FIRST DAUGHTER

Alli Carson, 19-year-old daughter of President-Elect Edward Carson, has Graves’ disease. When she’s kidnapped a month before Carson's presidential inauguration, her need for medicine makes her abduction all the more serious, and Carson contacts ATF Agent Jack McClure to find her. Narrator Richard Ferrone's versatile vocal range and skill are a good match for this suspenseful story. His textured characterizations capture Alli's naïveté and her growing fear of her captors, as well as her frequent hypnosis sessions. He also characterizes Alli’s foreign abductors with believable accents and depicts the calculating genius behind it all with credibility. With careful pacing and understatement, Ferrone blends action and suspense to produce an unforgettable thriller. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2008]