Book description
The Marshalls' story began like a glossy magazine spread: Rob, the country club titan; Maria, the radiant wife; their three perfect children. Toms River swelled with admiration for this family living the American dream. Then came the night Maria's body was found, Rob's head bloodied, the town rushing to comfort him. Sympathy was instant, a tidal wave of "poor Rob." But Joe McGinniss, with his signature razor-sharp eye for the hidden seams in perfect lives, knew better. This wasn't just a tragedy; it was a slow-motion collapse.
Listening to Blind Faith as an audiobook is like being drawn into a late-night conversation with someone who knows the uncomfortable truth. McGinniss doesn't just tell you what happened; he makes you feel the suffocating weight of that small-town gaze, the way everyone looked away from the cracks. The narrator's calm, measured pace is perfect-it doesn't sensationalize, it simply unravels. You hear the disquieting details emerge: Rob's secret gambling debts, the affair Maria was hiding, the drugs that blurred lines. Each revelation isn't shouted; it's whispered, then screamed into the quiet room of your headphones.
What lingers isn't just the murder, but the sheer, chilling banality of the lies. The town's "blind faith" in Rob wasn't just misplaced-it was a collective act of willful ignorance. McGinniss masterfully rebuilds the Marshall home, not as a house, but as a stage where everyone performed a role. The audiobook's power lies in how it makes you question your own neighbors, your own community. You hear the echo of that first, terrible phone call to the police, the moment sympathy turned to suspicion, and the slow, painful dawning for Toms River: the king of the country club set wasn't a hero. He was the architect of a ruin.
McGinniss, a master of true crime who dissected Nixon's campaign and the Manson family, never lets the reader forget the human cost. You feel Maria's absence, Rob's desperate, crumbling facade. The audiobook's greatest triumph is its restraint. It doesn't need shock tactics; the truth itself is the most devastating sound. As the final, quiet moments of the case settle in your ears, you're left with a profound unease-not just about the Marshalls, but about how easily we all wear masks, and how quickly the perfect family can become the perfect lie. It's a story that doesn't just tell you what happened; it makes you hear the silence after the truth.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience