The Search

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

A canine Search and Rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in this riveting #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts.

To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life - a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school and a challenging volunteer job performing Canine Search and Rescue. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare: an encounter with the Red Scarf Killer, who shot and killed Fiona’s cop fiancé and his K-9 partner.

On Orcas Island, Fiona has found the peace and solitude necessary to rebuild her life with her three loyal Labs. But all that changes on the day intensely private wood artist Simon Doyle barrels up her drive with an out-of-control puppy, desperate for her help.

As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into Fiona’s life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped out of his hands...

©2010 by Nora Roberts. (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"[T]he romance is finely done, with Roberts's trademark banter lighting up the page. Fiona and Simon are the main attraction, but the setting and the supporting characters - with paws and without - provide a vivid backdrop." (Publishers Weekly)

“Search-and-rescue dogs are a focal point of this wonderful tale of love and adventure. Roberts has a marvelous ability to blend in the perfect amounts of character drama, realistic romance and chilling suspense. The result - an unputdownable read! Roberts again proves why her name is synonymous with excellence.” (RT Book Reviews)

“Strong romantic suspense.... The serial killer subplot is not new, as the copycat has been done before, but Nora Roberts makes it seem fresh with her incredible writing skill as she uses the Search and Rescue canines as key elements in the exciting story line. Readers will enjoy Ms. Roberts’ entertaining Puget Sound thriller.” (Midwest Book Review)

Great Narrator

I've listened to Tanya Eby before, and I like her. But I think that her reading of this book really increased my enjoyment of the story over all. I like Nora Roberts as a general rule, but sometimes her books can get predictable, especially if you've read more than a handful! But, Tanya Eby's reading really made the characters for me. I could really picture them in my head because she made them each so individual.

The story itself was good, and the characters pretty well fleshed out. Also, I'm a sucker for the reluctant hero, so Simon was my favorite character. :) The dogs were adorable, too, and pretty fleshed out characters themselves.

Overall an enjoyable story, but more so an excellent listen!

Great story just hard to get into the narrator

I enjoyed the story & the narrator wasn’t awful … I just couldn’t handle the inflections in her voice when speaking as the characters

Excellent

Nora Roberts is an author I’ve sampled sparingly, but each book I’ve read or heard has been excellent; this is my favorite so far. Of course, any book with dogs is a hit!
As for Tanya Eby, the first time I listened to a book she narrated, I thought her voice was just odd. But, she’s knocked down all my walls and become one of my faves! She outdid herself on this one.

Good read

I really enjoyed this book. Humor runs through it. Male character is a much different in likable-likable character. Well worth the listening.

The search

Awesome story! Enjoyed the book. Really enjoyed Nora’s books but this was really interesting with the dog stuff.

Great story bad narration

I found the story to be very good. It was interesting and well written. The characters were believable, and the story moved along well. The narration, however, was not good. The singsong voice of the narrator became irritating very quickly.

Training dogs

Very enjoyable story with lots of information on how to train pups-dogs. Nora Roberts never lets you down, Her books are so informative.

Loved this book

Was exciting, thrilling, a thriller the story was great and I learned about being patient and about dogs

Fantastic!

This was a great book and the narration was excellent.
This is another great book by Nora Roberts

Story

I love the detail about Dog training. It made me a better dog owner. I listen to it twice.