Let Me Die in His Footsteps

By: Lori Roy

Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

In the spellbinding and suspenseful Let Me Die in His Footsteps, Edgar Award winner Lori Roy wrests from a Southern town the secrets of two families touched by an evil that has passed between generations.

On a dark Kentucky night in 1952, exactly halfway between her 15th and 16th birthdays, Annie Holleran crosses into forbidden territory. Everyone knows Hollerans don't go near Baines - not since Joseph Carl was buried two decades before - but armed with a silver-handled flashlight, Annie runs through her family's lavender fields toward the well on the Baines' place. At the stroke of midnight, she gazes into the water in search of her future. Not finding what she had hoped for, she turns from the well, and when the body she sees there in the moonlight is discovered come morning, Annie will have much to explain and a past to account for.

It was 1936, and there were seven Baine boys. That year Annie's aunt, Juna Crowley, with her black eyes and her long blond hair, came of age. Before Juna, Joseph Carl had been the best of all the Baine brothers. But then he looked into Juna's eyes, and they made him do things that cost innocent people their lives. Sheriff Irlene Fulkerson saw justice served - or did she?

As the lavender harvest approaches and she comes of age as Aunt Juna did in her own time, Annie's dread mounts. Juna will come home now to finish what she started. If Annie is to save herself, her family, and this small Kentucky town, she must prepare for Juna's return and the revelation of what really happened all those years ago.

©2015 Lori Roy (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Edgar Award Winner, Best Novel, 2016

slow start

The book starts off extremely slooowww but after beginning it is a really good story. the narrative time liness are well done with the switching of 1936 & 1952

Moving!

Capturing a time and place unfamiliar to most, the author weaves a story that is haunting and totally unpredictable. The performers' accents are spot on. Together they paint a vivid portrait of this rural community and its heroes and villians.

Intricate and Beautiful

If you love Southern literature this book is a treasure. The story is complex and fascinating. The female narrator’s southern voice is so soft and authentic. The book is rich in Southern folklore and tradition.

Pleasantly Surprised

First off; Andi Arndt is the Greatest! I chose this book because it was in the plus catalog and Andi was one of the Narrators but I got so involved into the story that I listened straight through. Great story, great author and the Narrators killed it!

A Must Read!!

excellent narration I always enjoy a good story that has you hanging on every word!

Awesome narration

Loved both the story and how it was told! I'm looking forward to more stories from this author.

Surprised that it won an Edgar

I found the story to be slow-moving and verbose. There were a couple of good surprises but all in all it was not one of my favorite books.

Kept me engaged

I've got to say I really enjoyed this book, as you can see from the rating I gave. There's an intriguing family mystery and a little bit of the supernatural. The story flows well where it might have been confusing. Having two narrators really helped and they both did a great job. There are probably some negative reviews about this book, I haven't checked, but hope mine helps if you like something a little different in the historical mystery category.

A Subtle Scare!!

This book crept up on me. I usually enjoy a mystery but I seldom feel spoked. Lori Roy is great. My heart was racing during parts of this story.

Well written, great suspense...

... great tension, great character development, and well read! I could hardly stop listening.