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    They Never Die Quietly

    Written by D.M. Annechino

    Narrated by Christina Traister

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    About this audiobook

    They Never Die Quietly tells the story of homicide Detective Sami Rizzo, who is assigned to head a task force investigating serial killings in San Diego. Simon, the highly intelligent, cunning, and deceptively charming villain, redefines the depths of human evil. He believes God has given him absolute authority to purify his unholy victims through a ritual that ends in a grisly crucifixion. Driven by warped religious beliefs and guided by his dead mother, very much alive in his subconscious, Simon abducts "chosen ones" and holds them captive in a Room of Redemption. There, the victims helplessly await their crucifixion. Detective Rizzo urgently yearns to solve the case and gain the respect of her male colleagues, but her obsession to apprehend the killer on her own clouds her thinking. When Simon outsmarts Rizzo and captures her, determined to make her his next victim, she must employ all her resources-both physical and intellectual-to outwit the villain at his own game.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 20, 2012
    ISBN9781469200972
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    They Never Die Quietly
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    D.M. Annechino

    Daniel M. Annechino wrote his first book, How to Buy the Most Car for the Least Money, in 1992, while working as a general manager in the automotive business. But his true passion has always been fiction, especially thrillers. He indulged his taste for suspense during his former career as a book editor specializing in full-length fiction. He spent two years researching serial killers before finally penning his gripping and memorable debut novel, They Never Die Quietly. He went on to publish Resuscitation, a follow-up thriller. His third novel, I Do Solemnly Swear, is a political thriller. A native of New York, he lives today in San Diego with his wife, Jennifer. When not writing, he enjoys cooking, drinking vintage wines, and spending time on the warm beaches of Southern California.

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    • 2/5
      I am a fan of this series. However I have read this series our of order. I started with book two and recently finished book three and then jumped back to book one. Only this is the first book I have not read but listened to in audio version. Which I have to say that I found that the narrator, Christina Traister did a good job of narrating this book on audio version. Yet despite Ms. Traister's work I had a hard time really getting into this book as much as I have the other two novels. At first I was into the story but than I started to lose focus on the story and would occasionally get pulled back in. Sami does show a little of how she can hold her own in a man's world. Yet she has really grown into a powerful force as the series as progressed. Also, there is some strong language used in this book so be warned if you do not like this type of language. Although this book is not my favorite I still am a fan of this author's work and will read more books in this series.
    • 3/5
      Pretty good read! Detective vs. serial killer. The serial killer in this, Simon, is pretty darn creepy, and the story reads pretty fast so it was fun! I didn't love the detective, or her partner, so that's why I've given it 3 instead of 4 stars. But Simon, he is a well developed, and scary character!
    • 4/5
      Meet the serial killer, Simon, who is also a physical therapist. He’s a self-appointed savior of humanity, cleansing people one at a time in his Room of Redemption. After his third victim is found, Detectives Sami Rizzo and Alberto Diaz are assigned the case. The pressure is on as San Diego politicians demand results in the hunt for the killer.This book started off pretty strong and interesting. The reader knows right from the start who the serial killer is and that also makes us privy to his motivations. His physically dead mother is still giving directions in his head. He truly believes that God and his mother want him to cleanse these women in order for them to be redeemed. However, his cleansing leaves them crucified, a rather brutal death.Simon isn’t stupid. He’s careful about how he selects his targets, typically choosing women he has no ordinary contact with. He also picks women who have small kids and he scoops them up in a non-threatening way together. Later, he releases the kid at some public place. The bodies keep turning up at religious sites. The inner workings of Simon were twisted, but in a logical sense. Overall, Simon is a very interesting antagonist. I think this book is set perhaps in the 1990s. People are still smoking indoors and Sami is the only female detective. This also means there is limited forensic knowledge and tech. As such, Simon isn’t leaving much evidence on the bodies for the detectives to work with.Sami Rizzo is a single mother, Angelina being about 2 years old. Angelina’s father, Tommy DiSalvo, walked out on them some time ago. Sami is an intriguing character because she is both obviously feminine but also a detective, working with an all male cast day in and day out. She’s a voluptuous woman and not a twig, which was a nice touch. She lives near her mother Josephine who babysits often even though the two ladies don’t get along.Al Diaz is another interesting character. Being of Mexican decent, he catches some crap from some of the fellows at work. Sami and he are a good detective pair, being able to both joke around and divide and conquer the work load. Al still has contacts across the border and these come in handy for a side plot involving Sami’s ex-husband.As you can see, the set up is real good. I was hooked from the start and definitely caught up in the main characters’ lives. I also appreciated that the victims we see alive and in Simon’s hands aren’t all meek. Victim #4, Peggy, fights verbally and physically for her life and then for the safety of her daughter April.A chance meeting on Thanksgiving Day puts Sami and Simon in the same room. Of course, neither knows who the other is at first. Much later on, Sami suspects she knows who the killer is. And this is where the story becomes a bit cliched. She decides to try to take him down all on her own in order to prove something. She doesn’t tell anyone where she is going or leave a note, just in case. I had to roll my eyes a little at this because it is an overly used plot device. Yes, it gave us drama and, yes, I wanted to see how things would turn out. I was invested in the characters and the book as a whole at this point. I was hoping there would be some unexpected twist at the end, but there wasn’t. Things pretty much followed the boiler plate plot from this point forward.Overall, it was an entertaining read. Perhaps two-thirds of it had me completely sucked in and trying to guess what would happen next. Even after things got predictable, I still wanted to see it through. The side plot that had Diaz tapping his contacts over the border was a good one, adding some additional mystery to the plot.I received a copy of this audiobook at no cost as part of the iReads Book Tour in exchange for an honest review.The Narration: Christina Traister was a great voice for Sami. She’s assertive without being a jerk. I like that she can sound both grateful and exasperated at the same time (this happens quite a bit when Sami is dealing with her mother). Her male voices were believable and distinct. Her pronunciation of Spanish words needs assistance and her Spanish accent could use some improving.
    • 1/5
      After I finished They Never Die Quietly, I thought of an episode of I Love Lucy, where Lucy writes a novel. She eventually gets it published--it serves as the main example in a textbook, under the chapter "Don't Let This Happen To You." They Never Die Quietly is a real clunker of a novel, in which dismally stereotypical characters lumber through an utterly predictable story. I was able on page 1 to predict how everything would turn out. Awkward, unsympathetic characters spew ungainly dialogue and make completely unbelievable, foolish decisions. The characters are so bland, and the attempts to make them three dimensional are patent failures. Frequently the action--what action there is--is interrupted by the author to tell us irrelevant backstory; this novel is a perfect example of "telling" instead of "showing," and everything we're "told" outright is so unimaginative that I frequently rolled my eyes and all attempts to make the characters more human and likeable made me actually like them even less. I read the book to the end, hoping there would be some sort of twist at the end, or that the action would finally move into gear, but I was disappointed. Certainly there are stock features of genre fiction that many books of this type have in common, but more adept authors make those features seem creative and compelling. I'm glad I borrowed this book, because if I had bought it, I would be returning it for a refund.
    • 2/5
      I couldn't finish this one. Once the main character meets the serial killer without knowing who it is, I can pretty much see what's going to happen and I don't have the energy to read it. Also, once the kids start getting hurt I wasn't interested in reading more.
    • 4/5
      This is a great police thriller with a strong female detective(Sami) who reminds me of Jane Rizzoli in Tess Gerritsen novels. In They Never Die Quietly, Sami and her partner Al are assigned to find a serial killer who crucifies his victims. I will definitely read the next book by this author!