GARDEN OF EVIL

A rural cop-killing begins a series of sex-related murders that attract the astute attention of Miami crime reporter Britt Montero--the single, sexy heroine of several popular thrillers. Narrator Caruso has an irritating mannerism: She attacks a sequence with too much volume and dwindles into a barely audible mumble until she runs out of breath. This is easily fixed electronically, but the publishers have chosen not to do so. Aside from this and a few misinterpreted lines, she does a workmanlike, albeit uninspired, job. Y.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]