Book description
Close your eyes. Hear that soft Southern drawl over the crackle of a vintage radio? Ann Rule's voice, steady as a seasoned detective's notebook, pulls you into the heart of Georgia's poisoned gardens. This isn't just a true crime story-it's a slow, chilling unraveling of a woman who wore charm like a second skin. You can almost smell the roses on Pat Allanson's porch, feel the silk of her wedding gown, hear the gentle lilt of her voice as she murmurs, "I'd never hurt a fly." Then, the air shifts. The scent of burning timber replaces garden blooms. The sound of a mother's scream cuts through the quiet. Rule's narration-warm, precise, utterly compelling-doesn't shout the horror. It lets the silence between words do the work. You hear the weight of a mother's poisoned tea, the dry rustle of arsenic in a teacup, the terrifying calm of a woman who never felt a twinge of guilt. Her voice, layered with decades of listening to true evil, makes you lean in closer, as if sharing a secret in a dimly lit room. You feel the tension in the Allanson family's grand home, the way the polished wood floors creak under footsteps that shouldn't be there. Rule doesn't just tell you Pat was a sociopath; she makes you hear the velvet voice whispering lies while her children's laughter fades into silence. The audiobook's genius? It turns the mundane into menace. The clink of ice in a whiskey glass becomes a countdown. The rustle of a newspaper in a quiet house carries the echo of a murder. You're not just learning about a killer-you're sitting across from her, sipping tea, utterly unprepared for the knife beneath the table. Rule's decades of expertise, her own history with Bundy's quiet menace, infuse every sentence with a quiet dread that lingers long after the final chapter. This isn't just a book you read. It's a story that settles into your bones, a whisper in the dark that makes you glance over your shoulder at your own front door. And that's the mark of a true masterpiece-when the truth feels like it's been spoken just for you.
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Innocent Ghost
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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