Unintended Consequences

Innocent Prisoners Project

De: Marti Green

Narrado por: Tanya Eby

Nineteen years ago, Indiana police found the body of a young girl, burned beyond recognition and buried in the woods. They arrested George Calhoun for murdering his daughter, and his wife testified against him at the trial. George maintains he didn’t do it. That the body isn’t his little Angelina. But that’s all he’s ever said—no other defense, no other explanation. The jury convicted him. Now his appeals have been exhausted, and his execution is just six weeks away.

Dani Trumball, an attorney for the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to believe him. After all, there was no forensic evidence to prove that the body in the woods was George’s daughter. But if the girl isn’t Angelina, then who is it? And what happened to the Calhouns’ missing daughter? Despite the odds, the questions push Dani to take the case.

For nineteen years, George Calhoun has stayed silent. But he’s ready to talk, and if the story he tells Dani is true, it changes everything.

©2012 Marti Green (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

OMG

this was probably one of the best books I have had the pleasure of hearing /read. it was so touching.
I loved how they had honeymoon hour to keep their relationship strong even with busy lives. I loved how she had such a great relationship with her son I think that is why she wanted to help George so much. I liked how everyone played a part in solving the case. it just shows that good team work an strong believe can overcome so many obstacles. you will not be disappointed with this book. it makes you feel so many ways through the entire book.

interesting read

This was an enjoyable book and a good story. No sex or gratuitous violence, which I appreciated as many authors seem to throw those things in unnecessarily. This story stood on its own. The narrative was also good.

Excellent book

Had me on edge all the way thru the end. Read it in one day.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Where does Unintended Consequences rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I HATE THIS QUESTION!!! GET RID OF IT!!!!!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Unintended Consequences?

WHEN NANCY LET'S THE "DETECTIVE" IN HER ROOM.

Which scene was your favorite?

THE VERY LAST. 😁

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

WHEN GEORGE WAS TOLD ABOUT "SUNSHINE."

Any additional comments?

GOOD BOOK, LOTS OF TWISTS AND TURNS. KEEPS YOU GUESSING.

Chic-Lit Gone Rogue

Good plot; poor writing. Like Danielle Steele, too much repetitive angst over non-sensual issues. Whoever came up with the great story must've taken over at the end and wrapped it up really well. Main characters , Dani and mini-me, Melanie, are two stupid teens pretending to be adults.

Authors ideology wrapped in an OK story

What did you like best about Unintended Consequences? What did you like least?

The story concept could be developed into an excellent story. On the downside, the author's ideology and some technical impossibilities make this story something between a 2 and a 3 star.

Any additional comments?

If you are reading or listening to this story, you have to first be willing to endure a fair amount of Harlequin romance sprinkled throughout the drama. It isn't unbearable, but it is there, so be warned if that isn't your thing. Next, be ready for some ridiculous plot devices, such as a eureka moment that declares fingerprints of a living adult prove the adult leaving the print is a close relative of a child that died 17 years before. Just to be clear, while fingerprints are in part the result of DNA and inherited, lineage CANNOT be established through fingerprints. There are several of those minor technical distractions but still not horrible. Next, for me at least, the persistent 5 minutes late to talk to a witness, 1 minute after a Judge leaves for the day, 1 hour too late for a clerk to look something up, locating a crucial witness hours after they were killed... etc, etc, just became annoying. A little of it adds suspense, too much is just annoying and used to eat up time which the wrongfully accused is running out of.
I guess my biggest difficulty was in trying to shake the feeling that the author was lecturing me on several ideological topics. Death penalty, police incompetence/corruption, mean and bureaucratic low level employees of government and hospitals, lack of medical care for uninsured, etc. It just all began to overwhelm what could have been a good mystery/court fight. Certainly, the occasional belligerent Court Clerk adds to a story, but not everyone the heroic attorney meets is a callous idiot put on earth to obstruct the few good ones. Likewise, not everyone who opposes the death penalty is good and those who favor it are bad. This author seems to hint that everyone that favors a death penalty is, at best indifferent to the possibility of an innocent person being executed. At worst, they are happy to execute the innocent, as long as someone dies. In a similar ideological mischaracterization, not everyone who disagrees with the death penalty wants prisoners to go unpunished or believe that all prisoners are innocent. In fact, opponents don't even necessarily disagree with a death penalty on the belief that the government convicts the innocent at some alarming rate. So at the end, a good base plot was turned into a readable but less than good read.

Recommend this book

This book starts out a bit slow but after the first few chapters you can't stop listening. The performer does a nice job but attempts to recreate male voices which becomes a bit annoying throughout but all and all she does a nice job. This book is a thriller with a twist that you don't see coming. You are rooting for the good guy until the very end. I recommend this book and this author. Well written!

Great start to a great series!

I hope the series continues. Each one has a great plot with a surprise ending. Audible please keep continue along with whisper-sync. Thaanks

It was okay

This is the 2nd in the series. Dani is a little too perfect and the narrator sounds self-righteous reading her (author's fault). The books would be a lot better if Dani had a single flaw that made her relatable as a human.

Excellent somewhat fast paste. Good plot & story.

I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. there was a little devilish situation going on that gave it and unexpected twist to the story. I thought it was quite good. now im on the hunt for a similar one because it got me stirred up. the narrator was fine also.