The Only One Who Knows

The Only One Who Knows

Author: Lisa M. Matlin Listening Length: 9h 22m
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A disgraced TV news reporter returns to her violent hometown to investigate a series of deadly shark attacks in this nail-biting suspense novel from the author of The Stranger Upstairs. Something is lurking below the surface . . . and it’s hungry. With her polished persona as a morning show co-host, Minnow Greenwood s...

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I’ve spent whole summers on Dad’s boat, hacking up slimy pilchards for tourists who couldn’t stand getting their hands dirty. I liked it.

By midafternoon, your forearms ached, your back burned, and the sun pressed down like a weight. Heath and I would hit a point where we were so tired, everything felt hilarious. We used to call it the Tired Crazies.

One time, after hacking the heads off a dozen pilchards, I turned around, and Heath was slow dancing with an angry squid who kept inking him. I laughed so hard and for so long that Dad stormed over and screamed at me.

The Tired Crazies. I dig and dig until finally I’m on my knees, peering down into a black hole. “He’s not fucking here.”