

Rough Draft
Author: James W. Hall
Narrator: Sandra Burr
Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 07/25/2007
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: James W. Hall
Narrator: Sandra Burr
Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 07/25/2007
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
James W. Hall travels between his homes in south Florida and North Carolina. For the last 29 years, he has taught literature and creative writing at Florida International University, where his students have included Dennis Lehane, Barbara Parker, and Vicki Hendricks. After publishing four books of poetry and several works of short fiction in such magazines as the Georgia Review and Kenyon Review, Hall began writing crime novels in 1986 with Under Cover of Daylight.
I ran across this title in a box of books from our storage unit, and it sounded like it might be a good one. The main character, Hannah, is an author whose son witnessed her parents being killed. Hannah is also a former police officer who believes she knew who was responsible for the murders and why......more
As a Miami girl, I always enjoy reading a novel set on home turf. With James W. Hall, the pleasure is doubled by his superb writing skills. Hall knows how to keep a story going at full speed, fueled by skillful dialogue. His characters are full-bodied, original and realistic. The plot has multiple mud......more
Up until the end of the book I probably would have given at least 3 stars, but I just wasn't a huge fan of the ending. The book is well written and kept me interested, but still lacked something for me. Maybe it's that I didn't really connect with the main character. Also there was a plot point intr......more