Down River is a two fer one mystery. When Adam Chase leaves town, the murder for which he has been found “not guilty” remains unsolved. Summoned home five years later by his best friend, Adam finds his friend gone and “killer” etched in his car hood. Guilty after proven innocent.
With pit bull intensity, Adam searches for clues as to where his friend is and who is trying to intimidate his father into selling the ranch. And with each step he incriminates himself in a variety of brutal crimes, including the discovery of his friends’ murder. Adam and his father have unresolved issues regarding his mother’s suicide and Adam is further antagonized by his step-mother who had testified against him. Thus, Down River is rife with family melodrama, often played out through punching each other.
While solving the mystery of the first murder is never Adam’s goal, and seems to be unrelated, it is a presence throughout.
Scott Sowers reads for the audio brilliantly.