Audio read by Joyce Bean, complete with major southern accentsBrilliand Audio, 2006
13 unabridged cd's
$38.95 (free from PBS)
16 hrs.
512 pgs.
Rating: 3
Set in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, a serial killer is brutally murdering people in pairs, male and female, and staging a scenario for each. They all seem to revolve around Abby Chastain and her mother Faith, who supposedly committed suicide in a mental institution when she was 35. The story, told from many points-of-view including the killer and some of the victims, unfolds slowly...a little too slowly, actually. You can pretty much figure out what's going on and what's going to happen, and Jackson throws in plenty of lustful thinking and not just a little sex, especially when police detective Reuben Montoya enters the scene and meets Abby Chastain.
A little too much coincidence, a little too much dragging here and there, but good plotline and interesting characters kept me listening. Would I listen to another by Lisa Jackson? Probably...if it weren't quite so long.
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