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Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid is back at work after an attempt on her life and a promotion into the Major Crimes Unit. When the husband of a Portland city judge reports his wife missing, Samantha is assigned the case. She assumes her only job is to make the district attorney look good until the judge turns up. When the police discover evidence of foul play, Samantha finds herself unearthing secrets that were meant to stay hidden. Missing Justice confirms Alafair Burke's place among the genre's most talented and exciting newcomers.
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- S. Harvey
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Dull
This one wasn't for me. The author failed to create a credible environment in which to stage her characters. To my mind these too lacked sufficient form or depth to be convincing or draw an empathetic response from this reader. The plot was complex but the denouement disappointing with a long explanation of the ins and outs from one of the characters. The woman narrator also didn't quite cut the mustard. Her downunder accent did not help to centre the characters in North America and her voice was a little harsh. For some reason women narrators seem to face more pitfalls than men especially, maybe, in this genre.
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- merich
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Bizarrely inconsistent narration
The story was fine. An engaging plot in the realistically unrealistic style of the genre. The narration was usually at least acceptable but with bizarre lapses. Suddenly, the reader would place the emphasis on the wrong word, as if she actually didn't understand what she was reading. And lots of misprononunciations. Or, most peculiarly, inconsistent pronunciations. Like half the time "prelim" had the emphasis on the first syllable and half the time on the second. Or "ferry" and "furry." When she wasn't messing up, she was solid. But an unusual number of mess-ups. ("Lien" is pronounced "lean", by the way.)
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-01-19
good but...
this is the 2nd book i have listened to in this series. i really like the story, and i really like the narrator, but i don't like the narrator and the story together. it would be much better told by a different narrator, and this narrator would be much better with a different book.
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- Claire
- 08-29-19
I've become a fan
recently started readinf Alafair Burke....now im bingeing this series. the laundry will have to wait!
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- Lisa A Rodriguez
- 03-03-19
I can't take it anymore.....
I love Alafair Burke's novels....the suspense, twists, and details keep me awake and entertained each day on my 50 mile each way commute to work and back.
But Samantha Kinkaid is supposed to be a NATIVE OREGONIAN. I usually love an Australian accent, and maybe I could have forgiven it if Betty Bobbit had bothered to look up how to correctly pronounce specific Oregonian terms and locations. It's very distracting!! The one that bugs me most is 'Willamette'. We moved to Oregon in 2000 from Southern CA and we, like Bobbit, pronounced it WillaMETTE. But as soon as we realized the correct pronunciation is Will-A-mette, we changed our ways. In fact I made a little poem to remind myself--- It's Will-A-mette, dammit! There are many, many references to the Willamette River in the Samantha Kinkaid books, and every time Betty says it, I cringe. There are other words too... like once she said 'fill-ett' and I didn't even understand at first until I figured out that she was saying fillet (like a fillet of salmon). I'm not sure if she also says Ore-GONE. But that's a notorious sign of a non-native.
The other part of the narration that bugged me was when she does Samantha's dad. She always has him laughing in a way that sounds like he's choking on food.
This is the first time I've written an Audible review, and I'm not trying to be mean or overly critical. Hopefully this review will be taken, if ever read by Betty Bobbit, as constructive criticism. Before recording, look up the pronunciations of local words.... especially if the main character is a native. None of this would have been relevant if Samantha had relocated from Perth, but she didn't.
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- Brad Miller
- 09-07-16
Poor choice in reader
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I struggled thru the book. My 1st audible and did not like the voice performance. I did not find the voice overs convincing that this was Portland.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
A time capsule of Portland in the early 2000's.
What didn’t you like about Betty Bobbitt’s performance?
I live in Portland. The reader had an East Coast Accent, could not pronounce the names of neighborhoods, sounded strongly "affected" -- sometimes East Coat accent, sometimes a little British Accent. Not at all Portland, Oregon sounding.
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- KatrinaD
- 05-08-19
Samantha Kincaid: a promising ADA in Portland n
After following the adventures of Detective Elle Hatcher, I am intrigued and enchanted by Sam Kincaid who works for tand is promoted to Major Crimes
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- Cathleen
- 02-15-18
production is very poor.
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
No. Production is bad
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Too detailed, Character development is somewhat interesting
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Betty Bobbitt?
Don't know. But not Betty Bobbitt. She keeps smacking her lips to begin or end a sentence.
Could you see Missing Justice being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
No. Main character not that interesting
Any additional comments?
The actual production is purely produced.
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- W. L. Mckay
- 04-10-23
This narrator is terrible
This book takes place in Oregon in the US. If the narrator can’t manage an American accent and use American pronunciation it ruins the book. No American says the word condom like Brits and Aussies. It is not con-dom, we say condum. And so many other words. Just get a narrator from the US.
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