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Where the Truth Lies: A Novel Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Rupert Holmes (Author), Kathe Mazur (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
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O’Connor, a vivacious, free-spirited young journalist known for her penetrating celebrity interviews, is bent on unearthing secrets long ago buried by the handsome showbiz team of singer Vince Collins and comic Lanny Morris. These two highly desirable men, once inseparable (and insatiable, where women were concerned), were driven apart by a bizarre and unexplained death in which one of them may have played the part of murderer. As the tart-tongued, eye-catching O’Connor ventures deeper into this unsolved mystery, she finds herself compromisingly coiled around both men, knowing more about them than they realize and less than she might like, but increasingly fearful that she now knows far too much.

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  1. Listening Length
    15 hours and 26 minutes
  2. Author
    Rupert Holmes
  3. Narrator
    Kathe Mazur
  4. Audible release date
    August 5, 2004
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0006IU3DA
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 15 hours and 26 minutes
Author Rupert Holmes
Narrator Kathe Mazur
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Audible.com Release Date August 05, 2004
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0006IU3DA
Best Sellers Rank #298,930 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
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Susan A. Little
5.0 out of 5 stars All will be pleased to find "Where The Truth Lies"
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2003
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Having long been a fan of Rupert Holmes' music (yes, I liked "Escape," but much preferred the musicality of "Second Saxophone" and "Times Square & The Old School") as well as his much-celebrated television show, "Remember Wenn" and his award-winning musicals, I waited, with great anticipation, for the late June 2003 release of his first novel, WHERE THE TRUTH LIES. I sincerely hoped that someone who was so incredibly diversified could enter and triumph in yet another literary genre. To say that I was not disappointed would be putting it mildly. Holmes' novel has such rich, round characters - characters who quickly become real people in the lives of interested readers.
I have to admit that, as an English teacher for thirty-four years, I often have to limit what I read for pleasure. As a result, I developed a system of passing up a book if I wasn't intrigued by the first sentence. In WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, my imagination was instantly captured by the introductory, "In the seventies, I had three unrelated lunches with three different men, each of whom might have done A Terrible Thing." Who could read that and not want to go further to learn about O'Connor, the young, female journalist who quickly becomes experienced, the comedy team of Vince and Lanny, whose humor soon becomes dark and ominous, and their connections with a lightly-veiled Mafia? And just what was this "terrible thing?"
I had to know!
The fascinating things about this novel, however, are the complicated twists the plot takes. One can read the first half and be convinced that one knows the outcome, only to go a little further and realize that nothing could be further from the truth. Only in the last thirty pages does the reader learn, "Where The Truth Lies."
Holmes is, indeed, a master story-teller. His mystery is ripe with rich humor that often had me laughing out loud. However, this writer does not depend on mystery and humor alone; he delves into the lives of even the minor characters so deeply that the reader can truly empathize with them. This work also contains one of the most beautiful, touching similies I have ever seen on paper.
What is, perhaps, the most amazing to me is how a male baby-boomer can write so effectively in the persona of a young female journalist and make this character so incredibly believable, touching, and enjoyable.
Hopefully, this is only the first of several Rupert Holmes' novels because having only one from such a gifted and talented author would be a tremendous loss to the world of readers.
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Chris B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Embracing the myth
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2007
I'm not going to attempt a full review of this book - that's been handled ably by others already. But I want to contribute a brief perspective on the element of the story that resonated so profoundly for me.

There is a wonderfully evocative sequence set in Disneyland that both exposes the artifice of the fantasy and embraces our romantic longing for its own mythology. Once I experienced this part of the book, the significance of the story for my own life leaped out at me.

There is so much of the emotion and dramatic power of our world that feels calculated and artificial, from the stories we see on television to the persona of our politicians to the paper tigers of some of our sports heroes. Everywhere we turn, we slam into the cynical constructs of a world driven by media and marketing.

The message that "Where The Truth Lies" speaks to me is that, in spite of this apparent duplicity in the cultural myths of our lives, the power they have can be undiminished, because that power comes from ourselves, not the corporate manipulations that create their veneer.

Having the behind-the-scenes-workings of Disneyland revealed in the book did little to diminish the romantic and nostalgic wonder the scenes there evoked in me. That theme continues throughout the book, ultimately showing how the double-dealing, self-deception and cynical brutality of the worlds of show business and publishing could not quench the flame of human connection and hope - a flame that flickered all the way to the final wonderful sentence.
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S. L. Parker
5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Roller Coaster Ride
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2008
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Don't you just hate to get your hands on a good book and you don't want it to end? Well, Where the Truth Lies is one of those books. I found out about this book when I was searching the profile of Colin Firth over at the IMDB site, saw that it had been made into a movie and decided to read the book first. I was sucked into the "dead girl in the bathtub" scenario because it sounded like a great mystery.

But while reading this book, I fell in the love with the characters and the dark humor sprinkled throughout. This story takes so many twists and turns, it's impossible to put down and after I finished those last couple of chapters I realized how many of the clues Rupert Holmes had dropped within the first couple of pages of reading.

This is a real gem and I highly recommend it.
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D. Tulchin
3.0 out of 5 stars Has a few twists
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2006
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Ok, I admit it..I've been a Rupert Holmes fan since college (almost 30 years ago) when I was first introduced to his album "Widescreen". I was curious to see how his talents as a writer would pan out, as "Widescreen" has some very witty lyrics. This novel is hardly ground-breaking, but it has an interesting concept, and the writing has some occasionaly clever turns of phrase. In the long run, it is far-fetched and the heroine thwarts "death" a few too many times to be plausible. The book is fine for some light summer reading, but don't expect too much from its pages.
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Book Lover
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost 5 stars...
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2005
First off, you're not likely to find a book that is as much fun to read as this one. I found myself wanting to crawl into bed early each night so that I could re-visit the story I missed from the night before. Rupert Holmes is clearly a gifted storyteller. He draws you into the lives of these morally-bankrupt characters in such a way that you vicariously share in each and every one of their inappropriate, dangerous, or short-sighted excursions. I will never think of Disneyland quite the same again; in fact many Disney characters will seem so provocative from now on! I found myself laughing out loud and saying things like, "Oh no way!" as I read by myself -- and I never do that! I knew after reading 100 pages or so that I just had to pick up his other book "Swing" because I wanted to read more of what this man can do. I highly recommend this book, though I warn those out their who are easily shocked by detailed sex scenes, choose something else. Sex is a key component of this novel. Accept it.
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PeterJay
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite novels.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2013
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This is one of my favourite novels as well as one of my favourite movies. Rupert Holmes is also one of my favourite authors. Whether this story was based on the partnership of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis I don't know but I found it a very interesting read with lots of twists and turns. I always like novels with a Hollywood background especially set in the 40's, 50's and 60's when I was growing up. For the same reason I like Megan Abbott's novels as well.
I couldn't put it down and couldn't wait to get to the end and I just like his writing style. Thoroughly recommended.
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