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The Snake and the Spider

Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach

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The Snake and the Spider

By: Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by: Nikki Zakocs
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A New York Times-bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the murder and abduction of two teens during a dream spring break vacation.

Best friends Daryl Barber and James Boucher were responsible, and their parents trusted them to spend Spring Break at Daytona Beach unchaperoned. When the boys missed their agreed-upon daily check-ins, their parents were disappointed. When they failed to come home on their planned return date, their parents were terrified. They could not have known that their innocent sons would encounter two violent men on the Florida coast. They could not have imagined the torture their children would endure before their bodies turned up four months later in a Florida swamp. What starts as a dream vacation, ended as every parent's worst nightmare . . .

New York Times-bestselling author Karen Kingsbury narrates the tragic tale of a road trip gone horribly wrong in this not-to-be missed true crime novel.

©1995, 2014 Karen Kingsbury (P)2023 Tantor Murder True Crime
Engaging Storytelling • Well-researched Content • Amazing Narrator • Dignified Presentation • Thoughtful Writing
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I loved this book, despite the tragic content. I found it to be suspenseful and thorough but not repetitive. Normally I get irritated at narrators that try to change their voices for the characters (especially female narrators trying to sound like men, as was the case with this narrator), but this book was so engaging that I didn't even care lol. I really hate that the real investigator was never recognized for his hard work, and that the investigator that was hired by the family (that didn't do any of the actual investigating) took such a large percentage of the fees for doing literally nothing. What a disgusting thing to do to the families. This story is just a tragedy all around.

Great Book About Tragic Murders

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Great storytelling of a tragic story. The killers were as evil as they come. Things are even worse now.

The details were well documented.

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This was a very disturbing story. It was very well written. The narrator did an amazing job. It was a hard story to hear.

This story was well written and performed.

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Great story very sad. But was an amazing story It kept you guessing and what a great private investigator. He was really great

What happened too those poor boys

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Narration was horrible and pace was agonizing. Very disappointing and total waste of a credit to hesr.

Worst Ever

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if you like true crime, this will be a refreshing read! Well read, very suspenseful, and very thoughtful. I had never read anything by this author before know that I will be checking out her other books.

It was all so good!

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So much to this story. The way the author tells each piece keeps you going all the way to the end.

Gripping

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It was very good and moved very quickly for me. So glad it wasn’t another football story!

Storyline

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It seems there is no peace really for those touched by these two boy’s lives. Two men having terrible childhoods v/s two young men who had the best childhoods. The winners, well no one of course and sadly that is truly how life is. God is and will always be in control of life and thankfully HE should be, b/c we have proven over and over again and again we HIS children are so not capable no matter how we try or don’t try. Peace is offered to everyone and comes to everyone once you choose it in Jesus Christ. So when, b/c it will happen, bad things happen to everyone your peace will be only when you look into Jesus’ face and not in ourselves and others 💜🙏💜

Finding Peace

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That the real investigator wasn’t acknowledged as he should have been with all the danger he had faced

The suffering of the parents the judges reversal of the death penalty

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