Although this is a murder/crime story, the main focus is on one CA-RAAZY girl (Cindy Ray) who somehow manages to easily persuade others into believing her wild claims of abuse, neglect, incest, and being horribly taken advantage of by EVERYONE she comes into contact with! She uses this method as her sole means of financial support, favors, and housing – moving from one person to the next …and playing on their sympathy for her. What a manipulator! She was believable enough that it even took ME a while to realize that what she was saying was not true.
When she meets David, her newest boyfriend, he like many others, buys into all her nonsense, and thus becomes more than willing to “save” her. She works on him to the point of eventually coaxing him into a murder plan; by convincing him that her mother and sisters often beat and torture her, her father is an incestuous rapist, and that she will be able to finally move on from all this never ending trauma “they put her through” once the parents are eliminated. And then afterwards of course, her and David will have the bestest sex life ever she promises. Since David already has a pre-existing aggressive personality, he is instantly able to get into defending his lover no matter what it takes. If Cindy is happy, then he will be too.
You will want to reach through the screen and slap Miss Cindy…Lol. Not kidding. We have all met nutty people before, but this girl does it with such drama! And although we are expected to detest the murderer, you will probably find yourself hating the REAL instigator instead.
I thoroughly enjoy how Kevin Pierce (narrator) expresses each characters emotional state as he delivers their private thoughts and conversations – it was VERY well done! Rather than trying to mimic actual voices as some narrators do (which can be painfully annoying), Kevin just has a naturally smooth style and flow conveying each personality type without having to resort to that. *insert loud applause roar here*
Like other Jack Olsen books, its also sprinkled with humorous details and scene descriptions 🙂 which I personally love. This audiobook was provided to me at no cost by the author/publisher/narrator in exchange for an honest review. It was truly my pleasure, and very easy for me to say “I LOVED THIS!!”.