Sunburn · Laurence Shames

This week’s list includes Sunburn, from Laurence Shames. Press play and stay for every chapter.

“More than a thriller—it’s an escape from reality and the perfect tonic at the end of a hard day.”—The Orlando Sentinel It’s not easy being the Godfather. All those secrets and all that guilt add up to a terrible burden–a weight that’s killing Vincente Delgatto. When the old man travels to Key West for a visit with his illegitimate son–Joey Goldman, the unlikely hero of FLORIDA STRAITS–Joey floats the idea of a conscience-easing memoir, to be written in collaboration with a local reporter. It’s a well-intentioned but extremely dangerous idea, since no one–not the Mafia, not the FBI, not the legitimate heir to the Delgatto family business–wants to see that memoir published. Will Vincente live long enough to get a lifetime’s worth of secrets off his chest? Will writer Arty Magnus ever

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