Richard North Patterson is the author of Eclipse, Exile, and fourteen other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. He lives in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair.
Holter Graham, winner of AudioFile's 2008 Best Voice in
Science Fiction & Fantasy for Sherrilyn Kenyon's Acheron, is a
stage, television, and screen actor. He has recorded numerous
audiobooks, including much of Sherrilyn Kenyon's bestselling
Dark-Hunter series. The winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones
Awards, he has also read works by Scott Turow, Dean Koontz, C. J.
Box, and Stephen Frey.
"Holter Graham does wonderful things with the voices in this story of racism, sexual sadism, and justice delayed...Patterson and Graham make this first-class listening." --AudioFile "An enthralling saga that captivates the reader from the beginning to end, highly recommended." --The Midwest Book Review "Performed by Holter Graham, it's edge of your seat all the way." --BookPage "The Spire is an entertaining yarn...Mr. Holter Graham does a superb job." --Examiner.com
This thoughtful if less than suspenseful thriller from bestseller Patterson (Eclipse) charts the impact of the brutal murder of black coed Angela Hall at Caldwell College in Wayne, Ohio, on gifted athlete Mark Darrow, who discovered the body and later became a nationally renowned lawyer. Mark's best friend was convicted of the crime, but many aspects of the trial troubled Mark. Lionel Farr, Caldwell's provost and Mark's former mentor, offers Mark the post of college president 16 years after Angela's murder. Mark agrees to return to Caldwell, now struggling with the suspected embezzlement of $900,000 from its endowment by its current president. With Lionel's support, Mark investigates both the embezzlement and the old murder. Patterson evokes the quiet schism between town and gown in Wayne as well as the fragile relationship between blacks and whites, while Mark's probing hits exposed nerves with fatal results. (Sept.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
"Holter Graham does wonderful things with the voices in this story of racism, sexual sadism, and justice delayed...Patterson and Graham make this first-class listening." --AudioFile "An enthralling saga that captivates the reader from the beginning to end, highly recommended." --The Midwest Book Review "Performed by Holter Graham, it's edge of your seat all the way." --BookPage "The Spire is an entertaining yarn...Mr. Holter Graham does a superb job." --Examiner.com
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