Audiobook People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo—and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry in the ListenBook app
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Book description
You step into Tokyo's neon-drenched streets with Richard Lloyd Parry's voice, not as a reporter but as a companion unraveling a truth that still chills. This isn't just a true crime story-it's a slow, devastating immersion into the heart of darkness that swallowed Lucie Blackman. Parry, who covered this case for over a decade, doesn't just recount events; he lets you feel the rain on Tokyo's sidewalks the night Lucie vanished, hear the hollow click of a suitcase closing as she walked toward her final moments, and sit in the tense silence of a Tokyo courtroom where justice felt more like a whisper than a verdict. His audiobook is masterful because it's not about the crime alone-it's about the weight of silence: Lucie's family holding their breath for years, detectives navigating Japan's labyrinthine legal system, and the chilling portrait of Joji Obara, described by a judge as "unprecedented and extremely evil." You hear Parry's voice lower, almost reverent, as he describes Obara's mind-a place where kindness and cruelty coexisted like shadows in a single room. The true horror isn't just the act, but the way it exposed a city's hidden fractures, the way grief and indifference could both thrive in the same teeming streets. Publishers Weekly called it "In Cold Blood for our times," and it's impossible to disagree. Parry's decade-long journey-gaining trust, peeling back layers-makes every revelation feel earned, every sentence a carefully placed stone in the path toward understanding. You don't just learn what happened to Lucie; you feel the suffocating reality of a world where a young woman's life could be reduced to a legal footnote, where evil doesn't roar but lingers in the quiet spaces between sentences. This audiobook doesn't just inform-it lingers, long after the final words fade, leaving you with the echo of Tokyo's rain and the unsettling question: How many stories like this are buried just beneath the surface, waiting for someone to listen?
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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
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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)
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AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
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
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Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience
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