Nothing Tastes As Good

Nothing Tastes As Good

Author: Luke Dumas Listening Length: 11h 25m

The nationally bestselling author of The Paleontologist and A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he...

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Rushing past the carillon and an old map of Balboa Park, Emmett started up the next flight of stairs, picking up the pace at the sound of the security gate slamming open and footsteps thundering up after him.

The tolling of the carillon reverberated through him to the tune of the Westminster Quarters. As he maneuvered through the fourth floor, again finding nowhere to hide, the chimes marked the noon hour with twelve long tolls, each as dour as a death knell.

Dong!

More stairs. Emmett pushed on. He could feel his adrenaline fighting the depleting effects of the Obexity still saturating his bloodstream. His leg muscles flamed. His heart pummeled the walls of his chest.