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  • Guilty Innocence

  • Written by: Maggie James
  • Narrated by: Rosie Akerman
  • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Guilty Innocence

Written by: Maggie James
Narrated by: Rosie Akerman
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When Natalie snoops through her boyfriend's possessions, she finds more than she bargained for - Mark was once convicted of a brutal killing. However, he was not the only person sentenced for the murder of two-year-old Abby Morgan. The violent and twisted Adam Campbell was also convicted...and Mark knows more about the murder than he will admit. Can Mark ever break free from Adam and his past?

©2017 Maggie James (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd
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"Adequate" Story.. Horrible Sound Quality

Maggie James explores the frankly bizarre journey of reconciliation for 25-year-old parolee 'Mark Slater' - freed from incarceration for helping murder a two-year-old when he was known as 'Joshua Barker'. Mark navigates post-release relationships, almost seduces the sister of his victim for some reason, deals with the family that abandoned him in prison, and confronts 'Adam Campbell' - the boy who bullied/influenced/controlled him at 11 and actually committed the brutal murder while Mark/Joshua "helplessly" watched.
The book is capably written, cleverly planned, and described with visceral realism.. but is strikingly implausible - with an expectation of empathy for the protagonist that never emerges. This was a hard one to swallow.

I could have set aside reservations regarding this book, I suppose - if not for the ridiculously lazy attention paid to production values by QUEST Audio/W.F.Howes Ltd sound engineers. Reader Rosie Akerman was a reasonable casting choice - turning in a professional performance - but the book sounds tinny, spliced re-recorded segments are inexplicably distinctive, and they apparently don't even *try* to soften Akerman's mouth sounds and creaking chair as she reads. The recording is as amateurish as anything that I've ever heard.

Altogether, this audiobook merits a mere 3 stars out of 10. Asking a Credit for it is unconscionable.. it wasn't even worthwhile for "free".

[Note: this book should also include a TRIGGER WARNING. There is a quite graphic description of a child rape]

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