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By coloring his voice and altering speaking rhythms, soap-opera star Jason Culp delivers a remarkably effective narration of Stephen Solomita's psychological crime story, The Poster Boy, adding tension to an already charged atmosphere. The story appears over before it begins: a small boy is dead, another statistic in the long, bloody files of the New York City Police Department. But, of course, there's more. This time the shooter isn't just one of the usual suspects, he's a cop. Now, in the course of one long night, a young detective will learn which of his fellow officers are his friends, which are enemies, and how it feels to be on the wrong side of the interrogation table. "'Is that the way you played it,' O'Neal asks, 'when you questioned a suspect?' Pitt cleared his throat, wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was very hot in the small room. The air wet enough to grow mushrooms. 'Yeah,' he answered without looking up, 'I was the "good cop."'" The Poster Boy, Solomita's entry in the Sounds Like Murder audio series, is a tense little story that sneaks up on you, like the uneasy tingle that creeps along your neck when you enter a dark alley. Culp does a good job, slowly drawing you in as he unravels the plot almost imperceptibly. His voice fits the title character well and he manages to sound, oddly enough, like he could almost be tired of always being the best-looking guy in a room. (Running time: two hours, one cassette) --George Laney
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