General Information
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 Title:                  Third Degree
 Author:                 Greg Iles
 Read By:                David Colacci
 Copyright:              2007
 Audiobook Copyright:    2007
 Genre:                  Suspense
 Publisher:              Brilliance Audio
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Source:                 Digital Download
 Condition:              Very Good

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         13
 Total Duration:         12:44:03
 Total MP3 Size:         349.80
 Parity Archive:         YES
 Ripped By:              Indy
 Encoded At:             CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

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 Posting Plan:           alt.binaries.mp3.audiobooks

Book Description
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Laurel Shields, thirty-five and mother of two, awakens to find that 
her husband, Warren, a prominent local physician, is not in bed with 
her. Creeping out to the kitchen of their palatial home, she sees him 
through the doorway of his study, wildly pulling books from the shelves. 
Two weeks earlier, Warren and his partner were informed by the IRS that 
their medical practice was being audited; since then the stress on Dr. 
Shields has steadily ratcheted up.

But Laurel has problems of her own. Quickly returning to the bedroom, 
she locks herself in the master bath, opens a home pregnancy testing 
kit, and fearfully tests herself. PREGNANT, announces the digital readout. 
Laurel closes her eyes as though absorbing news of a death, then quickly 
hides the evidence. She is not sure who the father is. Summoning all 
her strength, she walks into the kitchen to carry out the acting performance 
of her life.

Later that morning, Laurel returns home and is surprised to find her 
husband's car still parked in the driveway. The house has a strange 
stillness to it. In the den, she finds Warren sitting on the sofa in 
the same clothes he wore the previous day. His face is pale and unshaven, 
his eyes hollow with fear. Then, in come the children, innocent of it 
all...

So begins the most terrifying day in the history of a marriage, one 
that in less than five hours will make the Shields house the vortex 
of a nerve-wracking siege. While a nervous ring of armed men awaits 
its chance to storm the suburban home, inside the house the clock ticks 
down on exposure of Laurel's terrible secret. But she is not alone in 
her lies. Before the siege is through, this terrifying drama will pull 
in desperate characters from the town and drive Dr. Shields, his wife, 
and her lover to the very brink of sanity and survival.

