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Gone the Next

By: Ben Rehder
Narrated by: Johnny Peppers
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Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He's working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him to the core. There, with the subject, is a little blond girl wearing a pink top and denim shorts - the same outfit worn by Tracy Turner, a six-year-old abducted the day before. When the police are skeptical of Ballard's report - and with his history, who can blame them? - it's the beginning of the most important case of his life.

©2012 Ben Rehder (P)2013 Ben Rehder Detective Mystery Private Investigators Fiction Funny Witty Suspense

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Great story and easy to listen to. interesting all the way through and one you don't want to put down! You just want to know who did it. Ejoyed this!

Great audible. long story!

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Don't you love when you get a recommendation of a real gem of a series. Ben Rehder has written rounded characters who you really engage with and become vested in. There is wit, suspense and a great story. Recommend if you love to get stuck into a series that you can't wait to get to the next book. And Johnny Peppers is a great narrator.

Great Start to New Series

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I enjoyed listening to Johnny Peppers

We have a missing child, a great plot and characters. The one liners and humour with a good story, will keep you listening

Very enjoyable

enjoyed

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The first in the Roy Ballard series by an author new to me. I really enjoyed this mystery, the pace was just right and I liked Roy and his partner Mia. Although a serious topic, the light-hearted moments were amusing and helped to break up the story and inject a bit of humour. With twists and turns as Roy investigates first an insurance cheat and then the disappearance of Tracy Turner. I liked the way his own history was weaved into the present day and gave the opportunity to get to know the character. The narration really suited the main character and was just right. A really good start to a series which I'm looking forward to listening to more of.

Great start to a series

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I did enjoy this book but it wasn't what I was expecting. I have listened to all the authors Blanco County series and was expecting this series to be similar but it is a more grown up mystery in the fact that it lacks the humour. Not to say there isn't some comic relief, it is more in the from one liners and banter than the characters themselves. I like the relationship between the characters especially the jokey nature between Roy and Jessica. The mystery was good and took lots of twists in the plot. The author also covers the hard subject of child abduction very well and makes you think how quickly your world can turn upside down, a real eye opener. Off to start the next book.
Roy is a freelance videographer catching people that are committing insurance fraud but when a young girl goes missing he has a hard time letting it go. To many memories of his own daughters disappearance comes to the surface but then he thinks he sees her at his latest target. Can be convince the police of what he has seen? With no evidence to back up his claim Roy sets up his own surveillance and investigation to find the missing girl.
I like the narrator, he does a good job with all the many and varied voices needed in the story.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Don't let it go

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This is the first book in the Roy Ballard series and I must say it is a very good start. As a professional videographer hired mainly by insurance companies when they think they have a fraudulent claim he soon turns out to be quite the detective when a little girl is kidnapped. The story is well paced and takes place over a short period of time - you really do not want to stop listening to the story, you just have to get to find out what is happening asap. Although I did not immediately like the narrator’s tone I soon got to like it as it sort of fits Roy’s character. I only wish he changed his voice a bit when doing the other male characters in the story. Yes I am glad I started this series and look forward to starting the next book!

Enjoyable, well paced and interesting book

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This was a good story.I enjoyed it.A man who makes his living checking to make sure people who claim they can't work,really can't stumbles onto a kidnapping. Johnny Peppers was a very good narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.'

Gone the next

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This is two mysteries one... and they combine to create a depth of understanding and empathy for the main character that is atypical of the genre. I was almost in tears at one point... and that’s rare for me, especially in the mystery genre. Narrator is very believable as the voice of the main character and provides good pace and tone throughout.

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a review.

Wow. An emotional mystery.

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Roy Ballard is a witty, clever, sincere, irritating and likeable character and this tale which gives back story to his character and deals with his life as it is, was a great introduction.
The other characters were also mostly well defined, and the tale is fast paced with enough clues and suspects to keep you guessing.
I really enjoyed it and thought the narration by Johnny Peppers was very good, getting the right amount of wit and pathos, seriousness and humour and clearly defining the characters.
The whole thing had the feel of an old fashioned gumshoe tale or play that I used to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon. with a modern take and gave me a few very enjoyable hours.
I am really looking forward to the next one in the series. 4.5 stars overall.

A very good start to the series.

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So good, can't wait to read the next one. Good start to a new series and author for me 📚📚

fantastic

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