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Wild Justice
Wild Justice
Author: Phillip Margolin
Performed by Anna Fields — 8 1/2 hours/6 cassettes, unabridgedSeven years ago, Phillip Margolin seized the imagination of thriller readers everywhere with his chilling breakout bestseller, Gone, but Not Forgotten. After five subsequent New York Times bestsellers, Margolin now returns to the haunting terrain of Go...  more » with a mesmerizing tour de force of psychological suspense, an electrifying tale of revenge and retribution that shows a master storyteller at the very peak of his craft.Thursday: Subject is still combative after four days of applied pain, sleep deprivation and minimal food.Vice squad detective Bobby Vasquez, for months on the trail of a slippery underworld figure, receives an anonymous tip that directs him to a mountain cabin. He races through the idyllic Oregon woods, expecting to close the book on a long-standing vendetta. What he finds instead opens a Pandora's box of horror that will haunt him to his dying day.8:10: Subject bound and gaffed and placed in upstairs closet at end of hall. Turned out lights in house, drove off, then parked and doubled back. Watched from woods.Within hours, Vincent Cordoni -- a brilliant surgeon with a history of violence and drug abuse -- is arrested for a heinous crime. Facing a seemingly insurmountable wall of evidence, he turns to Portland's top criminal defense attorney, Frank Jaffe-who, along with his ambitious daughter, Amanda, must put on an inspired defense. Amanda's first taste of criminal defense work is as intoxicating as it is chilling, but it raises moral questions she's loath to address. Is she defending an innocent man? Or is she using her considerable skills to set a monster free? Then Cardoni disappears under bizarre circumstances. Four years later, a second set of murders has begun ....8:55: Subject exits house, naked and barefoot, armed with kitchen knife. Remarkable strength of character. Breaking her will be a challenge.Has Cardoni resurfaced to ply his deadly trade anew? Is there a copycat killer? Or has the real killer been someone else all along? The police will do everything they can to stop Cardoni -- but they have to find him first.Following a twisting trail of clues, including a harrowing diary that clinically records the killer's horrible deeds, Amanda Jaffe and Bobby Vasquez join the hunt-and themselves become targets of the twenty-first century's first genuinely monstrous psychopath.
ISBN-13: 9780694524068
ISBN-10: 0694524069
Publication Date: 9/1/2000
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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I loved the book. It was very exciting and I couldn't put it down.
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Lot to say about this one; Begin with detective Bobby Vasquez receiving an anonymous tip that a major cocaine deal is about to go down in a secluded mountain cabin. Lacking warrants or backup, he breaks into the cabin and instead of discovering cocaine, finds two severed heads in the refridgerator of a basement operating room. And we're off and running! I guess I could go on and on but you probably want to know what I thought of this audio. I think that this book could easily be placed beside those of James Patterson and Jonathan Kellerman on your bookshelves, it's truly up to par with those gentlemen! If this were a book and not an audio, I would say that it's a real page turner - since it's an audio, I don't know what to say - but you get the picture - right? If you've got a long drive, or just a rainy night with nothing good on the television, slap this one in your player and lay back - and enjoy!Thanks for lookin'. Unabridged Edition. 6 cassettes. Running Time Approx 8 1/2 hours
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I could not put this book down. It moved perfectly - no lulls. Great plot twists, characters and writing. It moves at a fast pace. Highly recommend.

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