Got a nice note from Bohjalian thanking me for commenting on his book--what a good guy!
Finished (at least for a while) with narrator 1, the minister. Really well done--he slowly reveals himself to be an unreliable narrator (a man of the cloth with a strong sex drive), but is he unreliable when it comes to the murder? He leaves his small town quickly after the funeral because (he says) of a crisis of faith. He also rather quickly beds Heather, the "Angel" author who he visits in NYC.
Just started Narrator Two. I should know whether she's a DA or a detective, but listening in the car does that to you. Anyway, she definitely is throwing suspicion on our reverend. Maybe not a murder/suicide. Maybe a murder/murder. Why did the good reverend beat it out of town so quickly? Pathologist is skeptical, too.
Plot thickens as characters develop--what more could I want?
(Audible reader of the Reverend section was terrific. Just a little defensive tone in his voice on occasion, the suspicious "slips" aren't signaled overtly. Very convincing. I've only listened to a few pages of the female law officer, but that narration seems equally good. Playing golf to tomorrow 40 minutes away--80 minutes of listening!)
Finished (at least for a while) with narrator 1, the minister. Really well done--he slowly reveals himself to be an unreliable narrator (a man of the cloth with a strong sex drive), but is he unreliable when it comes to the murder? He leaves his small town quickly after the funeral because (he says) of a crisis of faith. He also rather quickly beds Heather, the "Angel" author who he visits in NYC.
Just started Narrator Two. I should know whether she's a DA or a detective, but listening in the car does that to you. Anyway, she definitely is throwing suspicion on our reverend. Maybe not a murder/suicide. Maybe a murder/murder. Why did the good reverend beat it out of town so quickly? Pathologist is skeptical, too.
Plot thickens as characters develop--what more could I want?
(Audible reader of the Reverend section was terrific. Just a little defensive tone in his voice on occasion, the suspicious "slips" aren't signaled overtly. Very convincing. I've only listened to a few pages of the female law officer, but that narration seems equally good. Playing golf to tomorrow 40 minutes away--80 minutes of listening!)
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