Pretty Girls
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
July 6, 2015
Claire Scott, the heroine of this gripping standalone from bestseller Slaughter (Cop Town), thought she knew everything about her architect husband, Paul, but her posh Atlanta life is turned upside down when he’s fatally stabbed in an alley and she uncovers a series of nasty videos on his home computer. Paul’s dark side is what drove a wedge between Claire and her sister Lydia 18 years earlier, when Lydia accused Paul of attempted rape. At the time, Claire sided with Paul, and the sisters stopped speaking. The family was already splintered following the 1991 disappearance of Claire and Lydia’s older sister, 19-year-old Julia, who vanished near her University of Georgia dorm. Paul’s death brings Claire and Lydia back together as they begin peeling back the layers of everything that the meticulously organized Paul kept hidden. Chapters from the girls’ father’s journal, written to the missing Julia, form a poignant counterpoint to the chilling violence of this unsettling tale. Agent: Victoria Sanders, Victoria Sanders & Associates.
Claire Scott's 19-year-old sister, Julia, disappeared 20 years ago. Since then, despite the fact that her sister Lydia once accused Paul of attempted rape, Claire's been "happily" married to Paul--and estranged from Lydia. Then, a sudden, shocking act of violence leaves Paul dead and Claire reeling. Narrator Kathleen Early accurately delivers Claire's revulsion when she discovers Paul's private collection of "snuff" porn and boxes of detailed material on women who've been raped. As horrified as she is with Paul, Claire reviles herself even more for willfully ignoring the clues to his true nature. Early uses a hyper-edgy tone, keeping the ghastly descriptions understated, allowing the real horror to emerge. With stunning twists and unpredictable turns, Early's performance of Slaughter's chilling novel invents a new word for the OED: "unputdownable." S.J.H. Winner of AudioFIle Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
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