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Title: Box Nine

Subtitle: Quinsigamond

Author: Jack O'Connell

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The drug is called Lingo, and its the most powerful narcotic Lenore has ever seen. This cheaply manufactured pill races straight for the brains language center, supercharging it so that even a dimwitted person can speak and read at 1,500 words per minute. It induces giddiness, confidence, and sexual euphoria - with a side effect of murderous rage.

The drug has come to Quinsigamond, a fading industrial center in the heart of Massachusetts, and its going to tear this town apart. Lenore believes she can stop that from happening. A narcotics detective with a few addictions of her own - amphetamines and heavy metal, to name a couple - she loves nothing more than her gun, until she meets Dr. Frederick Woo, the linguist assisting her on the case. Together they can stop the drug - if it doesnt take hold of them first.

Members Reviews:

A lot of potential, but falls much too short.

I'm not sure why I kept reading this book. I found myself 80% through and still haven't decided if I like it or not, which is not the best sign. I guess I kept hoping it was going to get better. I'll agree with some of the other reviews here that the main plot of the book seems like a cool concept, it just wasn't executed well at all. There are far too many pointless characters that takes away from the overall development of the one or two that were the main ones, and because of that I feel like I didn't really like any of the characters at all. There is an attraction between 2 characters that came out of nowhere and wasn't believable at all. The plot wasn't really developed at all either. This new drug is introduced early in the book and there are various scenarios involving characters and this drug and that's pretty much it. There's no mystery and very little investigation into the drug. I feel like the author couldn't decide if he wanted to put more into the characters or the plot and therefore falls short of developing both into anything likable and intriguing. The only reason this got 2 stars was that it held my interest just enough for me to finish it in hopes that it would get better.

A True Master of Suspense and Noir

One of the best things about the ebook revolution is that its giving forgotten classics a second life. And Jack O'Connell's BOX NINE is a perfect example of this phenomenon.

Originally published in 1992, BOX NINE remains as compelling and vital as the day it was first released. The book introduces readers to Quinsigamond, a a depressed New England factory down seething with violence and corruption that serves as the setting for O'Connell's next five novels.

In this classic noir thriller, O'Connell creates one of his most memorable characters: Detective Leonore Thomas, an undercover officer "addicted to speed, rough sex, heavy metal and her gun." Sounds like my kind of woman. But Thomas is no two dimensional caricature; she is one of noir fiction's most interesting personalities.

But perhaps the most compelling aspect of Box Nine is Lingo, a powerful new drug that acts on the brain's language centers. Its not just that Lingo makes for a hip new street drug; its unique relation to language allows O'Connell to explore the very nature of words and communication.