Book description
Son
Jack Olsen's Son isn't just true crime-it's a raw excavation of privilege, denial, and the unsettling quiet of evil next door. The story unfolds like a slow-motion collision. A serial rapist terrorizes Spokane. Women live in fear. A city holds its breath. Then the arrest. Then the name. Gordon Coe's son. The managing editor's boy. Clean-cut. Respectable. A psychopath hiding in plain sight.
Olsen doesn't rush. He builds the Coe family portrait with chilling precision. Over eighteen months, he interviews more than 150 people. He listens to the women who loved Fred Coe-the ones who lived with him, trusted him, shared their lives with him. And slowly, the horror emerges. Not just what Fred did. But what it means to realize, years too late, that the man you loved was never really there at all.
The audiobook version pulls you into this nightmare with an intimacy that print can't match. Every voice feels too close. Every revelation hits harder when spoken aloud. Olsen's prose is unflinching. He doesn't need embellishment. The facts are monstrous enough.
This isn't just about a monster. It's about the families that create them. The silence that enables them. The shock of recognition when the monster turns out to be someone you know. Son forces you to ask: how well do you really know the people closest to you? And what would you do if the answer was not at all?
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience