KEY News correspondent Diane Mayfield arrives in Ocean Grove to investigate a story, "Girls Who Cry Wolf." for television's premiere news magazine show. Diane lands an exclusive interview with a troubled young woman whose tale of being abducted for three terrifying days had been disbelieved by the authorities. After taping the interview, a second victim turns up: this time bound, gagged, and dead. Already in the grip of a record heat wave, the small beach community is wracked by fear and terror. Diane and the police turn to the first victim for clues, but it may be too late…. Full of twists, turns, and terrifyingly real danger, Dancing In The Dark is Mary Jane Clark's most suspenseful thriller yet.
Audiophiles appreciate the medium's enhancement of a text, typically finding it to enrich an author's story, meaning, and use of language. But audio also can shed glaring light on poor dialogue, mediocre character development, and cliché-filled description. Given that, Eliza Foss gives a strong reading of TV news reporter Diane Mayfield's coverage of abductions in a coastal town. Foss's characterizations emphasize emotion; strangely, however, Mayfield sounds less like a TV personality than do some of the town residents. Foss lends genuine feeling to the dialogue of the kidnap victims and long list of suspects. As several townsfolk fear that circumstantial evidence may lead to their arrests, Foss's reading sparks images of nail biting, pacing, and nervous tics. J.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Mary Jane Clark is a producer and writer at CBS News. She is an internationally bestselling author, translated into and published in twenty languages. She lives in northern New Jersey.
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