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The Bay at Midnight

By: Diane Chamberlain
Narrated by: Cris Dukehart, Randye Kaye, Julie McKay
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Summary

Her family's cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer - until her 17-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered. It's been more than 40 years since that August night, but Julie's memories of her sister's death still shape her world. Now someone from her past is raising questions about what really happened that night. About Julie's own complicity. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all. About the person who went to prison for Izzy's murder - and the person who didn't. Faced with questions and armed with few answers, Julie must gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the complex emotions that led to one unspeakable act of violence on the bay at midnight.

©2005 Diane Chamberlain (P)2015 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Detective Mystery Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction
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"The story of what really happened unfolds organically and credibly, building to a touching denouement that plumbs the nature of crimes of the heart." ( Publishers Weekly)
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The use of « I/he/she/  said » in the narration completely ruined this book for me.

Loved the story but…

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I enjoyed the story, as I always do with a Diane Chamberlain book. My only complaint would be that one of the narrators read quite fast so I had to slow the speed down slightly so I could keep up without feeling out of breath!

Easy listening

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I shall certainly look out for other books by this author. The lives of two generations of a couple of families who have adjacent holiday homes are intertwined over a period of more than 50 years, encompassing great sadness, a never completely solved mystery and, eventually, understanding and contentment. The main characters (mostly female) are both likeable and interesting and, though the story frequently meanders through the minutiae of their lives, I never lost interest. The narrators all did sterling work.

My first Diane Chamberlain book

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I managed to persevere 10hours of listening but couldn’t stomach the final 4!
This was my first experience of this author and whilst I had an interest in the characters and where the story would take me, the narrator spoilt it.
I think I’d rather read this as a book than listen to it.
Don’t waste your time buying an audio copy.

Shockingly bad narrator!

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A waste of money. I like her books but this narration is awful that I lasted until chapter 8 and had to give up! The narrator for Lucy sounds like AI and so unnatural. The main narrator drove me mad with the constant “he said, she said, they said, we said” delivery. I wish I had read the reviews before I purchased.

Sadly I couldn’t take anymore!

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