A good marriage
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063007161
- ISBN: 0063007169
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource : digital - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : HarperAudio, 2020.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Sarah Zimmerman, Karissa Vacker, and George Newbern. |
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Subject: | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Man-woman relationships Murder -- Investigation |
Genre: | Downloadable audio books. Audiobooks. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. Audiobooks. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2020 August
Sarah Zimmerman, Karissa Vacker, and George Newbern combine forces to narrate a thriller that asks what makes a good marriage. The trio delivers the story's three timelines seamlessly, making it more accessible for listeners. Zach is in Rikers for assaulting a police officer after finding his wife, Amanda, dead at the bottom of their stairs. He persuades his friend Lizzie, a corporate lawyer, to take his case. Zimmerman adjusts her pacing and expressive tone to enhance her portrayal of Lizzie. In the second timeline, Vacker joins the story as Amanda, a young woman who is full of awe at the rich world she has lucked into--until her fall down the stairs. Vacker heightens the character's fascination and shock with a tone of youthful introspection. Newbern delivers the court proceedings with a stately tone and steady pacing. S.K.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2020 July #1
Never mind the feeble supposed-to-be atmospheric opening music, pay immediate and exacting attention as Sarah Zimmerman takes the Prologueâbecause already, you've got your first unreliable narrator, with many more to come. Controlled with just-under-the-surface panic, Zimmerman resonates as Lizzie, a former federal prosecutor forced into corporate law to repay a hefty debt not of her own making. Her law school friend Zach has unexpectedly calledâfrom notorious Rikersâwhere he insists he's been unjustly imprisoned for assaulting an officer (by mistake) after discovering his murdered wife. Karissa Vacker animates the dead woman, her performance consistently nervous and afraid, deftly channeling Amanda, whose heinous past haunts, while her less-than-ideal marriage to Zach only survives because of their young son. George Newbern regularly interrupts, voicing the myriad interstitials throughout, most especially enjoying the Grand Jury testimonies showcasing the divide between solemn attorneys and an impressive roster of disgruntled, frightened, indignant witnesses. As with too many multi-cast performances, characterizations (especially of the supporting cast) are inconsistent between narrators, but the wild ride ahead replete with cyberhacking, drugs, alcohol, and partner-swapping in elite Park Slope will certainly make these 13 hours fly. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.