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Don't Tell a Soul

By: M. William Phelps
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
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Cherry Walker was a devoted, trusting, uncommonly innocent young woman who loved caring for a neighbor's little boy. But when she was asked to testify in court against his abusive mother, Cherry never got the chance. She couldn't lie if her life depended on it - and it did. Cherry's body was found on the side of a Texas road, after being doused with lighter fluid and set aflame.

Attractive, manipulative, and violent, mother of four Kim Cargill had a wealth of dirty secrets she'd do anything to keep hidden. This in-depth account by best-selling investigative journalist M. William Phelps takes you inside Cargill's shocking trial and into the mind of one of the most conniving female psychopaths in recent history.

©2017 M. William Phelps (P)2017 Tantor

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Where was child welfare all of those years? Very sad story. Cherry’s parents are beautiful people

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Some narration issues

Overall, the book was okay. More drawn out and repetitive than neccesary to tell the story. The narrator has an annoying technique for letting the listener know it's quoted material; he makes his voice go higher, It works to alert the listener to the fact that it's a quote, but it became so annoying to me, I was cringing,dreading the next quote. Beyond that -- and maybe this was just annoying to me, personally -- he is a good narrator. Book was okay.

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Poor performance

I’m really hoping Me. Yen hasn’t been narrating audio books for a long time. His performance almost made me stop listening. The way he would pause and then put such inflection on a quote, almost made this True Crime story comical. Example, Cherry said (long pause) “I DON’T want to go eat”. He does this all throughout the entire book. It’s terrible.

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Don’t tell a soul

Kept me interested from start to finish . Very thorough with all the case facts . Highly recommend

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Don't Say a Word

M. William Phelps never fails to please. His writing is superb, thorough and captivating. love how he digs into the psychology of a criminal.

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Stop enunciation EVERYTHING THAT IS IN QUOTES

which was every 10th word, and was incredibly distracting and annoying to listen to for so long.

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A really good story.

The reader did a great job. The tragic story was told really well and the story itself was really good and kept me interested throughout.

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Excellent!

I’ve never heard this story! About to google her. Terrible person! She had it out for everyone.

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One of M William Phillips best true crime books!

Phillips was able to piece together a complicated story about an enduring innocent victim whose life was snuffed out by one of the most evil, vile, scariest, manipulative, violent female psychopaths I’ve read about since Jodi Arias. I’ll never forget the victim Cherry Walker. RIP sweet lady.

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satisfying ending for sure

Tough to hear this story kit the ending made it OK. Rarely have I been so eager to see justice served with a criminal. Unbelievable evil.

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