Auditory Viewpoint
Lillian R. Melendez
Black Rose Writing, Jul 25 2013, $14.95
www.blackrosewriting.com
ISBN: 9781612962115
New Jersey radio talk show host Gloria Rank uses her four working
senses at a very high degree of capacity to ignore her being blind since birth. When someone steals her sister Anna’s
identity, she turns to Gloria for help. They
report the theft to the cops and Gloria asks a former guest on her show,
computer security analyst Benjamin Taylor, for assistance in what they should
do, identifying who the thief is and how they obtained access into Anna’s bank
account.
When someone leaves a corpse at Anna’s door, FBI Agent Sanchez
investigates with the younger Rank sister as a suspect. Gloria mentors her sibling to rely on her
other senses more than just sight to uncover the identity of the thieves even
as their inquiry leads them to cross the Hudson at the same time more bodies
engulf the sisters.
This frightening thriller will stun readers with its caveat emptor insight into the electronic scams
used to steal information and what the victim of such a crime must do to halt
this intrusion and prevent future thefts.
Gloria is a wonderful protagonist who teaches Anna and readers how to
not just rely mostly on sight, but to maximize all of your senses independently
and in collaboration. The sleuthing (by
the sisters and Benjamin) and the serial killer segue add suspense; while how
to maximize your environmental perceptions provides depth to the key cast. Still it is the astonishing acumen into what
to do when your identity is stolen that grips the audience and makes a person
consider turning into an electronic hermit.
Harriet Klausner
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