Poklesky maloměsta - CDmp3 (Čte Jindřiška Dudziaková, Kryštof Bartoš, Mark Kristián Hochman)

This Czech-language audiobook presents an engaging story about three desperate people whose lives have spiraled out of control. The tense thriller takes place in a dying town where coal was once mined and steel mill chimneys once smoked. The lives of three troubled souls are turned upside down: volunteer firefighter Nathan discovers money secretly stored in a burning building, but it soon begins to endanger everyone around him; nurse Callie risks her career to fulfill the last wish of a patient who may not have much time left; and Andy tries to overcome his heroin addiction while tracking down and stopping a serial predator. The seemingly sleepy town reveals its rusted face, and the three must decide how to confront the past and what they are willing to risk for the future. Ken Jaworowski works as an editor for The New York Times and has written several successful plays, making a move into fiction a logical next step in his career. He likes writing about people who have weaknesses but still try to find dignity and beauty in their lives. This is Jaworowski’s debut novel, warmly received by critics and readers, and it earned him a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award.