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Exposure

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Julia Hamilton was a high-profile journalist with Western International Newspapers. When press magnate Lord Western offered her a job with the "Sunday Herald" she couldn't refuse to become the head of a new riveting feature - Exposure - its aim to expose corruption and malpractice in high places. Her first target was to go for Western's enemy and rival, the business and media tycoon Harold King, alias Hans Koenig. Koenig was a man of mystery, a man who had hidden the truth about his beginnings in Germany and who would do anything to keep his past secret.
Julia recruits her former editor, Ben Harris, a difficult and embittered man, and together they travel to Germany where their search leads them to Jean Adams, the niece of King's first wife, and witness of his sinister past. When Jean becomes the victim of a savage sexual killing, Julia is even more determined to uncover King's past. Not knowing the danger she is in, Julia begins to uncover secrets that have been buried for fifty years, hidden not only by King but also by Western, her boss, who proves to be far from an innocent victim of this particular exposure.
One of Evelyn Anthony's best thrillers.

I use books on tape as a way of enduring long, boring, road trips, tedious chores, and as a distraction while exercising. The book has got to be interesting enough to keep me going, or I'll stop it after the first cassette and find another. "Exposure" was a shot in the dark as I'd never heard of the author and don't know anybody else who has read or listened to this book. However, after listening to it, I'll not hesitate to look for more by Evelyn Anthony. The plot is interesting from the beginning and kept me intrigued, moving inexorably through a carefully woven and suspenseful story. The characters are well-drawn, complex, and believable. Their personalities, interactions, and relationships form an integral part of the story. The author cuts from one scene to another, drawing a picture of what is happening with each of the main characters simultaneously, as the suspense builds and the story winds to a climax. This book reminded me much of those by Ken Follett, whose taped editions I have greatly enjoyed. The reader, Sian Thomas, does a marvelous job, using various foreign accents easily without seeming fake or "corny", and helping to build the multiple settings and moods, from a London newspaper room, English countryside, Munich pub, or New York corporate power center.