A Slow Ruin, Pamela Crane
A Slow Ruin, Pamela Crane
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A Slow Ruin

Author: Pamela Crane

Narrator: Angie Kane, Caitlin Cavannaugh, Lesa Lockford, Carolina Hoyos

Unabridged: 11 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

April 1910. Women's rights activist Alvera Fields mysteriously vanishes from her home one night, leaving her newborn baby and husband behind, and the case is never solved. April 2021. On the anniversary of her great-great-grandmother's disappearance, Alvera's namesake, Vera Portman, vanishes in an eerily similar manner. Six months later, the police recover a girl's body. While the family waits, afraid to find out it's Vera, Felicity Portman clings to hope that her missing teenage daughter is still alive. Despite all odds, Felicity senses a link between the decades-apart cases—a mother feels such things in her bones. But all suspicion points to the last person who saw Vera alive: Felicity's sister-in-law, Marin. Marin, with her troubled past. Marin, the poor woman who married into the rich family. Marin, the only one who knows Felicity's darkest secret. As Felicity makes a shocking discovery in Vera's journal, she questions who her daughter really is. The deeper she digs, the more she's ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed their ancestor in a terribly slow ruin.

About Pamela Crane

Pamela Crane is a USA Today bestselling author and professional juggler of four kids, a writing addiction, and horse rescuing. She lives on the edge and writes on the edge...where her sanity resides. Her thrillers unravel flawed women who are villainous, which makes them interesting…and perfect for doing crazy things worth writing about. When she’s not cleaning horse stalls or cleaning up after her kids, she’s plotting her next murder. For more information, visit PamelaCrane.com.

About Angie Kane

Angie Kane is a theatre artist and audiobook narrator based in Southeast Michigan. She is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association and a Resident Artist of The Purple Rose Theatre Company.

About Caitlin Cavannaugh

Caitlin Cavannaugh is a talented voiceover artist, actor, singer, harpist, and accordionist. She is a company member of the Purple Rose Theatre Company and received her bachelor's degree in acting from Northern Illinois University and a Certificate of Acting from the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia.

About Lesa Lockford

Lesa Lockford is an experienced voiceover artist and actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. A professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, she teaches courses in voice for the actor, dialects, acting, and performance studies. She is also a writer and performer. Before becoming a teacher, she worked as a professional actor in Great Britain, where she appeared in a variety of roles in television, in film, and on the stage.

About Carolina Hoyos

Carolina Hoyos is an Afro-Indigenous (Quechua-Kichwa) stage and film actor, director, voiceover artist, and musician. A fellow in La Skins Fest Native American TV Writers Lab, she earned a coveted spot on the LA County Artist Roster, is a West Hollywood Directing Artist Grantee, and is in development with It's Personal on her debut solo show. She performs regularly with the comedy troupes Dad Jeans and Nightpantz and the theater artist ensemble Native Voices at The Autry.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Ruin - The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed. The Portman family have quite the story. Not only do Felicity and her husband, along with their three children, live in the Execution Estate (a sprawling mansion whe......more

“Pretty Ugly Lies” was my introduction to Pamela Crane and it blew me away! ”A Slow Ruin” was a different type of story, but it gave me the same feeling. Once the twists started, I couldn’t read fast enough. The conclusion left me a little bewildered and I had to read the Prologue again. Just to mak......more

Goodreads review by Amina

This is the story about the sudden disappearance of a young teen, Vera Portman. Ironically, Vera's namesake and great grandmother also happened to disappear on the same day as Vera but in 1910 during the women’s suffrage movement. Vera's parents are besides themselves with worry wondering where Vera......more

Goodreads review by Gary

This is my 4th read by this author enjoying all the novels especially ‘The Sister in-law’ so was looking forward to this one. Alvera Fields, a women’s rights activist mysteriously vanishes from her home in April 1910. Her husband and newborn baby never saw her again and the mystery remained unsolved.......more