WILLY AND ALVIRAH

Three of the five unabridged short stories in this collection focus on Alvirah and Willy Meehan, New York State Lottery winners. They help an innocent woman convicted of murder, discover a dead body in a closet and foil kidnappers. Clark's first two published stories "Stowaway" and "Milk Run" round out the collection. While all the stories are intriguing and well written, the narration of the author's daughter is merely adequate. Her voice is expressive at times, but character differentiation and accents are weak and inconsistent, making dialogue confusing. The author's skill, however, outweighs the narrator's shortcomings. J.A.H. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 95]