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Don't Know Tough

Auteur(s): Eli Cranor
Narrateur(s): Eli Cranor
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In a tiny Arkansas town, high school football is religion, and there will always be people who will go to any lengths to protect their faith - even murder.

In Denton, Arkansas, the fate of the high school football team rests on the shoulders of Billy Lowe, a volatile but talented running back. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother’s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, but when his savagery crosses a line, he faces suspension.

Without Billy Lowe, the Denton Pirates can kiss their playoffs bid good-bye. But the head coach, Trent Powers, who just moved from California with his wife and two children for this job, has more than just his paycheck riding on Billy’s bad behavior. As a born-again Christian, Trent feels a divine calling to save Billy - save him from his circumstances and save his soul.

Then Billy’s abuser is found murdered in the Lowe family trailer, and all evidence points toward Billy. Now nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the whole town apart on the eve of the playoffs.

Winner of the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest

©2022 Eli Cranor (P)2022 Recorded Books Crime Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction policière Littérature mondiale Noir Sportive Suspense Arkansas
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I first heard of Eli Cranor’s debut novel “Don’t Know Tough” many months ago. It received advance praise and was being touted for fans of Friday Night Lights. That was more than enough for me to take note and want to read it upon its release. Given I had another long-distance road trip, I decided to purchase the audiobook, even though I had serious reservations about it being narrated by the author. Those reservations quickly vanished as I was instantly transported by Eli Cranor’s excellent narration and impressive character range. No exaggeration, this is one of the best performances by an audiobook narrator, and I have had the pleasure of hearing some of the industry’s biggest voices and best impersonators. I hope he is at least nominated for an award for best narration in an audiobook.

Narration aside, Don’t Know Tough is an impeccable debut novel, one that transports the reader into the South’s football crazy world. But it does so much more than that, and covers so much more “crazy”. There is a lot to unpack from this story, too much to do it justice in a review. Plus, I would not want to spoil any potential readers’ sheer enjoyment of this gut-wrenching tale that will both touch your heart and tug at it to the point of breaking it.

The excellent character development is deeply woven into a very true-crime sounding story that is delivered at just the right pace, with just the right amount of timely revelation that keeps the reader fully invested in what happens next and how will this end. The storyline ebbs and flows, entertains us while misleading us, all on a richly developed backdrop packed with so much social and cultural commentary to make this not only a must-read book, but a book worth several readings.

I cannot sing Eli Cranor’s praises enough. Don’t Know Tough truly is an excellent book. The characters still resonate within me the day after finishing it, and I am still haunted by its ending.

Impeccable debut novel with a stellar narration

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