He's Gone

By: Deb Caletti

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Finalist, Mystery, 2014

"What do you think happened to your husband, Mrs. Keller?"

The Sunday morning starts like any other, aside from the slight hangover. Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat, a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before. But on this particular Sunday morning, she's surprised to see that her husband, Ian, is not home. As the hours pass, Dani fills her day with small things. But still, Ian does not return. Irritation shifts to worry, worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic. And then, like a relentless blackness, the terrible realization hits Dani: He's gone.

As the police work methodically through all the logical explanations - he's hurt, he's run off, he's been killed - Dani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive. And, slowly, she unpacks their relationship, holding each moment up to the light: from its intense, adulterous beginning, to the grandeur of their new love, to the difficulties of forever. She examines all the sins she can - and cannot - remember.

As the days pass, Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience, turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truth - about herself, her husband, and their lives together.

©2013 Deb Caletti (P)2013 Tantor

An excellent listen

I saw a lot of comparisons between this book and Girl Gone and trust me, there are nothing alike. This book kept me interested from beginning to end. It did have an abrupt ending but I think it was the only way. I highly recommend this author. The narrator is also great! I've listened to her before.

Easy Listen

I liked it, it was easy to listen to and kept me guessing as to what happened. it tried to be a little too poetic though, that part didn't work for me. the narrator was great. overall I would recommend it.

Ramblin' Rose

Would you try another book from Deb Caletti and/or Cassandra Campbell?

Not the author but yes, to the narration.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Thank god it's over. I had to fast forward I wanted to find out what happened. There is no suspense or mystery. The book just rambles and rambles along. Blah Blah Blah

What about Cassandra Campbell’s performance did you like?

I really like her voice

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I would watch it on cable.

Any additional comments?

Once again, sounds like a great idea for a book. Husband goes missing and the plot lays there like a dead carp.

Could. Not. Put. This. One. Down!

Where does He's Gone rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was gripped from the first few minutes!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

YES!

What about Cassandra Campbell’s performance did you like?

I felt like I was listening to the main character tell "her story".

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I was moved into near-high blood pressure from the first chapter!

Great Book

Any additional comments?

I loved this book. It is well written, well paced and the mystery aspect intriguing. Narration good. I highly recommend this book.

Not really a mystery

This is a quiet, slow moving mystery that felt like more of a deconstruction of a marriage than a mystery. I kept waiting for a Gone Girl Twist that never happened. After Dani’s husband goes missing she goes through every minute their relationship and realizes it wasn’t the great love story she thought it was. And honestly the more she reveals about who Ian is I can’t help thinking why the hell would you want him back anyway! Plus Dani’s self-deprecation and whining got on my nerves, she wasn’t a very likable character either.

I’m not sure I liked this book, but I didn’t hate it I just didn’t feel like it was a mystery. Yes there is the mystery of what happened to Ian but that feels almost secondary to Dani going through their entire relationship with a fine toothed comb.


Cassandra Campbell’s narration was really good, she had just the right amount of emotions in her voice and when Dani is feeling overwhelmed and frantic the narration conveys this superbly. As always Cassandra’s narration is very well done.

I’m sorry but this book was forgettable and the reveal of what happened to Ian felt rushed and didn’t have any impact on me at all. I wanted to be shocked or even the least bit interested and it just didn’t happen.

2 ½ star book
4 ½ star narration

it's no Gone Girl

it was okay. not the best book I've read, but much better than the worst suspense novel I've read.

that's it?

I was dissapointed in the ending. not anything like girl on a train or gone girl.

Well I did listen to the whole thing...

So that means I was able to get interested in the characters enough to care what happened, but it was very slow and the butterfly metaphors were tired and excessive I thought. It certainly wasn't a cheerful book- overdramatized but not terrible

A Painfully Slow Drama

Any additional comments?

Little too zero action. Mostly, you're listening to the rambling, confused guilt of the protagonist. The only reason I got through the book was because of the narrator. I found her voice the most interesting part of the story.