False Pretenses

by Catherine Coulter, Renee Raudman (Read by), Paul Costanzo (Read by)

Overview

#1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter’s first contemporary suspense novel: the explosive story of how one woman survives the destruction of her perfect life—and the dubious intentions of three mysterious men...

A famous concert pianist married to a wealthy international business tycoon, Elizabeth Carleton is the envy of all—until the night her husband is stabbed in the chest with an ice pick and everything falls apart.

Accused of murder, Elizabeth has little hope of being exonerated until a surprise witness appears to give her an airtight alibi. The jury finds her not guilty. The only thing is: She’s never met the man who testified on her behalf. 

Free and completely bewildered, Elizabeth must now cope with the financial empire her husband left behind and his family, who want to destroy her. Then three men suddenly appear in her life. Can she trust any of them? Or is one of them a murderer?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491513590
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	05/27/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Catherine Coulter loves to travel, loves to ski, and reads voraciously. She has a reputation for telling good jokes and giving humorous talks. She lives in Northern California with her physician husband. She works out regularly, although this isn't quite as enjoyable as shopping, for example. She can be reached at P.O. Box 17, Mill Valley, California 94942 or you can E-mail her at [e-mail]

Renée Raudman is a multi award-winning audiobook narrator who has performed on film, TV, radio, and stage, including a recurring role as Jordon on ABC’s One Life To Live and Phyllis on NBC’s Passions. She has also guest-starred on numerous prime-time shows.

Paul Costanzo is a musician, award-winning producer/director and voice-over artist. As a voice actor for over 20 years he’s voiced numerous commercials, narrations and promos for TV, film and radio. A graduate of Juilliard holding both B.M. and M.M. degrees in trumpet performance, he has performed with orchestras internationally.

Editorial Reviews

Full of twists and turns that guarantee enjoyment.

Rocky Mounatin News

Neither Lincoln Center nor Wall Street comes across with credibility in this first hardcover novel by the author of 18 Regency and historical romances. Set against the glittering Manhattan world of corporate finance and performing arts is a shifting population of heroes and villains, white knights and charlatans. Barely acquitted of her elderly husband's ice-pick murder, pianist Elizabeth Carleton struggles to rule his financial empire, developing unusual alliances while learning firsthand about hostile takeovers. Although confronted by vicious in-laws rivaling the Borgias in their skill for blackmail and betrayal, Elizabeth thrives surrounded by attentive and attractive men. A trusted bodyguard guides her through the intricacies of acquisition politics, an acquaintance made during a European junket becomes her confidant and she is later squired by a mysterious and wealthy psychiatrist who perjured himself to assure her acquittal. Elizabeth's trials pose as a romantic mystery thriller but the book suffers from stilted dialogue and equally awkward descriptions of violent confrontations and sexual couplings. Non sequiturs concerning affirmative action and safe sex merely accessorize the dated formula, reminiscent of a TV saga. ( October)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Thanks to the testimony of a mysterious stranger, concert pianist Elizabeth Carleton is found not guilty of the ice pick murder of her elderly megamillionaire husband, Timothy. Subsequently, Elizabeth battles his greedy relatives while struggling to run Timothy's business ventures. Along the way she falls in love with a ``real man.'' At tale's end, Elizabeth has a climactic confrontation with the mysterious stranger and, at the same time, solves her husband's murder. A hardcover first novel by the author of 18 romance paperbacks, this entertaining formula tale is best suited for larger collections of light or popular reading. Its appealing cover should also encourage browsing. Ed. James B. Hemesath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.

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