DEAD OF NIGHT

The raspy voice of Dick Hill is the perfect match for this tense adventure. Marine biologist Marian Ford battles greedy land developers who are employing an eco-terrorist agenda for their own gain. Audie Award winner Hill portrays multiple characters with just the right mix of central Florida accent and world-weary tone. The story’s twists and turns both entertain and, at one juncture, amaze, with a death scene that incorporates Ford’s epiphany. Randy Wayne White, the author of TAMPA BURN, makes the science fascinating and makes us care about the characters involved in it. All told, DEAD OF NIGHT is more unsettling than the usual thriller. R.O. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 05]