold case mystery set in a small, Montana mountain town. The play on words in Deaf Rowwas perfect! Old guys may look like has beens tosome, but they have a wealth of shared experience, @nd knowledge that come out in this sometimes funny, sometimes sad mystery . The long forgotten brutal death of a young girl leads retired detective Woodrow to try to solve the case. The plot was unexpectedly exciting, lots of chases, abandoned history of the area, and snow storm or two. The killers are truly twisted, nasty. The old boys at their loca haunt, Tommyknockers Cafe, share their knowledge of local history, friendship to help solve what becomes a string of cold case murders years back. Never underestimate these old coots, they’re resourceful, smart, brave, and relentless! Hope to hear another episode about Midnight Montana soon. Narrator did commendable job of acting out characters. Thanks for wonderful story!

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