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Beneath Devil's Bridge
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Laural Merlington
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Beneath Devil's Bridge
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Publisher's Summary
A true crime podcast yields new revelations about a shocking murder in a riveting novel of suspense by Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White.
True crime podcaster Trinity Scott is chasing breakout success, and her brand-new serial may get her there. Her subject is Clayton Jay Pelley. More than two decades ago, the respected family man and guidance counselor confessed to the brutal murder of teenage student Leena Rai. But why he killed her has always been a mystery.
In a series of exclusive interviews from prison, Clayton discloses to Trinity the truth about what happened that night beneath Devil’s Bridge. It’s not what anyone in the Pacific Northwest town of Twin Falls expects. Clayton says he didn’t do it. Was he lying then? Or now?
As her listeners increase and ratings skyrocket, Trinity is missing a key player in the story: Rachel Walczak, the retired detective who exposed Pelley’s twisted urges and put him behind bars. She’s not interested in playing Clayton’s game - until Trinity digs deeper and the podcast’s reverb widens. Then Rachel begins to question everything she thinks she knows about the past.
With each of Clayton’s teasing reveals, one thing is clear: he’s not the only one in Twin Falls with a secret.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anynomous
- 2022-12-01
Great Story, BAD main narrator
This is a well written and thoughtful story with layers and a solid plot. It's clever and character driven. However, the main narrator, for Rachel's character, is horrible. On the sample, it's the second narrator, Trinity's character, whose good, and if it had been the other narrator, I wouldn't have bought the book. I'm honestly not sure how they're a voice actor, because their voice really ruined the story for me. Maybe they have a niche voice but it should have been used as the sample or even chapter one before I got invested. Also, although I liked the story, it does sit weird for me that a brutal rape and killing of an Indian girl is narrativized through white women's perspectives. The book dances around race and racism and that's messed up. Her family also should have been more centralized in the plot. Brown girl death and abuse shouldn't just be a plot device.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Louise Nicholson
- 2021-06-17
great story!
The story was compelling and I was totally engaged to find out who the real criminal was. The emotions portrayed brought me to tears a couple of times! I really liked the narrator for Trinity. The woman reading Rachel's role took some getting used to and she wouldn't have been my choice (if I got to pick the narrator), but I got used to her and I enjoyed the book regardless
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jill W.
- 2021-06-03
Voice acting = 0, story = ???
This book is exactly what I want to read/listen to, but I am struggling to even get in to it because the actor voicing Trinity is so very annoying. When she changes her voice to read a male character it it absolutely comical. Probably not what you’re going for in a murder mystery.
40 minutes in and I haven’t given up yet, but I’m very close.
The voice talent can make or break an audio book. This is a break.
79 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- AlexWals
- 2021-10-25
Creative-until the social justice lecturing starts. Regret the purchase.
Storyline is good. That the author writes speech like an author, not like a real person would speak, isn’t wildly annoying-until the hospital scene between 2 characters. Author takes the lazy route of wrapping up all of the questions in a confession, and, worse, the speech is ridiculous. It bothers me so much when an author can’t make the effort to write how someone actually speaks. It rips any authenticity right out of the novel. The “wrap it up in one conversation” thing is so common, but also stops me right there from caring about the characters or story. The podcast dictating people’s lives and actions-becoming a sensation-people hanging on it-and the way the author tries to make that believable-grater me from the start, but I was able to roll with it, until the end, and the clean happy ending, where love, fame and a juicy tv contract await. Ugh.
The worst was the social lecturing, absolutely all important, but the author’s method took on a tone of “You are all bad. You’ve never heard this before, right? We’re going to touch on so many major issues, and pretend one little podcast created a big international WOOHOO, NOW none of it will happen anymore!” Try-hard.
Again, the story overall was creative, and it did bring so many infuriating issues into play, all of which need to be addressed. But trying to play the vigilante author and, again, write as if you’re lecturing, is a huge turn-off.
58 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- shelley
- 2021-06-02
WOW!
Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
A man admits to the rape and brutal murder of a teenage girl. 24 years later he recants his plea in a podcast. Why would he confess to a crime he didn’t commit? The man has secrets and little by little he’s releasing information that can solve the murder. The podcast is called “It’s Criminal “. The hostess is Trinity Scott. She has secrets too.
One investigator has died of cancer. The other lead investigator is Rachel Hart. She knows there are loose ends but hey, the man confessed. She’s has suspicions but they may be too close to home for her to look into.
As the secrets come into the light it turns out that no one involved with the investigation told the truth. The ending is shocking.
Narration by Lauren Ezzo and Laural Merlington is wonderful.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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36 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Violet
- 2021-06-03
Chilling, gripping, beautiful
I finished this entire book in one day. I couldn't stop listening. I listened while cooking, doing laundry, shopping, in between meetings. Loreth Anne White's writing is immersive. I was excited about the new book but didn't know I'd devour it like I did. Her writing is so descriptive you can smell the farm, feel the coldness under the bridge, hear the baby's cries. It's a beautifully tragic story with wonderful and important messages behind it. Secrets held inside destroy you.
I liked the narration. I thought both narrators did a stellar job. The one review on here mentions disliking the Trinity narration and that was my absolute favorite. Her voice, tone, and performance were spot on. We all hear and see things differently.
23 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- m.emery
- 2021-06-08
Great story. Uneven performance
This is a very good, interesting story. Lots of twists and turns with a good ending.
There are two narrators. One is pretty good. The other is pretty bad. Almost bad enough for me to stop listening. But not quite. Glad I finished.
22 people found this helpful
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- CKB
- 2021-06-06
Excellent and powerful story, a must read!
This story was so well constructed that I was completely drawn in and held there until the very end. The issues raised by the author are important for us all to think about as we may be called on to confront them in some way in our own lives. The writing was powerful, suspenseful, emotional, and heart wrenching. The performance was exactly what it needed to be to keep me enthralled.
13 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Becky
- 2021-06-08
Don't care for the narrator's.
Almost didn't continue listening to after hearing both narrators. One sounds nasal and the other just isn't pleasant to listen to. Also women doing the men's voices never turn out well.
The story and characters are well written so it seems a shame to scrimp on voices.
11 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Book Bug!
- 2021-06-20
Quite a Book!
Loreth Anne White has Done it again. She portrayed the worst in human nature. I can’t believe how much bigotry and hate created such a mess. Based on a true story, the results of of this brutal crime affected so many lives for year's. Expertly done the author does not disappoint! Both narrators did a good job also.
9 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Misty
- 2021-06-08
Every parent should read this.
Too bad middle schools across the land aren't asking permission to use this in the classroom. What a great example of lessons every young person and parent should be aware of.
9 people found this helpful
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- Melissa Hughes
- 2021-10-30
VERY INTERESTING
This book has so many twist and turns that you will never guess how it ends. Great writing Mrs White!!!
8 people found this helpful