IMMORAL

In Freeman’s IMMORAL, listeners are immediately drawn into the case of a second teenaged girl’s disappearance in less than a year in Duluth, Minnesota. It is Lt. Jonathan Stride’s mission to solve the crime and bring the offenders to justice. Joe Barrett takes charge with great poise and brings the listeners from Duluth to Las Vegas and back with incredible ease, and the pages flow seamlessly. Like the core differences between those two cities, Barrett handles the gender changes and local accents with precision and delivers this thriller with ease. Blackstone was sharp enough to sign for the rights to the Stride follow-up, and let’s hope they are smart enough to also bring back Barrett. R.B.T. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 06]