Audiobook (abridged)4 hours
Speaking In Tongues
Written by Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Coffin Dancer and The Final Twist comes a gripping story about Two men of words, one who seeks only peace—the other, violence.
Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy—and danger—seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise.
Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns.
Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.
Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy—and danger—seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise.
Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns.
Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.
Author
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is the No.1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages.
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Reviews for Speaking In Tongues
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After some research I think that, perhaps, Speaking in Tongues was not the best book to commence my Jeffery Deaver reading experience with! Although particularly easy to read ? there is a style to his words which allows the story to flow effortlessly across the page ? on the whole I felt there was something basic lacking in the premise; plausibility possibly, it was just too glib for my liking.It is the story of a fractured, dysfunctional family who, through this anomaly, is now vulnerable to a psychotic revenge. When Megan, the angst-driven teenage daughter of divorced couple Tate (once a high-powered attorney) and Bett (now a successful business-woman), fails to appear at a rare family gathering, both parents uncharacteristically unite to find her; believing she has been kidnapped rather than simply running away. As they begin their search they need to become, once more, a working family unit. Thwarted most cleverly at every turn by a mentally-unstable and delusional adversary this, then, requires a leap-of-faith and a depth of feeling in each other, sadly-lacking previously, to drive them on ? whilst unearthing, on the way, many deeply buried secrets and past hurts, for everyone involved.Filled, overwhelmingly, with characters displaying all of society?s major social demons, it is also the tale of two men with silver-tongues, and the use of this rhetoric to manipulate the vulnerable, the weak and the damaged. But it is this manipulation, to my mind, while so central to the plot, which detracts from the heart of the story ? fictional context aside, it is highly questionable, and just too improbable that all these characters would fall so effortlessly to this honey-tongued madman?s dialogue; and so quickly and absolutely. Furthermore, I just didn?t care all that much about the characters; to really worry about the consequences of events, to fret about their circumstances and to fear for their ultimate outcome. Fundamentally, this wasn?t, what I would describe as, an-edge-of-the-seat read. I was involved enough to desire to uncover the reason, the basis, for the attack on Tate?s family; I was invested enough that small results surprised me but, overall, I felt there was opportunity wasted: to build much greater suspense within the fabric, to add more dimension to the characters and to supply much more depth to the tale. Ultimately, I think I would read other, more lauded books by Jeffery Deaver instead; and while not suggesting this book has no redeeming features, I would not have been at all vexed to have omitted it from my reading list.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For a book that's only 333 pages, it sure is packed with edge of your seat suspense, and twists. It is nice to read a book that keeps you guessing.The only flaw I can find with the book is the lack of personality in the characters, mainly the main characters. They just felt... cookie cutter. (Pissed off teenager, out of touch parents, blah, blah , blah. The story was well written enough to keep you interested despite that fact. I enjoy Deaver's smooth and flowing writing style.I guess I have one more negative thing to say about it after all... The ending fails to tie up a thing or two. **SPOILER ALERT** (Does Josh survive? Is there any permanent damage? Do him and Megan get back together? What about Eckhard and Dr Hanson? Where they cleared and released? And Detective Konnie, how much trouble was he in? I could go on, but you get the idea.)
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I was a little disapointed in this one. It felt formulaic and I never really clicked with the characters. It's an OK read tho, ideal for a holiday book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Before reading this, I listened to an abridged audiobook version of it a few months ago, and it was a good story for my commute. The reader was good at heightening suspense, although not very good at implying female voices, especially teens (and there was too much ?like?? in the teen talk). There wasn?t a lot left out in the abridgement; one scene in particular that really did not contribute to the storyline. I?m not a big fan of mysteries and psychological thrillers, although this one was okay, despite being a bit far-fetched and predictable. The title implies religious connotations that the story does not have.