• A Cold Dark Place

  • An Emily Kenyon Thriller, Book 1
  • By: Gregg Olsen
  • Narrated by: Karen Peakes
  • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (745 ratings)

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A Cold Dark Place

By: Gregg Olsen
Narrated by: Karen Peakes
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In a secluded farm house in the Pacific Northwest, a family has been slaughtered - and a teenage son has disappeared. Single mother and cop Emily Kenyon spearheads a dark hunt for a killer. But Emily's teenage daughter, Jenna, is one step ahead of her. Then another family is butchered, and another. As Emily fits the puzzle pieces together, she makes a chilling discovery: The killer is coming after her and her daughter....

Contains mature themes.

©2008 Gregg Olsen (P)2020 Tantor

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Who Dun It!

Follows the runaway survivor of a gruesome family murder. While every
thing seems to be pointing to one suspect a few other weirdos. can't be oerlooked

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Not my favorite

An Olsen fan but this one missed the mark for me. I felt it drag.

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New to this author!

Didn’t particularly care for performance but really enjoyed this book! Story line kept me going and had a good ending. Didn’t leave me hanging!

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Worst! Narrator! Ever!

I love Gregg Olsen and I've listened to several of his books. This may have been a good story but there were about 20 characters in the story and only one narrator. She made a gruff voice for the male parts; a whiny valley girl voice for the teenagers and just different accents for the women. It was awful and distracting.
I can't really rate the story due to the narration.

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Truly a great listen

Gregg Olsen is one of the best authors!

This book was switch back and switch here and not too many clues to figure out the ending too soon.

The characters were very well developed and Karen Peakes narration brought them to life!!!

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Cold Dark Place

Very good book. Kept me anxious to return to the book so I can find out 'what next'. No 'lull' in the story, but always kept me interested. I remained surprised at every turn., Some things you did predict, but you didn't know what the writer would do with it. Definitely recommend.

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Meh

Just really very meh... Not offensively bad, but incredibly uninspired and comes across as if it was written by a slightly above average IQ frat boy. The author definitely doesnt appreciate any women that dont meet a very specific beauty standard.

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Couldn’t put it down!

The most suspenseful book I’ve read in awhile. I’m looking forward to more in the series.

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Great plot

Really enjoyed this one. Plot twists were great! Surprises kept coming to the end!

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Shiver! Be careful who you trust.

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Gripping! There are surprises at the end that are totally unexpected. The characters throughout are believable and mostly consistent, but the amounts of evil Are decidedly unexpected. It's hard to conceive of a series based on this, but the raw emotions and loyalties are fabulous, and the emotions are palpable.

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