Read by Adam James Conner

Len Buonfiglio is a former New York bar owner and family man who has disappeared to a small island in the Caribbean. When a genial tour guide, Rawle "Big Tree" Johns is a suspect in an American woman's fall from a cliff, Johns' mother enlists Buonfiglio's help to free her son and prove his innocence. Conflicted by the need to spend time with his 16-year old daughter who he hasn't seen in years, Mr. Len as he's known on the island, reluctantly agrees to help. During his investigation he discovers there are other, much more powerful forces involved in the woman's death that threaten both his life and his family. Silverman's impressive debut, has relocated to the Caribbean island of St. Pierre, where his reputation for helping those in trouble leads to his investigating a suspicious death. Deanna Gould, a travel writer, died from what was classified as an accidental fall off Freedom Drop, a historical site where some of the indigenous island inhabitants chose to leap to their deaths rather than be enslaved by Spanish colonizers. Months after the fatality, the case is reopened, and Rawle Johns, a tour guide, has been charged with Gould's murder. Johns's mother beseeches Buonfiglio to exonerate her son, and he agrees to examine the case. The circumstantial evidence against Johns includes DNA found on the dead woman. Buonfiglio learns that Gould was actually an investigative journalist for a news website, and the case gets more complex when Craig Frost, Gould's colleague who revealed her real job to Buonfiglio, dies unexpectedly soon after their conversation. Silverman capably captures the feel of his setting en route to a satisfying conclusion. A sequel is warranted. -- Publishers Weekly Brian Silverman's writing career has spanned over 30 years. He has written about travel, food, and sports for publications including the New York Times, Saveur, Caribbean Travel and Life, Islands, the New Yorker, New York and others. From 2004 through 2013 he was the author of the annual Frommer's New York City guide book series. He co-authored, with his father, Al Silverman, the acclaimed Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publica­tions including Mystery Tribune, Down and Out Magazine, and Mystery Weekly. His stories have been selected to appear in The Best American Mystery Stories in 2018, and The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2021. Freedom Drop is his first published novel. He lives in Harlem, New York with his wife, Heather and his sons, Louis and Russell

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