The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads: Original Stories by Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, C. J. Box, Diana Gabaldon, Ace Atkins & Others

by Patrick Millikin Narrated by Will Collyer

Overview

Thrilling crime stories about cars, driving, and the road from the world's bestselling and critically acclaimed writers.

Like fiction, cars take us into a different world: from the tony enclaves of upper crust society to the lowliest barrio; from muscle car-driving con men to hardscrabble kids on the road during the Great Depression; from a psychotic traveling salesman to a Mexican drug lord who drives a tricked-out VW Bus. We all share the roads, and our cars link us together.

Including entirely new stories from Michael Connelly, C.J. Box, George Pelecanos, Diana Gabaldon, James Sallis, Ace Atkins, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sara Gran, Ben H. Winters, and Joe Lansdale, The Highway Kind is a street-level look at modern America, as seen through one of its national obsessions.

Editorial Reviews

AudioFile

Will Collyer and John Glouchevitch alternate narrating, with Kathleen McInerney taking over on a couple stories. McInerney and Glouchevitch drop us neatly into the various worlds of these mostly hardened or hard-luck characters…An irresistible choice for those who love both noir stories and speeding down dark and winding roads.”

Booklist

So good.... a fine collection of short crime thrillers.

Globe and Mail [Canada] Margaret Cannon

The Highway Kind is the perfect gift for fans of Corvettes and other fast cars. . . . The stories in The Highway Kind seem to have been chosen with extreme care. All the material is new and the writing is crisp. The stories are perfect for that lazy half-hour between the holiday meal and the holiday nap. Even non-crime readers who own Mustangs will love this one.

Mystery Scene

Entertaining.”

From the Publisher

Entertaining—Mystery Scene

Publishers Weekly

[A] high-octane anthology…Highlights include Ben H. Winters’ ‘Test Drive, in which a drive through the canyons of LA turns into a tense confrontation between a car dealer and his increasingly unhinged customer; Michael Connelly’s ‘Burnt Matches,’ in which Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller meets an unhappy former client in—where else?—the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car; and James Sallis’ ‘What You Were Fighting For,’ in which the Driver from Sallis’ novel Drive shows up at a garage to ask the help of a mechanic and leaves a lifelong impression on the man’s young son.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170379682
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged

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