WHITE LIES

In this Arcane Society novel, human lie detector Clare Lancaster comes under suspicion for murder. Romantic sparks fly when Jake Salter, an agent for Jones & Jones, meets Clare and finds her a fascinating but infuriating distraction to his mission. The story is typical Krentz—great fun—but the presentation is not. David Colacci's voice work is perfect, but Kathy Garver's is both poorly cast and irritating. Her character accents aren't consistent, and she runs out of breath and drops her voice repeatedly. Furthermore, she makes little differentiation between narrative and characterization. There is even a noticeable difference in the volume of the two narrators' mikes in the first part of the story. All in all, one to skip. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2008]