Still Missing

By: Chevy Stevens

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old Realtor, had three goals: sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she’s about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.

Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent captive in a remote mountain cabin — which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist — is a second narrative recounting the nightmare that follows her escape: her struggle to piece her shattered life back together, the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor, and the disturbing sense that things are far from over.

The truth doesn’t always set you free.

Still Missing is a shocking, visceral, brutal, and beautifully crafted debut novel about surviving the unsurvivable — and living to bear witness.

©2010 Chevy Stevens (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The intense plot alternates between Annie's creepy confinement, her escape, and her attempts to readjust to real life, from going to the bathroom when she wants to managing her own meals. Still, Annie knows that a large part of her soul is still missing. Her transformation from victim adds to the believability of the enthralling plot." ( Publishers Weekly)

Not that great

Not bad just not great. Missing plot lines and unanswered questions. Kinda annoyed that I wasted my time on it.

Jaw dropping

Loved this book. Kept me interested from start to finish! Still shaking my head at the result of how it transpires

Riveting !

Excellent book from the beginning to the end it keeps you engaged. The ending will blow your mind.

Holly crap

this book was brilliantly written and shocking I couldn't get enough of it. and the twist at the end blew me away.

You'll Love It!!!!!

What an excellent book! From the first page through the last, the book will hold you spellbound. Annie is kidnapped by a psychopath and this is her, her family's and the kidnapper's story. I felt as if I were actually listening in to her therapy sessions, in fact, I felt as if I were Annie, and it was/had actually happened to me! Very disturbing & thought provoking - I finished it about a week ago and have kept thinking about it since. The narrator did a SUPERB job of reading - another review states the reading was flat..... it was flat only when it NEEDED TO BE - to show Annie's mental state. I personally didn't notice overuse of profanity - again, only when it was needed. EXCELLENT, SUPERB - the best I've listened to! I'll be watching for another book from this wonderful author.

When is the next one?

I hope the author doesn't take long to send out another book! I couldn't stop listening! The 'sessions' is a great, unique way to tell this story.

Unexpected Powerful Account of Recovery

The saddest thing kept running through my mind as I listened to this story…this could be real. I’m sure no one would have to strain to recall a story of a missing woman suddenly returned or rescued months or even years after some horrific abduction and imprisonment. This is that story. And what life is like in the aftermath.

The story is very effectively told in first person in the form of sessions with a ‘voice-less’ psychiatrist. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good mystery and some horror. Well worth the credit or cash.

Spellbinding

I was held captive (no pun intended) from beginning to end. I had to keep telling myself it was a "story" the whole way through. A few things bothered me though. I can't imagine that a woman who had had this happen to her would go jogging alone all the time, and the ending just never quite rang true with me. Still and all, I listened to it twice back to back--gut wrenching story.

liked it more than I thought I would

I bought this on sale because it was a teeny bit longer than a long drive I had. I thought it would fill that crime writing "best seller at the airport that you'd never read any other time" niche I'd wanted to fill at the time. Boy howdy! I felt like a TERRIBLE PERSON for being so interested in this poor fictional woman's troubles but I couldn't stop listening! The format is really novel, the narrator really brings it all together and there were plot twists I didn't see coming at all several times. Perhaps that's because I'm not a big crime novel person, maybe if you're more into the genre you'll see it from a mile away. I don't know. I'm just going to say I liked it more than I thought I would.

Decent story.

Nothing special. But a good start for this writer. May give of listen to the follow up