A Darker Place, Laurie R. King
A Darker Place, Laurie R. King
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A Darker Place

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 14 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/18/2008

Synopsis

Laurie R. King has won an Edgar Award and places on best-seller lists for her mysteries. Fans are addicted to her two remarkably successful series, one featuring San Francisco policewoman Kate Martinelli, and the other focusing on Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes' young wife and partner. A Darker Place stands alone. It is a journey into the secretive world of cults. Professor Anne Waverly teaches religious studies at a respected university. Middle-aged and slightly lame, she spends her days in lecture halls and offices. But occasionally she works for the FBI. As Ana Wakefield, an eager seeker of higher truths, she infiltrates cults. Now, leaving the security of academia, she is on her way to Arizona in a battered VW bus. Her assignment is to investigate a group called Change. As Ana gathers information, she is pulled toward a fiery confrontation with the charismatic leader of the cult. But her growing attachment for two of the group's children may require her to make a greater sacrifice. Through Alyssa Bresnahan's rich voice, Ana, FBI agents, and cult members stand out against the darkly compelling fabric of the text.

About Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A Monstrous Regiment of Women won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables, and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas Ray on December 14, 2020

A Darker Place, Laurie R. King. 588pp. Surreal, ghastly. Spoils /The Hunting of the Snark/, 1876, Lewis Carroll (If you're going to read /The Hunting of the Snark/, read it before A Darker Place). Online here: [URL not allowed] If you liked Lewis Carroll's poems Jabberwocky and......more

Goodreads review by Bridgette on February 02, 2012

Rarely have I read an author with the literary courage and skill of Laurie King. It’s easy to be reactionary when dealing with a controversial topic. It’s easy to be formulaic when writing in the mystery or thriller genre. She does neither. Instead, King tackles a polarizing topic with incredible se......more

Goodreads review by Marty on March 19, 2011

The leading character in this book is Anne Waverly, a professor of religion who occasionally serves as an undercover operative for the FBI infiltrating religious cults. Interesting premise for a novel and I rather liked this one. A little hard to get started, but after page 60 or so I was hooked. Th......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on September 15, 2020

Laurie King’s A Darker Place is an exciting adventure, an absorbing mystery, a globe-trotting investigation, and a deeply thought-provoking exploration of faith, character, and cults. It manages to be all those things with equal vibrancy, drawing the reader in to a world of FBI undercover investigat......more

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