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The Bitter Past

Sheriff Porter Beck, Book 1

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The Bitter Past

Written by: Bruce Borgos
Narrated by: James Babson
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In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, a compelling new series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck.

Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his father started to develop dementia. All is relatively quiet in this corner of the world, until on old, retired FBI agent is found killed. He was brutally tortured before he was killed and clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age. If that wasn't strange enough, a current FBI agent shows up to help Beck's investigation.

In a case that unfolds in the past (the 1950s) and the present, it seems that a Russian spy infiltrated the nuclear testing site and now someone is looking for that long-ago, all-but forgotten person, who holds the key to what happened then and to the deadly goings on now.

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I am so excited to find another author to follow. I couldn’t stop listening to this audiobook. Intrigue, history, a witty and intelligent sheriff, a conflicted spy, plus a sense of place in the Nevada desert. Sign me up for Porter Beck #2.

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In fine "who dunnit" style, the story unfolds at a good pace with twists and turns, and interesting characters, blending Cold War USA-USSR events like they really happened.

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