Deadly Defense
Grace
Gaynor Christian Mysteries, Book 1
By:
R. Barri Flowers
Narrated
by: Jane Boyer
Length:
8 hrs and 7 mins
Unabridged
Release
date: 10-31-17
What a great mystery thriller that keeps
you guessing and on your toes, as I read I knew the author was trying to push
me in one direction but I also knew it was a setup but it sure looked like he
did it. I had other people in my sights but one by one they were cleared. When
the end came I was totally shock to the outcome. The author gives a very
entertaining plot that keeps you guessing until the end with a few shocking
moments.
Grace has had a hard time dealing with
nightmares and life since her attack where she killed her attacker. As she
relived this trying time I was pulled in and almost felt like I was right there
with her. The author writes of a brutal attack giving you enough information to
know how brutal it was but in a way that it isn’t over bearing. A lot of detail
isn’t given letting the reader use their mind so they can deal with attack in
their own way. When her boss talks her
into coming to a therapist to help with her issues and nightmares giving her
his doctors name. From the first the
visit helps her on the second he helps her more, making her make a list of her
day and nights to help find the trigger that brings them on. The author gives a
compelling story that really has the listener hooked. Once the doctor said to
go on her own and see how things goes. When her best friend is murdered and
everyone pointing fingers at the good doctor Grace doesn’t know what to think,
she knows he couldn’t have done it not the man she knew.
At first the narration was a little slow
but after the first few sentence she really gets into the emotion of the
characters giving a good performance. Her tones are a little dry but I would expect
that from someone who has went through all that Grace has. It is hard to show
true emotion after going so far inside yourself to survive. Unlike another reviewer I didn’t have any
trouble knowing who was talking. I thought her character voices were good and
fit the part of each character. The
narrator made me feel each emotion. My heart just about broke when seeing all
that Grace had to deal with as she found out her friend was dead and how she
died. There are no background noises, no volume changes just a very clean and
clear audio that I thought the narrator delivery was great. I thought her character voices were really
good, she shows true emotion even dry when needs to be to make it a more believable
story.
The author really pulls on the readers
heartstrings as the doctor is taken in and Grace is called to be his lawyer. Her
best friend or her friend how does she pick, she wants her best friends murder
to find justice but what if he is her doctor friend how will she deal with all
the fall out not only to her but her employer? She truly believes the doctor is
innocent but as time goes by she has to question herself. She turns it all over
to God’s hands asking for the strength to go on giving the doctor the best
defense she can. Even with things pointing to the doctor there are things
pointing away from him. She takes this and runs with it.
The author gives a compelling story that
had me hooked almost from the first page. The story was very believable. I didn’t
know what to think, at times I thought the doctor may be guilty and if so how
would Grace take that if he got off and she found out later he did it. The
story really takes off with a lot of turns as you go one way the author takes
you another. You can tell a lot of thought went into writing this to really
mess with the readers mind having them doubt everything they had just read. I
found the book to be very entertaining and enjoyable with all the twists and
turns. The ending was very much a
surprise I was even shocked and can’t say why. I think most will really enjoy
this story and love how it is laid out.
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Summary
Deadly Defense: A Grace Gaynor Christian Mystery is a powerful psychological suspense and legal thriller by internationally best-selling crime writer R. Barri Flowers.
Three years ago, Miami defense attorney Grace Gaynor was the victim of a violent sexual assault in which she killed her attacker. She has been undergoing therapy to deal with the trauma.
When her therapist Doctor Austin Winchester, whom she had begun to develop feelings for, is arrested and charged with the violent murder of her friend Kara Pedrosa, Grace reluctantly takes on his case for her law firm of Kendall, Francois, and Larosa.
She goes up against brilliant Miami-Dade prosecutor Perry MacAlister, a former colleague whom she still considers a friend. He's as tough as they come and believes he has a slam dunk case against the successful psychiatrist, Dr. Winchester.
In order to prove otherwise, Grace must call upon all of her considerable skills, faith, and gut instincts to win an acquittal in the face of uncertainties and mixed loyalties.
The intriguing and complex storyline, three-dimensional characters, and shocking conclusion will keep listeners engrossed from beginning to end.
Three years ago, Miami defense attorney Grace Gaynor was the victim of a violent sexual assault in which she killed her attacker. She has been undergoing therapy to deal with the trauma.
When her therapist Doctor Austin Winchester, whom she had begun to develop feelings for, is arrested and charged with the violent murder of her friend Kara Pedrosa, Grace reluctantly takes on his case for her law firm of Kendall, Francois, and Larosa.
She goes up against brilliant Miami-Dade prosecutor Perry MacAlister, a former colleague whom she still considers a friend. He's as tough as they come and believes he has a slam dunk case against the successful psychiatrist, Dr. Winchester.
In order to prove otherwise, Grace must call upon all of her considerable skills, faith, and gut instincts to win an acquittal in the face of uncertainties and mixed loyalties.
The intriguing and complex storyline, three-dimensional characters, and shocking conclusion will keep listeners engrossed from beginning to end.
