The Poet, Lisa Renee Jones
The Poet, Lisa Renee Jones
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The Poet

Author: Lisa Renee Jones

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Scott Brick

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2021


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones brings a fresh, modern take to the thriller genre that will keep you guessing until the very end.“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.”—Jean CocteauSome call him friend or boss.Some call him husband or dad.Some call him son, even a favorite son.But the only title that matters to him is the one the media has given him: The Poet.A name he earned from the written words he leaves behind after he kills that are as dark and mysterious as the reason he chooses his victims.One word, two, three, a story in a poem, a secret that only Detective Samantha Jazz can solve. Because he’s writing this story for her.She just doesn’t know it yet.

About Lisa Renee Jones

Lisa Renee Jones is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the highly acclaimed Inside Out series. Lisa's other bestselling series include include Tall, Dark and Deadly; The Secret Life of Amy Bensen; Dirty Rich; and White Lies. Prior to publishing, Lisa owned a multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by the Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women's Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was listed as the number seven growing women-owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

About Brittany Pressley

Brittany Pressley is an Audiofile Earphones award winning narrator in NYC. She has recorded over 100 titles and has received several nominations for American Library Association's annual list of Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and voice actress. Her voice can be heard on national and international TV and radio commercials as well as several animated series and video games. She is a proud graduate of Columbia University.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy.” He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert’s bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards and the AudioFile award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on April 26, 2021

Another exciting, heart throbbing, gripping wild train ride! A serial killer nicknamed “Poet” because of the written words who left behind during the crime scenes and Detective Samantha Jazz, a corrupt police’s daughter is assigned the case after the first detective investigates the case vanished in......more

Goodreads review by Farrah on January 15, 2021

The sexy little cover and blurb for this book made me think it was gonna be a wicked and intense thriller but it's actually a police procedural, and it's a pretty good one too 3.5⭐ There's a serial killer on the loose and as the body count keeps rising the only thing the victims seem to have in commo......more

Goodreads review by DJ on March 15, 2021

Favorite Quotes: Propped against my headboard, snuggled under my down comforter, the air cranked a little too cold, I read while eating a healthy serving of chocolate. I’ve often wondered if serial killers eat chocolate, with the same conclusion. They do not, and perhaps that’s their problem. Please d......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on February 13, 2021

The Poet was a slow read for me. Not sure what it was but I really couldn’t connect with the main characters. It starts off with a murder in a bookshop so right up my alley. A serial killer with a love of poetry and an obsession with the lead Detective. It felt like the police were so focused on one......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 07, 2021

Oh yeah! Jones at a whole different level. Excellent cop thriller. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jones takes us on a journey that will grab a hold and take you for a wide ride with The Poet. While it seems to start a bit slow and come off as a simple cop fiction novel, don't let that fool you. Typical of Jones, the......more