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  • The Snake and the Spider

  • Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach
  • By: Karen Kingsbury
  • Narrated by: Nikki Zakocs
  • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (50 ratings)

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The Snake and the Spider

By: Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by: Nikki Zakocs
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Publisher's summary

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
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Worst Ever

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

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The details were well documented.

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

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What happened too those poor boys

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

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This story was well written and performed.

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

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Gripping

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

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Storyline

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

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Finding Peace

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 💜🙏💜

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

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

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Good but repetitive

It is good but some details or ideas, especially those describing the boys repeat from chapter to chapter using the same sentences this makes it drag a bit

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New Case to me it was a good listen!

Ii have never heard of this story.

My husband is from the Daytona area and he has never heard of it.

The Spider monster is still in the FDOC.

This book was well researched and well written.

I feel so terrible for these young mens families…

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