Now releasing In Broad Daylight by Seth Harwood
It’s an all-new crime/mystery/thriller from Seth Hardwood! Fans of Jack Wakes Up will want to check out In Broad Daylight:
FBI Agent Jess Harding always gets her man… or woman.
In this thriller, Harding returns to the scene of her first years as an FBI agent to track the still-at-large killer from her first case. Back in 2006, as a young, inexperienced agent, Harding chased leads across Alaska for a full summer without catching up with this killer. Now, after 5 years of honing her skills, she’s back and ready to try again.
But when she starts to see that the killer knows a little something about her, the heat turns up and Harding realizes she may not be the only one getting chased.
October 7th, 2011 at 3:00 am
A well crafted story – I`m hooked!
Keep up the good work, Seth
- and let`s stay criminal!
Greetings from Germany
Peter
October 14th, 2011 at 5:48 am
I tried to listen but that “yo dawg” stuff at the start of each section was just silly and annoying. Yeah… I could ignore that but it grates my nerves so… no thanks. Plenty of other things to listen to without the unneccesary hip intros.
October 15th, 2011 at 11:08 am
Mike,
I’ve never used the words “yo dawg” in my life on a podcast. You must be thinking of Randy Jackson from American Idol. Thanks for not listening. I appreciate you going somewhere else.
Yours,
Seth Harwood
October 19th, 2011 at 7:42 am
#1 in The Podiobooks Top Ten
Not without good reason!
October 19th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Heh. Damn you Seth Harwood for sounding so upbeat and obviously pleased as rum punch to be doing something you love…(insert ‘sarcasm’ emoticon here). Plus, just had a giggle imagining the Czechs using the phrase ‘yo dawg’, in excess
. Oh. Loving the new book, too. Thank you for continuing to present your work in this format.
November 18th, 2011 at 11:47 am
@Mike,
There are a depressingly large number of people like you these days- people whose main ambition seems to be sharing their negative opinion of, pointing out trivial mistakes & inaccuracies in, or whining that they were offended by, the work of others. What is it that compels you to take time out of your day and make the effort just to take a poorly worded jab at something you have no investment in? Does it make you feel smugly satisfied, like you’re superior to the author? How sad, to derive satisfaction not from your own accomplishments, but instead by putting others down. I suspect this is a result of a whole generation raised by parents that feed their kids a steady diet of “YOU are special”, YOUR opinion is just as valid and important as anyone else’s,” and similar BS. Now we have a generation of self-entitled, under-achieving narcissists who think the world needs to know how they feel. Believe me, your opinion is neither valid nor important. Please spare us your need to share.
Further, this page is intended for book reviews. Your statement attacked Mr. Harwood’s introduction to each episode, but said NOTHING about the book itself. Instead of writing a review, Mike, you wasted everyone’s time with a juvenile, pseudo-intellectual, and inaccurate attack at the author’s manner of speaking during episode introduction.
But the most irritating and egregious thing about it all is that you’re so smug and self entitled that you personally attacked a writer who pours his heart into his books and them gives them out for FREE! Unbelievable.
@Mr. Harwood, I love your work. The Jack Palms novels were my favorite escape during my second tour in Iraq- so much so that when I finished the series, I immediately started at the beginning and listened to them again! In Broad Daylight is shaping up to be just as good. Congratulations on finding success in doing what you love- you’ve earned every bit of it; and thanks so much for sharing these stories with us.
November 18th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
@Boone,
Dawg,
Wow! Such vitriol! I love it! You just became my favorite listener/reader!
And I have to say: we ARE special! All of us.
Your boy,
Seth
November 20th, 2011 at 2:58 am
@Boone
“There are a depressingly large number of people like you these days [...] [who] derive satisfaction [...] by putting others down.”
I completely agree! It seems to me that there are more and more “hate” comments on the Web in general (even though “podiobooks” is still a “decent” place compared to “youtube”, for example).
But I don`t know if the reason is that “the” younger generation (let`s say: “the” digital natives) is (are) “so” narcissistic. These are generalizations that might not be helpful in understanding the rise of hate comments in recent years.
Anyway, a good discursive antidote is not to get “too personal” and “too harsh” in commenting something, esp. when someone has put a lot of work into a book, a piece of music, a video, etc. and gives it away for free!
And to all the “haters” out there: if something is seen as “total crap”, why bother to comment at all? Life is so short, why do you waste your time with crap (note: your crap may not be my crap)?
“Believe me, your opinion is neither valid nor important. [...] you’re so smug and self entitled that you personally attacked a writer [...]“.
I would avoid this kind of criticism because of the “tu quoque”.
Normally, if both parties get “personal” it just creates and perpetuates a communicative conflict system (A vs. B), but the content is “arbitrary / irrelevant”.
So, in my view, even though I don`t share Mike`s opinion, it
is still “valid” because it’s a “matter of taste”. That is, there are people who like Seth`s intro (me, for example), there are other`s who don`t: “De gustibus non est disputandum.”
And it`s no use to claim that taste A is “better” than taste B
because such discussions just lead to communicative conflicts
that will waste everybody`s life time without gaining anything (no money, no reputation – nada).
Just my 2 cents
Peter
December 6th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Hey Seth, Nice work with the female protagonist, I am pleased you write her so well. The background is drawn very well also, I keep wondering when you had time to spend several years in Alaska!
December 6th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Clearly you love what you’re doing and that makes listening a pleasure.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Listening, I got as far as when Jess Harding pistol whips a perp before I remembered that blood and gore in a novel are not bad things, they’re just not MY thing, so I bailed. But I love keeping up with “our boy” Seth!
December 6th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Oh Gail! Thanks!
December 18th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
@Boone Ouch! Way to get stuff off your chest! I’m not entirely sure that @mike deserves the roasting you gave him, but I have to say, I do tend agree with quite a lot of what you you’ve said. I expect it was the enormous ‘straw’ of pointless reviews you’ve read that finally broke the camel’s back. I sympathise. I must say that though I certainly believe that undermining someone elses opinion isn’t necessarily either the polite or appropriate thing to do, I largely disagree with the supposition (@Peter) that everyone’s opinion is equal, or for that matter valid.
The issue of taste certainly extends way beyond a level playing field, and on the issue of genre and subject matter alone it should tip the scales fairly significantly.
I am actually more surprised that someone who doesn’t find the “Yo Dawg” stuff, (and yes I had to laugh at the phrasing) unpalatable would bother to write feedback when clearly the subject matter is not to his/her taste. My own personal position when encountering work outside the bounderies of my preference is not to comment, as objectivity cannot safely be excercised.
Anyhoo, I suppose this has become a thread on appropriate feedback rather than a review on Seth Harwoods latest release (guilty!) Apologies.
January 1st, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Sorry to see it end! I like Jess and hope we see her again. One little nit to pick. I agree with Gail, you were spot-on with (most of) Jess’s dialog. You do insecure tough girl really well. Except morning after musings. That internal dialog was really….male. No woman thinks virility, after a roll (or two) between the sheets. Besides, I think the female equivalent would be fertility, and I don’t think your girl would be celebrating that possiblility at that moment. Still, another great story. Thanks for continuing to present your work in this format.
January 5th, 2012 at 6:04 am
Another great book from Seth, I now seem to take the audio quality and his narrative skills for granted! As far as crime writing goes this is top notch.
I must say I preferred the Jack Palms series and Young Junius but that is not to take anything away from this book definitely shows some versatility to write from a females perspective. Maybe I’m predisposed but usually I don’t tend to dig story’s with females based as the main character – This being an exception.
I wonder what’s planned next? Hopefully Jess gets that promotion? Personally I would like to see Seth write something from a villains perspective.
Thanks as always for sharing.
Jonathan
February 12th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Seth Harwood is without a doubt one of the most talented writers/narrators that I have ever encountered. I am an avid audiobook listener and Seth is “top shelf” in my book.
So put some earmuffs on those kids and tell Mike to take a long walk off of a short dock!
February 12th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Ralph,
Thanks!
April 18th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Loved the book, more please Seth.