BEAUTIFUL LIES

Ridley Jones is a freelance writer whose life is on track until she is forced to reevaluate all she has ever held to be true. Dark secrets about her past haunt her, including her lack of resemblance to anyone in her family and the absence of photos of her before the age of two. The puzzle grows deeper when she receives an anonymous note asking, "Are you my daughter?" Ann Marie Lee has a pretty voice, but in Lisa Unger's thriller it simply doesn't fit. Her Ridley is too sweet, secondary characters lack depth, and there's no differentiation between moments of passion or calm. Unfortunately, this is a mismatch between story and narrator. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 06]