Written in Blood
A True Story of Murder and a Deadly 16-Year-Old Secret That Tore a Family Apart
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Narrateur(s):
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Callie Beaulieu
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Auteur(s):
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Diane Fanning
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Michael Peterson was driven to succeed.
An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University's School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple - well-respected, prosperous, and happy.
And compelled to kill.
All that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina. But blood-spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Her trusted husband stood accused. Prosecutors introduced evidence at trial that 16 years earlier, Peterson was one of the last people to see his neighbor alive before she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home in Germany. A dramatic trial followed in the explosive final chapter of a life that no novelist could ever have conceived....
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2024-06-29
Screenplay-styled Presentation
Diane Fanning offers a cinematic interpretation of an oddly captivating crime. What should be - on paper - a fairly mundane murder-made-to-look-like-an-accident is turned into a mind's-eye realistic narrative. The trial, in particular, comes across like a Grisham Thriller.
In addition to the entertaining storytelling technique, Fanning doesn't lean in too hard with dramatized dialogue (relying instead on interview & courtroom transcripts).. readers/listeners are largely invited to draw their own conclusions.
Less fortunately, she goes into detail like childhood backgrounds for even the most peripheral players - confusing the situation with too many names to remember (I felt like I should have taken notes). I also found myself questioning the authenticity of the book at times (How much of this is accurate and how much is "artistic license"?).
Casting reader Callie Beaulieu doesn't do the book any favors, either. Don't get me wrong.. she's a solid professional with regard to diction, cadence, and tone - but her girlish timbre gets annoying after a few hours and her voice-acting choices are indistinctive.
In toto, this is a decidedly average 6/10-star True Crime book. I quite enjoyed the Hollywood-esque exposé approach as a 'Plus' option.. but can't recommend spending a Credit on the book if they ask for one.
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