Burn You Twice

De: Mary Burton

Narrado por: Melissa Moran

Fire can destroy the past. It can also uncover secrets in this novel of searing suspense by New York Times best-selling author Mary Burton.

Ten years ago as an undergrad, Joan Mason escaped an arsonist’s fire. Shaken, she fled the small collegiate Montana town, leaving behind friends and not looking back. Now a Philadelphia homicide detective, Joan’s trying to put her traumas to rest. It’s not easy. Elijah Weston, the classmate who torched her house, is out of prison and returning to Missoula. Gut instinct tells Joan he’ll strike again. To stop him, she must return to the past as well. To face not only the man she fears but Detective Gideon Bailey, too. The man she loved and left behind.

When a local woman dies tragically in another fire, it can’t be a coincidence. Can it be Elijah? He has a solid alibi for the night of the blaze. Reunited by the tragedy, Joan and Gideon have their doubts. So does Gideon’s sister, Ann - Joan’s old college roommate.

The investigation draws Joan and Gideon together, but it also sends them down a dangerous path - into a troubling history that Joan, Elijah, and Ann all share. As more lives go up in flames in Missoula, this town’s secrets are just beginning to rise from the ashes.

©2020 Mary Burton. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great listen

I loved it. After a bit of a slow start at the beginning, the book became more interesting. The characters were great and the storyline was easy to follow. My only problem was the whole left open with Elijah, Ann and Nate's story.

Terrible Narration Almost Ruined It

The story isn't all that exciting, but it was okay. Not particularly suspenseful.

The narration was terrible. An example is instead of beauty shop, she said "byoo-TEE" shop every.single.time. She over-enunciates many consonants and her emphasis is often on the wrong syllable or word. I would avoid a title with this narrator in the future.

Good Mystery

I did enjoy this book. I found the subplots just as interesting as the main story. I did figure out who the arsonist was but was guessing for som time. I am looking forward to a follow up book with all that is left open that needs answering.

Fire this narrator!

The book was good but the robot voiced narrator ruined it. Her performance was dreadful!

Disappointing for Mary Burton

This was definitely not one of my favorite books by Mary burton. The story “mystery” was pretty obvious early in the book. The narration was pretty bad I. That there was very little difference between the women characters and it was hard to know which character was talking. I won’t be listening v to a book by this narrator again unfortunately. On the positive side of this is that Mary used a lot less sex “ scenes” and very little foul language which made the story easy to listen to.