And Hope To Die: Library Edition

When a fourth child is taken, Solomon Glass knows what to expect. An anonymous letter to the mother, making a kill yourself and your child will be released. He knows because two women are dead already. Glass has just survived his own nightmare—a tragedy, an internal investigation and a spell off the force. In his race to uncover the kidnapper, Glass must enter the darkest side of himself, a place he's barely able to go but where he knows he will find the answers. And the more he learns, the more he suspects that's exactly what the killer wants him to do. So begins a deadly game of cat and mouse, played for the highest stakes of all. Cross your heart… And Hope to Die is a dark, powerfully compelling psychological thriller that will chill you to the core.

Humphrey Bower is remarkable in this chilling story of veteran police officer Solomon Glasss encounter with the sickest of psychopaths. Children are being kidnapped. Pieces of their bodies (a finger, a lip) are sent to their mothers with this directive: Kill yourself and your child will be released. Two mothers have already committed suicide and their children set free. After a fourth child is taken, Glass engages the maniac in a deadly, twisted game. While the story is set in an unnamed American city, Bower, an Australian, never slips. His American accent is flawless. His womens voices have a soft, unstrained quality, and the voices of children dont cloy. Bowers interpretations of Glass and the vicious kidnapper are utterly compelling, and the bloody conclusion is an absolute stunner. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine