TEMPTED BY TROUBLE

Dickey takes the sad reality of today's plunging economy and growing unemployment to follow one man, Demytryk Knight, and his drastic change of fortunes. However, the story quickly descends into melodrama as Demytryk and his wife turn to robbing banks. Narrator Dion Graham's steady presentation keeps things from turning into a complete farce. Graham delivers the diverse characters, accents, and gamut of emotion splendidly. The thieves graduate from robbing banks to a mega-church and then to betraying, robbing, and killing one another. No character is likable, and that makes the story difficult to engage with. The only possible benefit is a detailed account of how to carry out a robbery. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2011]