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The Never-Open Desert Diner
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
A singularly compelling debut novel about a desert where people go to escape their pasts and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Ben Jones lives a quiet, hardscrabble life, working as a trucker on Route 117, a little-traveled road in a remote region of the Utah desert that serves as a haven for fugitives and others looking to hide from the world. For many of the desert's inhabitants, Ben's visits are their only contact with the outside world, and the only landmark worth noting is a once-famous roadside diner that hasn't opened in years.
Ben's routine is turned upside down when he stumbles across a beautiful woman named Claire playing a cello in an abandoned housing development. He can tell that she's fleeing something in her past - a dark secret that pushed her to the end of the Earth - but despite his better judgment he is inexorably drawn to her.
As Ben and Claire fall in love, specters from her past begin to resurface, with serious and life-threatening consequences not only for them both but for others who have made this desert their sanctuary. Dangerous men come looking for her, and as they turn Route 117 upside down in their search, the long-buried secrets of those who've laid claim to this desert come to light, bringing Ben and the other locals into deadly conflict with Claire's pursuers. Ultimately the answers they all seek are connected to the desert's greatest mystery: What really happened all those years ago at the never-open desert diner?
In this unforgettable story of love and loss, Ben learns the enduring truth that some violent crimes renew themselves across generations. At turns funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling, The Never-Open Desert Diner powerfully evokes an unforgettable setting and introduces listeners to a cast of characters who will linger long after the last words.
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- Metaltoe
- 08-08-16
Boring.
I read a lot of good reviews and I really wanted to enjoy this book. But it wasn't like I imagined. It was quite atmospheric and with a few amusing characters here and there. But just really dull! I stuck with it for 3 sessions of an hour each time and honestly, nothing happened at all to keep my attention.. I couldn't get interested. In fact, I dozed off each time and kept having to run it back. And the narrator doesn't help with his slow reading. I speeded it up to 1.25 and that improved it, but not enough. Very disappointed. I gave it up, I'm afraid.
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