And the Sea Will Tell
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And the Sea Will Tell
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David Colacci
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David Colacci
About this listen
Alone with her new husband on a tiny Pacific atoll, a young woman, combing the beach, finds an odd aluminum container washed up out of the lagoon, and beside it on the sand something glitters: a gold tooth in a scorched human skull. The investigation that follows uncovers an extraordinarily complex and puzzling true-crime story. Only Vincent Bugliosi, who recounted his successful prosecution of mass murderer Charles Manson in the best seller Helter Skelter, was able to draw together the hundreds of conflicting details of the mystery and reconstruct what really happened when four people found hell in a tropical paradise. And the Sea Will Tell reconstructs the events and subsequent trial of a riveting true murder mystery, and probes into the dark heart of a serpentine scenario of death.
©1991 Vincent Bugliosi and Bruce B. Henderson (P)2019 TantorCritic reviews
"Grips you by the throat from beginning to end." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Perhaps the family behind this book read that review and updated the audio?
Incredible story. Incredibly sad to piece together the murders.
I can't help but feel Jenifer was rather ungrateful towards her lawyers, almost as if she took them (and their hard work) for granted.
Was she really innocent though?
Fabulous
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great true story. listen to book one then delete.
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The defendants behavior after the case speaks volumes about her state of mind.
A fascinating story
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After several hours spent with audio mixing software, I managed to get it to a vaguely acceptable state. This involved speeding it up by about ten percent, offsetting the subsequent pitch increase, adjusting the bass and treble levels to draw the narrators voice out of the background, singling out and removing the incessant background noise that echos throughout the entire book and amplifying the resultant product. It was a lot of effort and I wouldn't blame you if you felt it wasn't worth bothering.
The book, however, is excellent. It's long at almost twenty-nine hours, less with the increase in speed, but comprehensive, just the same, and weaves an exciting murder mystery tale about a mysterious pacific island atoll called Palmyra and the tragic and nefarious events that took place there, as well as the subsequent investigations, fortuitous findings and court proceedings that follow.
It's told in such a way as to keep the reader/listener on the edge of their seat through the initial sections, at least, and spawns a deep and ingrained interest in following the outcome of the proceedings. I won't spoil anything, as other commentators have shamefully done, just to say that you will find yourself lurching from one position to another as the events unfold and may even find sympathy for the defendant, having arrived at an entirely different position quite early on.
One thing I will criticize is the author and defense attorney, Vincent Bugliosi's descent into sanctimony and arrogance as the trial progresses is very disappointing. Having arrived at the conclusion that his client is innocent of the charges levied at her and determined to offer the best defense possible, he starts out portraying an objective and fascinating insight into the events that unfold and the tactics and interests of the prosecution, defense attorneys and even the presiding judge, but finally careers into a childish and insufferable dismissal of the opinions of anyone but himself.
"I found it impossible to believe that these supposedly intelligent and reasonable jurors, who held my client's life in their hands, could be swayed by any argument other than mine."
OK. Not an exact quote, in truth, but not a significant exaggeration, and essentially the essence of the final five hours or so of the book. The entire closing argument, which literally takes up over three hours is woefully arrogant and serve only to inflate the ego of Bugliosi, whom I had previously as a fan of his other books, highly respected, both as an author and attorney. The whole book starts out brilliantly and slowly descends in quality to a disappointing climax.
Great book, but you should definitely buy a better copy elsewhere.
Excellent Book. Horrible Audio.
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This is the third book is listened to from Bugliosi and as usual it is incredibly well researched. This is another case that wouldn’t tire of reading about.
The book itself is in 3 parts:
The journey to Palmyra for each boat
The island experience
The trial as seen from the defence’s perspective
Each section is thoroughly detailed. I feel like at the end there’s a big twist regarding how Jennifer reacted to the verdict with Bugliosi. This for me casts huge doubts on her innocence.
A true murder mystery
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