Twenty Years Later, Charlie Donlea
Twenty Years Later, Charlie Donlea
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Twenty Years Later

Author: Charlie Donlea

Narrator: Vivienne Leheny

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/28/2021


Synopsis

Fans of Lisa Unger and Allen Eskens won’t want to miss this thrilling new suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken! Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned. But TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past…

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience’s attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner’s office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

Emma Kind has waited twenty years to put her sister to rest, but closure won’t be complete until she can clear Victoria’s name. Alone she’s had no luck, but she’s convinced that Avery’s connections and fame will help. Avery, hoping to negotiate a more lucrative network contract, goes into investigative overdrive. Victoria had been having an affair with a successful novelist, found hanging from the balcony of his Catskills mansion. The rope, the bedroom, and the entire crime scene was covered in Victoria’s DNA.

But the twisted puzzle of Victoria’s private life is just the beginning. And what Avery doesn't realize is that there are other players in the game who are interested in Avery’s own secret past—one she has kept hidden from both the network executives and her television audience. A secret she thought was dead and buried . . .

Accused of a brutal murder, Victoria Ford made a final chilling call from the North Tower on the morning of 9/11.
Twenty years ago, no one listened.
Today, you will.
TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past...

About Charlie Donlea

Charlie Donlea was born and raised in Chicago. He now lives in the suburbs with his wife and two young children. Summit Lake is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina

I have a true affection for author Charlie Donlea, since his page-turning thrillers have busted me out of major reading slumps on more than one occasion. That said, his 2020 publication, The Suicide House, was a bit of a miss for me since there was just too much going on. So many characters, so many......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer

This is absolutely a GREAT HIT! Well, the best thing about reading mind blowing page turner book is getting two different story lines at the same time! At the moment both of the mysteries are intercepted you learn to respect the creative mind of the author who juggles both mysteries over her head ad......more

A good read with some flaws Twenty Years Later centers around two crimes: one from the past that holds an eerie link to 9/11 and another surrounding a fugitive on the run. A TV reporter finds herself investigating one crime and playing a starring role in the other. Avery is a TV reporter with a larg......more

Goodreads review by Jayme

One of the MANY things that I enjoy about Charlie Donlea’s work, is that his stories take place in actual locations which bring them to life for me. If you have visited, Negril, Jamaica, you may have sampled Hampden Estates rum or watched drunken tourists dive off of the 35 ft cliff at Rick’s Cafe.......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

Twenty Years Later is the type of book that's difficult to put down once you've gotten going, with many different plots that overlap and bind together by the explosive ending. There is A LOT going on in this book, and I know that's a make it-or-break it deal for some readers, but for me it worked we......more