Bitter Moon

The Huntress/FBI Thrillers, Book 4

By: Alexandra Sokoloff

Narrated by: R.C. Bray

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

FBI agent Matthew Roarke has been on leave, and in seclusion, since the capture of mass killer Cara Lindstrom - the victim turned avenger who preys on predators. Torn between devotion to the law and a powerful attraction to Cara and her lethal brand of justice, Roarke has retreated from both to search his soul. But Cara's escape from custody and a police detective's cryptic challenge soon draw him out of exile - into the California desert and deep into Cara's past - to probe an unsolved murder that could be the key to her long and deadly career.

Following young Cara's trail, Roarke uncovers a horrifying attack on a schoolgirl, the shocking suicide of another, and a human monster stalking Cara's old high school. Separated by sixteen years, crossing paths in the present and past, Roarke and fourteen-year-old Cara must race to find and stop the sadistic sexual predator before more young women are brutalized.

©2016 Alexandra Sokoloff. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Good Read

Good story and GREAT narrator!! I loved the narrator mostly as he brought this story Alive!
Thank you! The story is true to life and makes the reader happy that this horrible wrong is being sought after by those who will risk their lives for the cause...!

Great read and great narration..

I wasn’t all that thrilled with the last book in this series, Cold Moon, but this one was my favorite so far. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the chapters being first about Cara then the next one about Roarke through the entire book but it turned out great. The Cara chapters were about the 14 year old girl and when she started killing, who she killed and why. Roarke’s chapters were him finding out little by little about what Cara’s friends, Ivy and Laura, who both died, and what happened. And his hunt for two partners who were rapists, and had been for 16 years.

This was a really great addition to the series. I’m moving on to book 5, Hunger Moon, supposedly the final book but you never know.

No sex and the F-bomb was used 24 times.

As to the narrator: R.C. Bray’s gotten better with each book. I enjoyed his voices, both male and female, and his emotions when he read.

Good Read and Satisfying

A good continuation of the series and a feeling of satisfaction at the end despite the horrible things It does.

Riveting Surprising Challenging on many levels. <br />

Fourth book in the Cara/Huntress series is compelling. I suggest reading the books in order for greater enjoyment although all merit as good reads as Stand Alone novels in themselves.

I love the mystery/thriller genre and am delighted to find intelligent clever writers - and assure you every one of the four books are just that and more.

All four books are well worth purchasing.

Monsters Are Real

A worthwhile series... The first 3 books were good, this one hit it outta the park... On the way to getting more insight on Cara and her evolution we are confronted w/ many coincidences between the present day and the past... We find ourselves wondering if Cara is actually delusional,schizophrenic, or perhaps tapped into some deeper truth and reality??? Whether gifted, disturbed, or something else all together... It's indeed tantalizing... The connections in time are well done, and the mystery is a dandy, keeping you guessing all along the way... Some sneaky red herrings and some teases to the continuing storyline keeps one's imagination at high rev, simultaneously disturbing w/ some very discomfiting social issues... Warning, if you have a problem w/ material concerning abuse and exploitation of children you might want to skip... Otherwise you'll be gripped and engaged fully... The narration is good, but to me doesn't quite fit the voice(s) of the story... Regardless though, it is good... Definitely worth the freight, and very much looking forward to the author continuing to improve upon the story;).

wonderful story of horrific tragedy

These 4 books have been spectacular reads. I barely was able to stop listening. Then there was the post script. Hard to hear and even harder to comprehend that such "people" exist. Go Cara.

Best to listen to this series in order written

The Huntress/FBI Thrillers series takes on the issue of child rape in a rather unique way. The protagonists are Cara Lindstrom, a victim who becomes an avenger, and FBI Agent Matthew Roarke. Bitter Moon is the 4th novel n the series. The novels in this series are stand alone in that none end in a cliffhanger situation, but each provides background important to the next one. Narrator RC Bray does a superb job which is the norm for him. I VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND the 4 novels in this dark suspense series; however, I do not recommend this author's other novels.

Great background

It you have read the first 3 books, this one helps you understand the protagonist better. Also the authors afterward is worth reading.

Best yet

Number 4 of 5 and the best yet. Giving essential background info on Cara's teen years. Amazingly done as Roarke solves yet another puzzle.

Words cannot say how wonderful this book is.

Any additional comments?

My husband and I have been waiting a long time for this to come out. I do not know how we missed it sure glad we looked again. What makes this a great read is not only the narrator which is wonderful but we get to see Cara as a young teen. I think this really bring the story home, yes we heard about it in other books but this goes in to detail that really hits home and pulls you in making you feel even more for a young girl that turned into a serial killer. It is very hard not to like Cara and really feel her pain, in the first book it took a little time but after that I felt she was like my own daughter. There really are monsters out there and she is taking them out one at a time, she is my hero, someone we shouldn’t look up to but we have to. I am sure you will feel the same after you read her story of a killer that killed her family and all the evil people out there that tried their best to either kill her, abuse her or kill and abuse others.

Roarke is one of a kind he is torn between right and wrong, it is hard to feel that Cara is wrong when the ones she hunts are really the bad ones doing terrible wrong things. They say two wrongs don’t make a right but it is really hard to use that logic with these people. If Cara is the dark side Roarke would be the white side. He is leaning more to the dark side that is why he took a break from things where things not black and white for him anymore. It is hard to him to hunt down Cara again to bring her in for justice when really she is doing justice for all those that can’t help their selves and has been doing it from a very young age. I loved how he took on this new story finding clues from a cold case that Cara may have thought she took care of. He need justice for those poor girls and he works hard to find it.

As always Mr. Bray’s narration is outstanding. I fell in love with his narration from the very first blue moon story. He really hits the emotions right on the money giving you a wonderful emotional listen pulling you in letting your mind take over creating a picture of each scene that is very vivid in your mind. His character voices really show emotion pulling the listen in with a compelling listen and a powerful voice that is clear, deep that it really pulls you. It is hard to pick up one of the Moon audio’s and not feel the powerful emotion he bring to it. There was no background noise the music at the first goes very well with the story it gets you prepared for what is about to happen. There are no repeats of works just a crisp, clean, clear audio that delivers a wonderful story of evil, power, killing, victims, heroes and a monster that lives right in your town. He male voices are just as wonderful as his female ones. You always know who is talking and just what they are feeling. I have no trouble feeling the evil that is around these characters as he paints a wonderful picture in your mind that you have no trouble picturing. This is one of my favorite series along with one of my favorite narrators.

The author really knows how to pull you in giving you a compelling listen leaving your mouth hung open as danger comes near. Just when you think you have worked out who, what and where she changes that on you leaving you to start over. I really understood Roarke how he was driven but yet torn between right and wrong. I understood why he needed a break but at the same time why he needed more answers. As he pulls you in your heart goes out to so many, at times you wish you could be Cara taking away her pain but mostly taking out the evil that is so alive all around.

I really enjoyed seeing Cara as a young girl who not only took care of herself but others. I really liked hearing more about her foster homes and the friends she made and those she didn’t like. The author goes in wonderful detail about how she learned how to drive at a young age, the closeness she had with a foster child. The victims of other young children, the killing of those that hurt those children How Roarke worked out who the monsters where and how he got them justice after so many years. It really is a powerful story with powerful meaning and wonderful characters that really breaks your heart. I wish with everything that was in me that I could pull these characters out of this story. For me the characters became real, I felt their pain, their fear and their heart break. I found myself cheering when another one was taken out. I found myself talking to the characters as well as beep beeping a few. I really got into this story from start to finish. This can be read as a standalone but really to get the full effect you need to read the series. I really have a hard time waiting for the next story to come out. This is one author that pulls all the stops. She has no trouble pulling the reader in giving you a highly entertaining story you can’t put down.