PRIME WITNESS

When a number of couples are killed in what appear to be bizarre ritual murders, Chief Prosecuting Attorney Paul Mandrini must face the fact that there may be more than one murderer stalking Putaw Creek. George Guidall seamlessly interprets all--lawyers, police officers, judges with agendas, and underappreciated women--with his usual extraordinary aplomb. Almost passed over in this tough-guy thriller is the equally deadly subplot of ecological horrors unfolding in the deaths of peregrine falcons. To many listeners this subplot will be as unsettling as the ritualized murders of the humans. B.H.B. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 03]