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GRIM PARADISE by Rod Sadler is Now Available in Audiobook, Narrated by Stephen Bowlby

Stephen Bowlby delivers yet another compelling true crime experience for listeners.

In the audiobook adaptation of Rod Sadler's GRIM PARADISE, Bowlby elevates the narrative, injecting it with heightened depth and intensity.

audiobook cover for Grim Paradise by Rod SadlerWhen widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than sixty years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery?

On July 24, 1960, the quaint charm and serenity of Mackinac, nestled between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, was shattered by Lacey's brutal death. Despite a massive manhunt and thousands of pages of police reports, her killer was never caught.

In GRIM PARADISE, true crime author Rod Sadler (Killing Women) delves into the secrets of one of Michigan's most perplexing murder cases. Offering an in-depth and suspenseful account of the long-standing mystery, he poses the question:

Could advanced DNA technology lead to the identity of the Mackinac Island murderer as it did recently in the case of the Golden State Killer?

Find out in GRIM PARADISE: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer.

About the Author

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Author Rod Sadler

ROD SADLER retired in 2012 after a decorated thirty-year career in law enforcement. He’s the author of To Hell I Must Go (2015) and A Slayer Waits (2017), and his most recent work, Killing Women, was the backstory for the True Crime Network documentaries I Survived a Serial Killer and Making a Serial Killer. Rod lives in Michigan.

In this sixty-two-year-old homicide, I identify a new person of interest—He was alive and in prison for murder when I began writing this book. His first arrest was one year after the homicide that I write about."

About The Narrator

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Narrator Stephen Bowlby

STEPHEN BOWLBY is an experienced audiobook narrator with over 140 popular fiction and non-fiction titles. His portfolio spans a wide range of genres, including thrillers, period novels, literature, science fiction, true crime, and more. He also has a passion for learning and making knowledge accessible to everyone, as well as diverse interests and experiences as a filmmaker, blue water sailor, hiker, and more.

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