EPISODE · May 16, 2017 · 12H 43M
Enjoy The Art of Deception from Ridley Pearson
from the Essential Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & Detective · host Ridley Pearson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Deception Series: #8 of Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews Series Author: Ridley Pearson Narrator: Ridley Pearson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 25 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Seattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sheriff she once treated who's now stalking her. She's frightened enough to move in with Detective John LaMoia, a development that doesn't exactly thrill Lou Boldt, their boss and Daphne'sex-lover. But Lou's too busy with his own cases to brood over John and Daphne: the recent disappearances of two local women, and the death of Billy Chen, the nephew of Mama Lu, an old friend and a powerful figure in Seattle's Chinese community, which appeared to be an accident but turns out to have been murder.The only thing the disappearances and murder have in common is location; all three victims were last seen in a part of downtown built over the Underground, a dark and dangerous warren of buildings abandoned after the fire that leveled Seattle more than a hundred years ago. While Seattle's Underground has been the setting for several mysteries by other authors (Earl Emerson, J.A. Jance), Pearson makes the most of its creepy-crawly atmosphere in a gripping thriller whose solid plotting pulls all of Daphne's, LaMoia's, and Boldt's cases together. It also wisely reconfigures the personal relationships among the three central characters, which bodes well for their future adventures in this long-running series (Middle of Nowhere, The Pied Piper). --Jane Adams
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Deception Series: #8 of Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews Series Author: Ridley Pearson Narrator: Ridley Pearson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 25 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Seattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sheriff she once treated who's now stalking her. She's frightened enough to move in with Detective John LaMoia, a development that doesn't exactly thrill Lou Boldt, their boss and Daphne'sex-lover. But Lou's too busy with his own cases to brood over John and Daphne: the recent disappearances of two local women, and the death of Billy Chen, the nephew of Mama Lu, an old friend and a powerful figure in Seattle's Chinese community, which appeared to be an accident but turns out to have been murder.The only thing the disappearances and murder have in common is location; all three victims were last seen in a part of downtown built over the Underground, a dark and dangerous warren of buildings abandoned after the fire that leveled Seattle more than a hundred years ago. While Seattle's Underground has been the setting for several mysteries by other authors (Earl Emerson, J.A. Jance), Pearson makes the most of its creepy-crawly atmosphere in a gripping thriller whose solid plotting pulls all of Daphne's, LaMoia's, and Boldt's cases together. It also wisely reconfigures the personal relationships among the three central characters, which bodes well for their future adventures in this long-running series (Middle of Nowhere, The Pied Piper). --Jane Adams
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