Superstition by Karen Robards

Reviewed by tracey on July 21st, 2008, 8:30pm

by Karen Robards

Format: Audiobook

Series: Other

I got this book on clearance at the bookstore a few weeks ago. And it took me awhile to listen to it as I listened in the car while driving to and from work mainly.

While I liked the story overall, I did not like the reader's portrayal of the men. First, I could not stand the Jersey accent she gave the hero. I also didn't like the accents she gave other male characters. She was fine as a narrator and as the heroines voice, and for other females. Second, she gave the same infliction of their voices for each scene. When I thought Joe should have been muttering or sound more amused, she didn't sound that way. It's like each mood sounded the same on him, as well as other characters, that I just didn't like it.

So, I may have enjoyed this book better had I read it instead of listening to the audio. But, hey, I'm trying audios at least. I've only gotten a few so far, that have been on sale, so they might not be books I'd generally read. I don't think I have read another story by Karen Robards yet.

But again, I did enjoy the storyline overall.

blurb from cover:

Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Sunny, idyllic, and picture-perfect, until a tabloid news program airs a splashy segment about the community's only unsolved murder - the grisly stabbing of teenager Tara Mitchell and the subsequent disappearance of her two best friends, now thought to be long dead. In the years since the murders, several families have moved into the mansion where the crime occurred, each claiming that the dead girls still haunt the house. Beautiful redheaded reporter Nicole Sullivan, sensing the story that could be her big break, arranges for her mother, a renowned psychic, to contact the three victims in a live séance on the show Twenty-four Hours Investigates.

But something goes terribly wrong during the segment, and a young woman is murdered in the same manner as Tara Mitchell was fifteen years earlier. Pressured by her producers to get the inside story, Nicole continues to investigate. As an attraction grows between her and Police Chief Joe Franconi, another identical murder occurs, and a menacing warning is delivered that the original killer is back to claim three more lives. The body count rises, and so does the danger to Nicole, who is attacked, barely escaping with her life. She and Joe must team up, as it becomes clear that the killer has set his sights on her as his next victim.