Never Look Away
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Never Look Away

Audio CD – CD, July 19, 2011

Price
$11.35
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1455825554
Dimensions
5.1 x 1.4 x 7 inches
Weight
8.8 ounces

Description

Linwood Barclay, a former columnist for the Toronto Star, is the internationally bestselling author of seven critically acclaimed novels, including Fear the Worst, Too Close to Home, and No Time for Goodbye, which has been optioned for film. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.Jeffrey Cummings, Earphones Award winner for Melina Marchetta's FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK, brings over twenty years of acting experience to his narration. He notes James Mason's reading of Doyle's THE LOST WORLD as a major inspiration to his work as a narrator. Jeffrey currently calls Chicago home.

Features & Highlights

  • A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into a nightmare after an inexplicable disappearance. A frantic search only leads to an even more shocking and harrowing turn of events. Until this terrifying moment, David Harwood is just a small-town reporter in need of a break. His paper, the Promise Falls Standard, is struggling to survive. Then he gets a lead that just might be the answer to his prayers: a potential scandal involving a controversial development project for the outskirts of this picturesque upstate New York town. It’s a hot-button issue that will surely sell papers and help reverse the Standard’s fortunes, but strangely, David’s editors keep shooting it down. Why? That’s a question no longer at the top of David’s list. Now the only thing he cares about is restoring his family. Desperate for any clue, David dives into his own investigation ― and into a web of lies and deceit. For with every new piece of evidence he uncovers, David finds more questions ― and moves ever closer to a shattering truth.

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Good story, terrible reader (Audiobook)

As you can tell by the subject I'm reviewing the Audiobook. I still haven't finished the story, but I can say that so far I'm mostly enjoying it and look forward to picking up where I left off each day when I commute to work and back. But what's nearly ruining it is the reader, Jeffrey Cummings. I've listened to hundreds of audiobooks and this is one of the worst performers I've come across. I expected more from an actor, but the characters sound as if they are reading from a script. And his voices are absolutely terrible! The cop, Duckworth, sounds like the comedic parody of a dumb mob goon, complete with a weak accent that sometimes sounds like he's from NYC and at others times from somewhere in Europe. Same with the husband of Leanne (Lyle I think?). I'll try other Barclay books, as this one has caught my attention, but I'll definitely avoid those read by Mr. Cummings.
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but I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did

I'm a fan of Linwood Barclay, but I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did. Yep, it's a keeper!
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