Phillip Margolin
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Review Sleeping Beauty will keep you awake all night. Phillip Margolin has done it again!-- "Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author"[Houston
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brings] the characters' voices to life with dialogue that is tense and spirited.-- "AudioFile"Margolin knows how to put together a high-concept thriller, piling plot twist upon plot twist and keeping the narrative pounding ever forward-- "Booklist" Product Description Seventeen-year-old Ashley Spencer learned what true horror was the night a serial killer invaded her home and brutally murdered her father and her best friend. But the terror did not end there...A year after the unspeakable events, Ashley is still trying to piece together what is left of her life. But the nightmare is reawakened at the elite private school that had appeared to be a safe haven for Ashley and her mother, Terri, when a new book called Sleeping Beauty hits the national bestseller lists-a shattering true account of the crimes that ripped Ashley's world apart. And now Ashley must run for her life again. About the Author Phillip Margolin has written more than a dozen New York Times bestselling mysteries for adults, including Gone, but Not Forgotten; Executive Privilege; and Wild Justice. With Vanishing Acts, he achieved two new firsts-his first book for young readers and his first book with his daughter, Ami Margolin Rome.Suzanne Houston is an audiobook narrator whose reading of Phillip Margolin's Sleeping Beauty was praised by AudioFile magazine as riveting...worth every listening moment. From AudioFile Suzanne Houston begins reading in a clear, lively voice but soon loses her way in cardboard characters, inane dialogue, and uninspired situations. However, when the bailiff raps his gavel at the start of the courtroom scene later in the book, Houston moves into high gear again, bringing the characters' voices to life with dialogue that is tense and spirited. The plot still remains problematic--the "shocking ending" isn't, a particularly heinous crime is predictable and lacks drama, and many obvious clues are overlooked in the trial. Yet Margolin's ability to pace the courtroom material, coupled with Houston's riveting reading of it, makes the last 100 pages worth every listening moment. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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