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Cries in the Desert
- The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
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- Jan
- 02-11-20
What did I just read & why?!
I read this book by the reviews on this site and other reviews I read. I read more about the victims, the perp, even the neighbors (lol) online before reading this book.
The book drags on with lots of unnecessary personal details about the victims history's, David Ray gets caught, then little bits and pieces of different trials. There is more about a couple of victims. No descriptions of the heroism it took to testify about things so personal & horrifying. Nothing about the many people & impact it had on the different proffesions who worked the case. Then the book wraps up with what happened and it ends. It does give credit to the victims bravery and courage at the end of the book. Naration is great! If you want a basic book about this case this book will do that.
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- BRANDIES8UP
- 04-09-20
COULD HAVE BEEN A GR8 BOOK IF AUTHOR WAS RIGHT 1
GR8 BUT TRULY SIK AND TERRIBLY SAD HAPPENIN,HE WAS/IS THE WORST OF THEM ALL 👿👿👿👿💯💯💯A TRUE 👹👹☠️☠️ THE WORST MONSTER 👹💯💯💯☠️☠️☠️I KNOW HE'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIS CREATOR, ACULLY THE ONE HE LIVED FOR""THE BEAST HIS FATHER THE DEVIL""THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND💯💯💯💯👹👹👿👿👿!!!HE SERVED HIM TO THE FULLEST 💯💯💯!!! TOO FREAKIN BAD HE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SUFFER IN PRISON AT ALL, THAT PEICE OF SH*T AND GET TORTURED IN ALL OF HIS HOLES,DAMMIT MAN!!!!THANK GOD HE'S GETTING IT IN HELL RIGHT NEXT TO HIS MASTER👹💯💯💯☠️☠️☠️👿👿😈😈😈💯💯💯!!! YOU WANT TO HEAR THE REST YOU DIDN'T HEAR""WHICH WAS ALOT""WATCH OR LISTEN TO HIS BIO AND DOCUMENTARIES!!!! BC.. THIS BOOK DOESN'T COME EVEN A LITTLE CLOSE!!!! ☠️☠️😈😈👹👹 I DIDN'T CARE FOR THIS BOOK AT ALL, SO MUCH LEFT OUT SO MUCH OF B.S. AND SO MUCH REPEATED!!! JUST SUX AND I'VE BEEN WAITING SO SO LONG FOR A BOOK TO COME OUT ABOUT HIM!!! 2BAD ANOTHER AUTHOR HASN'T WRITTEN ABOUT THIS CASE YET AND WHEN A GR8 AUTHOR DOES I WILL BE FIRST IN LINE!!!!💯💯💯😈😈😈☠️☠️☠️👹👹
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- Randy Owens
- 01-31-21
Bloody hell
The accent of the narrator was too much. Unfortunately, Audible declined any chance of an exchange.
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- Law of Power
- 01-12-21
wow!
Listened to this book twice in 3 days. A real page turner! Very well done. 5 out of 5 Highly recommend!
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- Wilf H.
- 06-20-20
Interesting but a little sensationalist
Probably the last third of the book is the most interesting detailing the trial and shenanigans there within.