The Anatomy of Desire

A Novel

By: L. R. Dorn

Narrated by: Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hillary Huber, Lisa Flanagan, Sharahn LaRue

Audie Award finalist for Multi-Voice Performance!

Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young , Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber, and Lisa Flanagan

For fans of riveting true crime docuseries a la Serial and Making a Murderer, The Anatomy of Desire is a modern tale of crime and punishment exploring unbridled ambition, blinding passion, and the dark side of desire

Claire Griffith has it all, a thriving career, a gorgeous boyfriend, glamorous friends. She always knew she was destined for more than the life her conservative parents preached to her. Arriving in Los Angeles flat broke, she has risen to become a popular fitness coach and social media influencer. Having rebranded herself as Cleo Ray, she stands at the threshold of realizing her biggest dreams.

One summer day, Cleo and a woman named Beck Alden set off in a canoe on a serene mountain lake. An hour later, Beck is found dead in the water and Cleo is missing. Authorities suspect foul play, and news of Cleo’s involvement goes viral. Who was Beck? An infatuated follower? Were she and Cleo friends or lovers? Was Beck’s death an accident . . . or murder?

Told in the form of an immersive investigative docuseries, L. R. Dorn’s brilliant reimagining of Theodore Dreiser’s classic crime drama, An American Tragedy, captures the urgency and poignance of the original and rekindles it as a very contemporary and utterly mesmerizing page-turner.

Couldn’t stop listening

Excellent story. A real page turner. Contemporary version on a classic murder mystery. A must read for anyone in the Eastern Sierras.

Not a fan of podcast

I may be old-fashioned, but I haven't gotten used to this kind of audiobook. This book was just okay for me. It took 3 tries to finish it. At times, it was difficult to understand which character was speaking. I think the readers are supposed to understand from the voice because there were not always mentioned who was speaking. it was just confusing sometimes.

Absolutely loved this!

The story was very good and I loved how it was read. So different from other audiobooks! It’s like a podcast. So well done!

If you enjoy True Crime podcasts listen to this

This book was excellent on Audible. I could not imagine not doing the audio book as it was so interesting to hear each character as it flips a lot like a podcast. The book was a quick listen. Finished in two days, would have finished in one but ran out of time. I highly recommend listening to this one it was great!

Excellent

I really enjoyed this re-imagining of An American Tragedy / A Place in the Sun ( definitely see the movie). The authors very cleverly updated the story to include several current trends (social media influencers, LBGTQ, celebrity lawyers). A great use of a podcast-style narrative; all of the narrators were excellent.