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4.0étoiles sur 5
Rock-solid enjoyable thriller listening., Avril 27 2004
I'm really quite beginning to adore Lisa Scottoline. I've listened to Legal Tender, and Dead Ringer, and I'm hooked. I'll be scouting around for more of her work as soon as I can find it.
Unlike the other two I've listened to on audiobook prior to Moment of Truth, this story isn't about Bennie Rosato, the snarky, sarcastic, tough-as-nails Philedelphia attourney I've grown to love, but Mary Di Nunzio, one of her associates. Bennie is away, and while she's gone, a man confesses to murdering his wife. But he didn't do it. He takes Mary as his lawyer, figuring she's so inexperienced she can only make it worse, and proceeds to try and get himself found guilty. What would bring a grown man - and lawyer - to implicate himself for murder? Who is he trying to protect? Is the killer going to strike again? Mary is going to find out, and it just might kill her.
The story is quite tricky, and I was very pleased to say that while I figured out a good two-thirds of it, the ultimate ending did surprise me. Hats off, once again, to Lisa Scottoline, who apparently doesn't mulch a usual formula out over and over, and kept me guessing. Mary is just as interesting a character to explore as Bennie Rosato, which is a nice touch for what I'd so far only seen as a secondary character. There's a slight romantic undertone to this tale, which also went well with the overall.
As always, I can't praise Kate Burton's voice-acting enough. Her ability to put emotion into the various voices - and use her voice talent to keep the characters so obviously different to the listener's ear - cannot be over-stated. She's superb.
'Nathan
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5.0étoiles sur 5
Blockbuster Performance, Avril 9 2004
Barbara Rosenblat's reading of Lisa Scottoline's novel "Moment of Truth" in its unabridged cassette version is entrancing. Rosenblat's voice has a husky timber that sounds like it's been honed by years of smoking Camels and downing vintage scotch. Her gravelly resonance is perfect for the many wonderful characters from the jerks like chief of police Walston to D.A. Davis to the perky Mary DiNunzio and the open-minded detectives Brinkley and Kovitch. When Paige comes on the scene, her higher pitched voice perfectly captures an adolescent energy. Even Trevor Olansky with his flat voice mirrors the rich boy indifference of the character.As the plot unfolds in the multi-cassette volume, we are kept constantly on the edge of the drivers' seat as one false turn finds its way to the next lead. When we head home to Mary DiNunzio's family, the scene where her Italian mama wields a dangerous wooden spoon at the police is about as endearing as can be. Rosenblat makes the explosive climax jump to life with a fast-paced delivery. The experience of a novel on tape is a bit different from the reading experience. Rosenblat is able to handle a wide range of characters giving each like Kovich and Newlin their own distinctive reading. The universal theme of loyalty and devotion against a background of wealth, duplicity and cynicism brings tears to the eyes by the end. Bravo!
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3.0étoiles sur 5
Great beach book, Fév 16 2004
Lisa Scottoline's 'Moment of Truth' is the story of a father trying to protect his child. Jack Newlin comes home to find his wife dead. He immediately thinks his 16-year-old daughter, Paige, committed the act. But did she? I won't give away the whole plot, but in some instances the outcome was not satisfying, two major ones towards the end in particular. There are too many easy outs.The message in this story, to me, was that parents are often too quick to try to shield their children from taking responsibility for their actions. This is a very important message. But we don't really see anyone take responsibility for the killing of Mrs. Newlin. There is no final justice in the story, where we see the perpetrator going down in flames. Scottoline's two most interesting characters are the detective team of Brinkley and Kovish. They have an understanding of each other, fighting and joking like an old married couple. I would enjoy reading more stories centering around these two. 'Moment of Truth' is a quick, easy, sometimes humorous "beach book."
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