
Heart Full of Lies
A True Story of Desire and Death
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Blair Brown
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Ann Rule
About this listen
Liysa and Chris Northon seemed the epitome of idyllic lovers when they married on a moonlit beach in Hawaii. Their friends admired the romantic couple: Chris, tall, athletic, handsome, a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines; and Liysa, attractive, seductive, with a tanned, perfect body. Their son, Bjorn, looked just like his dad, and they were raising Liysa's son by a previous marriage.
But it wasn't long before Chris saw a side of Liysa that he hadn't glimpsed before. Nothing was quite enough for her: she wanted more money, more property, and she was obsessed with becoming a famous Hollywood screenwriter. The marriage seemed to be unraveling, but Chris struggled to hold it together. Until one sunny morning in October 2000, he lay dead in a sleeping bag, while his wife drove four hours to a friend's house. Sobbing inconsolably, she appeared to have been beaten. Questions arose that made Oregon State detectives suspicious.
An audiobook that leads the listener from Hawaii to the Northwest to Hollywood, Heart Full of Lies will keep you enthralled to the very last sentence.
©2003 Ann Rule (P)2003 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS Is An Imprint Of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- lynn
- 07-28-15
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Ann Rule books and this was another good one headed to buy another.
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- TemperPolk
- 02-18-16
Just OK
I think I need to get away from the true crime genre for a while. I've read a couple of other books from this author and I've always left with the impression that the victim is always perfect and the criminal is always 100% evil. This one was no different.
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- JoAnn
- 12-29-03
One of Ann Rule's Best
I have enjoyed many of Ann Rule's books and this one is another winner. The story is weaved so intricately that I spent the whole book trying to guess what the next turn would be. And she has an uncanny ability to keep juggling the many characters so that the listener does not lose track but the story has the feeling of the complexity of the principal character's life. I could not turn my MP3 off.
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- Jeremy
- 09-04-15
i love a good crazy lady on a rampage story
BLAIR BROWN IS THE BEST NARRATOR. Story was quick and fascinating. Wished there were more but if thats all there was, thats all there was. Ann Rule is a legend of true crime.
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- Kathleen
- 07-16-07
Beware Abridging!
If you like this genre, you have to love Ann Rule. She is incomparable at amassing and organizing a vast amount of information and then presenting it in a narrative that moves sure-footedly through suspense, tragedy and resolution. Three stars are not due to the author's writing, but the CRIME of abridging a story that cannot sacrifice details without choppiness and confusion in places. Boo hiss on abridging!
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- Lindsay
- 02-25-04
Captivating to True Crime Addicts
I find True Crime most fascinating and this story kept me listening to the end. I was in no way disappointed with this audio book.
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- Jody R. Nathan
- 01-10-04
ok, but a bit tedious
Seems like this one could have been told in about half the time.
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- Texas Reader
- 09-10-05
Beware of the female criminal
The intriguing and well-researched story of a very complex, disturbed woman. The author's bias is clear from the outset, despite her attempt to present both sides of the story, leaving little suspense in the end. Nonetheless, I mostly enjoyed it. The editing of this book makes the story a bit choppy, but a worthwhile listen overall.
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- gtpammie
- 01-22-13
What a Sad, Sad Tale
We would've rated this higher had the antagonist in the story not left such a bitter taste in our mouths. That's not Ann Rule's fault, it's the psycho-sociopathic Lisa who did it!
We were appalled at her manipulative ways and her gall. Ugh...
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- Aimee
- 05-03-09
Not worth your time and especially money!
I agree with the others reviews:
-Choppy editing, lots of repeated paragraphs
-WAY to many characters to keep track of
-Extremley predictable from the very start
-Main characters age was told to be 38 through the entire book, then near the end was 37
-Very disappointed in this Anne Rule book
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