A Friend in the Dark

3.5I've been on an Ashe binge (likely to continue) and I thought this collab with [a:C.S. Poe 13832392 C.S. Poe https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1537378902p2/13832392.jpg] would be a good step to the side. It was a happy marriage of their two styles. Murder brings together two screwed up guys: Sam is out of the army but dragging a plethora of issues; Rufus is existing in a sort of arrested development after an unhappy childhood. Good times. Given their personal issues and the span of the narrative the ending isn't even a HFN, understandably so. Luckily book 2 is already out and I'm diving right in. It was also an excuse to try out a new narrator, [a:Garrett Kiesel 21076557 Garrett Kiesel https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. I liked him, his voice(s), and it's always good to have a new voice, however, and maybe it's more of a production issue, the pacing can use some improvement.