The Practice of Deceit

De: Elizabeth Benedict

Narrado por: Richard Poe

Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year winner, National Book Award finalist, and New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Benedict explores the sometimes disturbing psychology of relationships.

Successful psychotherapist Eric Lavender is a confirmed bachelor until he meets alluring Colleen O'Brien Golden - a sexy divorce attorney with an elaborately concealed and fiercely guarded past.

©2005 Elizabeth Benedict (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Caught in THEE trap

Where does The Practice of Deceit rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It is a TEN. No big plot, no big mystery, but you are committed to staying with our hero from the beginning.

What did you like best about this story?

You become addicted to the scenario. It grabs you and you can't let go.

What about Richard Poe’s performance did you like?

Excellent

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The whole book is an exciting moment from one chapter to the next. A confirmed bachelor, and a very good man, caught in the web, with a tricky tricky sexy lawyer wife, and how will he end up?

Any additional comments?

Excellent all the way around. It reminds me of THE BULLET, in that you are compelled to get through this with the hero or heroine.

Brilliant! I have to take breaks...

from work to keep listening to this treasure. The prose is rich, the characters complex and the narrator perfect!! I dread the ending of this book. I hope Audible attains more material from this gifted author!!

loved it

Loved the language, the narrator, the story and the characters. I am going to listen to this book once again, I loved it so much!

Upset.

This was wonderfully written, but I wanted more. I left me feeling upset that it didn’t have more. Idk what else could have happened. BUT it was great & I loved every page.

Harrowing and believable

This book is beautifully written. It builds gradually to a nightmare scenario - but never with blunt instruments or gratuitous thrills. The way the story is told in the first person keeps the action very close. I don't think it's easy to tell stories in the first person unless the writer is very skilled and economical in their prose. This book held me rapt for the whole of the telling. Luckily I was on a long car ride for most of it. The narrator is first rate. I remember him from Stegner's Crossing to Safety. His phrasing is terrific, and he inspires real connection with the protagonist.