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Ragged Lake

Auteur(s): Ron Corbett
Narrateur(s): Graham Rowat
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As the history of a murdered family is pieced together, Detective Frank Yakabuski learns something criminal has been happening at Ragged Lake, with roots going back decades....

The debut in a pause-resisting trilogy from award-winning writer Ron Corbett.

Gruesome murders, a northern secret, and a buried past

While working one afternoon on the Northern Divide, a young tree-marker makes a grisly discovery: in a squatter's cabin near an old mill town, a family has been murdered.

An army vet coming off a successful turn leading a task force that took down infamous biker criminals, Detective Frank Yakabuski arrives in Ragged Lake, a nearly abandoned village, to solve the family's murder. But no one is willing to talk. With a winter storm coming, Yakabuski sequesters the locals in a fishing lodge as he investigates the area with his two junior officers. Before long, he is fighting not only to solve the crime, but also to stay alive and protect the few innocents left living in the desolate woods.

A richly atmospheric mystery with sweeping backdrops, explosive action, and memorable villains, Ragged Lake will keep you guessing - about the violent crime, the nature of family, and secret deeds done long ago on abandoned frontiers.

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Graham Rowat does a great job narrating this one for Audible, where we are introduced to the Det. Frank Yakabuski trilogy: Ragged Lake in the wilds of Northern Ontario is the scene of a grisly triple-homicide of squatters, and “YAK” is sent with two rookies to investigate. What unfolds is a blizzard-trapped murder mystery that involves Bosnian war crimes, violent biker gangs, generational trauma and a whole lot of gun violence. The climax is explosive and the denouement makes you definitely want to read part two…but the actual solving of the crime irked me a little. Not to spoil anything (as the actual solution is poignant), it’s just how YAK gets to it that annoyed me.

Lots of triggers in this one: including a lot of sexual assault and child endangerment. Dark but very entertaining.

Rowat rocks Ragged Lake

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Wow, what a grand adventure from a gifted writer who paints beauty, heartbreak in simple, unforgettable words. I won’t soon forget this listen about people who’ve lost their way in a world that doesn’t have a place for them anymore. Evil easily takes over this vacuum, as it almost did in Ragged Lake. A really good novel about the Canadian North, and its people. I recommend it highly. Must explore his next novels.

Unexpected treasure

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Perhaps Ron Corbett's storytelling style just doesn't work for me. To be certain, his vocabulary/prose is capable, his descriptions are realistic, and his plotting is commendable...but the book - told partly through the diary of one of the victims found in an isolated Northwoods cabin - goes much deeper into the demise of a one-industry mostly Cree community (after the local Pulp Mill closes) than it does into the mass murder of the reclusive family - becoming philosophical and somewhat maudlin at times. There are some pulse-pounding action scenes, but I found the author's reflective approach and methodical "this-happened-and-then-that-happened" narrative technique uncaptivating.

As to presentation: Reader Graham Nowatt contributes to my impression with a workmanlike effort. Nowatt is a solid professional, mind you.. better than average in fact. Again, he just failed to blow me away. Recorded Books Inc. did well in casting the project - and provide exemplary technical support - but couldn't overcome the deficiencies in the text.

Altogether, 'Ragged Lake' merits 5.5 stars out of 10. Even for free, I could have done better. Who knows? Corbett's story might grab you more than it did me.. but I suggest you spend your Credit elsewhere when the book leaves the "included with your subscription" menu.

Interesting Mystery. Ho-hum Execution.

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