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    Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
    Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
    Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
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    Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer

    Written by John Glatt

    Narrated by Shaun Grindell

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    In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorities-of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock-was unthinkable. Until she led them to fifty-nine-year-old David Ray Parker, his thirty-nine-year-old fiancee Cindy Hendy, and the lakeside trailer they called their "toy box." What the FBI uncovered was unprecedented in the annals of serial crime: restraining devices, elaborate implements of torture, books on human anatomy, medical equipment, scalpels, and a gynecologist's examination table. But these horrors were only part of the shocking story that would unfold in a stunning trial . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 21, 2020
    ISBN9781977365828
    Author

    John Glatt

    English-born JOHN GLATT is the author of more than thirty books including The Lost Girls and My Sweet Angel, and has over thirty years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, including Dateline NBC, Fox News, ABC’s 20/20, BBC World News, and A&E Biography.

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    • 3/5
      Its was ok… I felt it dragged on about boring details. It did not give enough details about what actually happened, its like the same victims story was just repeated through out the entire book. Also the voice of the audio reader is HORRIBLE!

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    • 3/5
      An informative report of the facts of the case but the tension of the story was destroyed by the author revealing who the perpetrator was in the first few pages. I found myself struggling to continue about a half to two-thirds the way through the book.
    • 4/5
      I am giving this book a 4 star review. While the book is very informative and provides great detail on the case, it is a little hard to bear at times. This is no fault of the author or narrator, though. David Ray and Cindy Hendy are disgusting, to say the very least.
    • 5/5
      Just discovered this author. He is really brilliant. Love this
    • 5/5
      Torrid to listen to but very comprehensive. Factual and very interesting. Great portrayal of the people in David Parker Ray's world
      Shocking but real. A collision of fact and fantasy.
    • 5/5
      Details of what happened and the accuracy of the in formation.
    • 4/5
      I don't remember why I picked up this book; perhaps it was because I had read another true crime book by this author and figured I'd see what else he had. I certainly don't remember hearing about this case before, which isn't surprising, since I pretty much cut television out of my life at about this time. The crime is horrifying; David Parker Ray abducted and brutally raped and tortured young women in the New Mexico desert, along with his partner (Cindy Hendy), friend (Roy Yancy), and perhaps his daughter (Jesse Ray). He's also suspected of being a serial killer, but no identifiable bodies were found that could be linked to him.The book itself has a fairly good pace, although the author tends to repeat himself and treads a very fine line between shocking and overly salacious. Still, that's kind of the purpose of these true crime paperbacks, right? As for the crimes, well, they're horrible and will definitely stay with me for a while.