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Now the FBI is at her door, some serious bad guys are following her every move, and the family she once loved and relied on is more distant than ever. The only thing Ridley knows for sure is that she has to get to the truth about herself and her past if she’s ever going to find her way home.
Charged with relentless intensity and kinetic action, playing out with unnerving suspense on the streets of New York and London, and seen through the terrified but determined eyes of a young woman whose body and heart are pushed to the point of shattering, SLIVER OF TRUTH is another triumph from the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781415936542
- File size: 347018 KB
- Duration: 12:02:57
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- English
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There's a lot of mystery but not a sliver of excitement in this story. It's apparent that Ann Marie Lee tries to bring vivacity to her job here, but the task is too great for her winsome and passionate voice. This story needs a well-developed character and some highs and lows--qualities a reader can't make up by herself. But here, with a plot that's unfathomable and a heroine measured until almost the end, one soon loses interest. In this story, Ridley Jones is searching for a secret that involves her fugitive parents, her real father, her brother, a boyfriend, a sinister organization, and an ever present FBI agent. After a while, you wonder why. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from October 23, 2006
Bestseller Unger's sensational second thriller (after Beautiful Lies
) puts her in the same league as such genre masters as Peter Straub and Peter Abrahams. From the cryptic opening section, which ends with a New York Times
reporter finding her husband bleeding to death, Unger grabs the reader by the throat and doesn't let go. Meanwhile, the FBI informs Ridley Jones, a magazine writer, that her late uncle, Max Smiley (who's really her biological father), is still alive and being sought by assorted international players on all sides of the law. Rapidly finding that little in her life is what it seems, Jones is horrified to be confronted with evidence indicating that Smiley is a misogynistic monster of the first order, who may have played a role in the murder of the reporter's husband. Unger's gifts for dialogue and pacing set this far above the standard novel of suspense and will leave many anxiously awaiting her third book. 10-city author tour. -
Jenna Lamia guides listeners through young freelance writer Ridley Jones's quest to uncover her biological parentage. Adopted from Project Rescue, an organization rumored to be linked to organized crime, Ridley discovers that her beloved Uncle Max is not her darling old uncle, but her father--and he's dangerous. Jenna Lamia's softly pitched, reedy voice solidly molds Ridley into a troubled heroine, but she paces the story with a speed that lacks the power to sustain itself and sometimes crashes at the end of sentences. Lamia's ability to paint minor characters, such as Ridley's boyfriends, is off the mark, with little to differentiate their voices from Ridley's. This is a good thriller, but it's difficult to follow. M.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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Starred review from February 26, 2007
Ridley Jones thought her faux uncle Max (who was actually her father) was long dead. But apparently, no one else did; not the FBI, the Armenian mob, the woman who identified Max's corpse, or Jones's boyfriend, Jake. Each want Max for different reasons, and Jones becomes the tool with which they hope to bring him out into the open. In an effort to figure everything out, Jones recruits contacts, but it seems every time she does, they end up dead. Unger's second novel featuring Jones packs a lot of action, humor and drama. Jenna Lamia improves these elements in this first-person novel with a light, smooth voice that fits with Jones personality. Within the first hour, Lamia's soft tone reverberates with attitude or sincerity depending on the context, while her ability to inject personality into the narrative aspects of the story makes it all the more enjoyable. She tackles accents, gender differentials and sarcasm with great ease, leaving listeners to lose themselves in Unger's tale of intrigue. Simultaneous release with the Crown hardcover (Reviews, Oct. 23).
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