The Last to Die, Beverly Barton
The Last to Die, Beverly Barton
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The Last to Die

Author: Beverly Barton

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/30/2018


Synopsis

Be careful who you love …Cherokee Pointe, Tennessee, has seen murder before, but nothing like what has claimed the life of Jamie Upton, heir to the Upton fortune. The crime is so vicious, so personal, and filled with hatred, the authorities are certain it had to be someone he knew … someone hiding an unimaginable sadistic streak behind a friendly façade. Be careful who you trust …The number one suspect is Jamie’s former lover Jazzy Talbot. The girl from the wrong side of the tracks has always been Cherokee Point’s favorite target for gossip and worse. Jazzy knows she didn’t kill Jamie … just as she knows she’s being watched, stalked like prey …Be careful what you know …And then the killer strikes again … and again … with the same chilling signature. With no one to believe her innocence except enigmatic drifter Caleb McCord, Jazzy plunges into a small town’s long-buried secrets and shocking family sins … each startling truth bringing her dangerously close to a killer determined to make Jazzy the last to die …

About Beverly Barton

Beverly Barton (1946–2011), an avid reader since childhood, was an American author known for her romantic suspense novels.

About Marguerite Gavin

Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. She has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children’s fiction. AudioFile magazine says, “Marguerite Gavin…has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion.”


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on September 28, 2021

Rich and spoiled Jamie Upton, heir to the Upton fortune, is back in town accompanied by his fiancée. Jamie is known for a long line of lovers. Having a fiancée isn't slowing him down at all. When Jamie's tortured body is found in a cabin on the mountain, his former lover, Jazzy Talbot, is the prime......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on March 13, 2016

I’m going to be honest and say that the writing style of the book took me some time to get used to. That being said, it was not badly written, I think it was just because of the massive difference in style between the book I came from and this one. Even with that, it didn’t take me long at all to be......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on January 05, 2010

This book tells the story of Jasmine "Jazzy" Talbot. She was your typical, rough-around-the-edges girl from the wrong side of the tracks but possessed a startling beauty that attracted the town's biggest heart breaker Jamie Upton. When Jazzy was younger she succumbed to Jamie's charm but as she grew......more

Goodreads review by Dione on April 10, 2021

Jaime was horrible me but DAMNN.. The Killer was so brutal........more

Goodreads review by Nessa on June 25, 2018

Wow, absolutely wow, this book has left me speechless and in awe of the author. It just amazes me how the author continues to keep coming up with these amazing plot ideas. This is an edge of ure seat gripping crime thriller, I could not put this book down, was completely taken in by the story from b......more


Quotes

“A dark, extremely graphic, and terrifying new thriller. Hang on to your seats!” RT Book Reviews (4 stars)