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    Blood Vines
    Blood Vines
    Blood Vines
    Audiobook10 hours

    Blood Vines

    Written by Erica Spindler

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

    3.5/5

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    In this bare-knuckled adrenaline ride from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler, Alex Clarkson's worst nightmares are about to come true…

    A sinister, hooded figure…

    When Alexandra Clarkson starts having terrifying visions filled with blood and ceremonial images, she tries to find a rational explanation – maybe her mind is playing tricks on her, resurrecting creepy tableaux from her research on religious ceremonies and sects. But when Alex's mother, Patsy, commits suicide without leaving behind any information, Alex is left wondering: could she be haunted by something from the childhood she doesn't remember?

    Naked, writhing bodies…

    Detective Daniel Reed was the last person to speak to Patsy. What he reveals to Alex is shocking. Twenty-five years earlier, Patsy was married to Harlan Sommer, one of Sonoma County's most prominent vintners, when their infant son disappeared without a trace. The loss destroyed the Sommers' marriage, causing Patsy to leave and take Alex with her.

    A dead child…

    Called on to investigate the identity of a baby's remains unearthed in a Sonoma vineyard, Reed had picked up a trail that led him to Patsy in San Francisco. Now Reed and Alex both wonder if the cold bones could be her baby brother Dylan, and Alex decides to accompany Reed back to Sonoma for the investigation. No sooner does she arrive, however, than she is drawn deep into the search for a twisted killer…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 2, 2010
    ISBN9781427208675
    Author

    Erica Spindler

    No matter how innocent the story being relayed to me is, I can twist it into something pretty damn frightening. I've learned the real trick is not sharing these versions with those relaying the story. It tends to make people avoid me.” ~ Erica Spindler A New York Times and International bestselling author, Erica Spindler's skill for crafting engrossing plots and compelling characters has earned both critical praise and legions of fans. Published in 25 countries, her stories have been lauded as “thrill-packed page turners, white- knuckle rides and edge-of-your-seat whodunits.” Raised in Rockford, Illinois, Erica had planned on being an artist, earning a BFA from Delta State University and an MFA from the University of New Orleans in the visual arts. In June of 1982, in bed with a cold, she picked up a romance novel for relief from daytime television. She was immediately hooked, and soon decided to try to write one herself. She leaped from romance to suspense in 1996 with her novel Forbidden Fruit, and found her true calling. Her novel Bone Cold won the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for excellence. A Romance Writers of America Honor Roll member, she received a Kiss of Death Award for her novels Forbidden Fruit and Dead Run and was a three-time RITA® Award finalist.  Publishers Weekly awarded the audio version of her novel Shocking Pink a Listen Up Award, naming it one of the best audio mystery books of 1998. Erica lives just outside New Orleans, Louisiana, with her husband and two sons and is busy at work on her next thriller.  

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    • 3/5
      I normally love Erica Spindler's books, but this one left me kind of shrugging my shoulders. The story feels more about the setting - Sonoma County, California, or Wine Country. We learn about wine, take a tour through a winery, find out about the caves once used to keep the wine cool. At times I felt a bit like a tourist. Pretty much everyone always has a wine glass in his/her hand.The characters feel secondary, as if they've been placed there as accessories. I didn't find them particularly well developed or believable. Given the circumstances of Alex's upbringing and her impulsive decision to move to new area, she should have been, for the most part, an independent person. But she's often needy and unstable. The plot is interesting and has some good twists. It also has a couple holes that were never filled in, and it sometimes feels forced. Despite all this, there is no denying Spindler's storytelling ability. I just did not feel this story lived up to her ability.
    • 3/5
      Not nearly as good as her other books.
    • 2/5
      This book was merely okay. When the remains of a baby, long dead, are found in a vineyard, the mystery looks promising. How will it all connect to Alex and her mother? But what starts as promising eventually falls flat, because the characters never grow enough to carry it. Alex and Reed spend a lot of time in bed, but we don’t get much of an opportunity to see them in non-intimate situations. Their relationship in the book would have greatly benefited from some sexual tension and build-up. And, for me, too many pieces of the mystery didn’t hold together. It ended up a big jumble of events. I tend to run hot and cold on Spindler, and this one left me cold.
    • 5/5
      Erica Spindler has written 29 novels according to the book jacket. This is the first time I have read any of her work and I wish I would have found her sooner.Blood Vines is about a woman, Alexandra Clarkson, trying to find out about her mother's life and their past. As Alex digs for information she unearths old demons in herself and in others, both physical and perceived.I usually would not read this type of thriller. The story touches on ritualistic sacrifice/paganism and the like and this type of thing is usually off limits in my mind. I find that type of thing disturbing, distasteful and out of my comfort zone. I, however decided to give it a chance after reading the book jacket. I found that even though certain parts of the book made my skin crawl, they didn't taint the overall book enough to make me stop reading. As I said in the beginning, I will look into more of Mrs. Spindlers work in the future