The Night Market

Ross Carver, an inspector with the San Francisco police force, investigates a murder in one of the city's last luxury neighborhoods. It quickly becomes apparent that neither the crime nor the city is exactly what it might seem. The fast-paced, detective novel takes place in a San Francisco beset with high crime and obsessive consumerism, and both play integral roles to the mystery at the heart of the action. The chain of events that follows Carver's initial discovery are so twisted and unbelievable they're impossible to ignore, but as Carver and his partner Jenner dive deeper into the murder, they, along with the listener, come ever closer to revealing not just the crime Carver thought he was solving but a conspiracy so large it will rip through the very heart of the world the inspector knows. What starts out as a familiar detective story quickly evolves into an examination of the dangers of greed, isolation, and the reaches of technology. Read by James Patrick Cronin and set in a dystopian San Francisco at some unknown time in the future, the observations and warnings couched within the plot will linger with listeners long after Ross Carver has said goodbye.