Voice with No Echo

Written by Suzanne Chazin

Narrated by Thom Rivera

A long-buried family secret and a chance encounter with an estranged sibling force police detective Jimmy
Vega to confront his deepest fears in this gripping new mystery by award-winning author Suzanne Chazin …

It’s spring in Lake Holly, New York, a time of hope and renewal. But not for immigrants in this picturesque upstate
town. Raids and deportations are on the rise, spurring fear throughout the community.

Tensions reach the boiling point when the district attorney’s beautiful young bride is found hanging in her flooded
basement, an apparent victim of suicide. But is she, wonders Vega? If so, where is her undocumented immigrant maid?
Is she a missing witness, afraid to come forward? Or an accessory to murder?

Vega gets more help than he bargained for when Immigration and Customs Enforcement sends an investigator
to help find—and likely deport—the maid. It’s Vega’s half-sister Michelle, the child who caused his father to leave his
mother. Now an ICE agent, Michelle tangles with Vega and his girlfriend, immigrant activist Adele Figueroa. The law
is the law, Michelle reminds Vega. And yet, his heart tells him he needs to dig deeper, not just into the case but into
his past, to a childhood terror only Michelle can unlock.

While Vega searches for the demon from his youth, he discovers one uncomfortably close by, erecting a scheme of
monstrous proportions. It’s a race against the clock with lives on the line. And a choice Vega never thought he’d have
to make: Obey the law. Or obey his conscience. There’s no margin for error …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980075295

Suzanne Chazin

Suzanne Chazin has won widespread acclaim for the Jimmy Vega series, including Land of Careful Shadows, A Blossom of Bright Light, No Witness But the Moon, and A Place in the Wind. She has twice been the recipient of the Washington Irving Book Award for fiction. Her fiction, essays and articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, as well as the award-winning short story anthology, Bronx Noir. She lives in the New York City area. Visit her on Facebook or at www.suzannechazin.com.

Reviews for Voice with No Echo

[darcia_10 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Sometimes words are inadequate.Voice with No Echo is the kind of book that prompts long discussions with friends, first about the story, then about all those emotions it makes you feel and the real-world situations it brings to mind. Can fiction be intelligent? This book is, though it's also engaging and easy to fall into. It's immersive, intense, suspenseful, and real.One of the things I love most about Suzanne Chazin's books is the way she writes with empathy from both sides of an issue. This story tackles immigration in a way rarely seen in fiction. Lines between right and wrong are blurred because doing what's right isn't always clear cut or easy. And doing what's wrong might be the only way to survive. We see people at their best and at their worst, and we see the impact as it reverberates throughout a community.This is the fifth Jimmy Vega Mystery. While it can easily be read as a stand-alone, I recommend reading them all.*I received a review copy from Kensington Books.*