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Narrated by:
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Hillary Huber
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By:
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Lisa Gardner
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Hours stretch into days which stretch into weeks. Volunteers go home, police are assigned new missions and the missing hiker, Timothy O'Day, becomes one more missing person, vanished without a trace.
Until Frankie Elkin - missing persons specialist - comes to town. Fresh off her case in Boston, Frankie heads to Wyoming, determined to find Timothy and bring him home - whatever the cost.
Frankie joins a seven day woodland search team, lead by Tim's father Martin, as they venture deep into the dark forest to uncover the truth. Broken tree limbs and traces of blood suggest a wild animal may be lurking nearby. Frankie knows better.
But with secrets swirling and tensions raised in the group, it becomes clear that Frankie Elkin's newest case could be her last
©2022 Lisa Gardner (P)2022 Penguin AudioCritic reviews
"This book exceeds even Gardner's high standards." (Daily Mail)
"Propulsive, adrenaline-fuelled, terrifyingly real." (Clare Mackintosh)
"Terrifying, primal, and very, very tense'." (Kirkus)
Disappointed with narration.
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Loved it
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5 1/2*
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Loving this main character
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What a brilliant narrator
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robotic voice
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Brilliant
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one of three best
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Exciting and amazing plot
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I then downloaded Catch Me, by the same author. I did not like it one bit. The style was different, the characters unlikeable, and the plot just didn't grab me. I gave up as I disliked it so much. So it was with mixed feelings that I downloaded this. If it was similar to Before She Disappeared, then I thought I'd like it. If not...
Well, it turns out it's not like either of those books. One of the things I loved about listening to Before She Disappeared was the narrator (Regina Regan). She had such a warm voice that completely enveloped you. It was an absolute pleasure to listen to her, and she lifted the novel up when it sagged a little. This narrator (Hillary Huber) is completely different. At times it feels like it's very good software reading it, like Alexa or Siri. The warmth is gone. Slightly mechanical. Subsequently, the character of Frankie feels a bit different. But apart from that, the character seems to be written differently as well. In the previous novel, there was a certain vulnerability that poked through. Here, we're constantly slapped in the face with references to her alcoholism, Paul, the cop she fell in love with, and occasional references to the previous case.
Perhaps it's the fault of the setting. The first novel was set in a city with a variety of characters from different backgrounds. Here, in the forest, with the same set of people, there's less to explore - both in terms of characters, but also in terms of location.
Another problem is that there is too much that's unnecessary here. It took more than 3.5 hours (chapter 14) before anything actually started to happen. That's a LOT of backstory. And the ending went on FOREVER. It reached a certain point and I saw that I had still 2 hours left to listen to. Then there was an hour. And then the schmaltzy goodbyes took up the final 20 minutes. And really, the last 10 minutes just dragged and dragged. I was willing it to end.
It's hard to believe that this was written by the same person. It just feels so different. Reading other reviews, I can see that some people love it. I didn't totally dislike this. I made it to the end, after all, and the first 90 minutes or so really went by quite quickly. But then it just seemed to take forever.
The ending was not a huge surprise. So, as I said in the title, it was disappointing on many levels.
I don't know if I'll bother with another Frankie Elkin story. Perhaps if it goes back to another city setting, I might give it a go. And not sure about the narrator. She was "ok", but nothing more than that. I don't know why she read the character of Bob as if he had a cold. Very bizarre.
Disappointing on so many levels
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