The Witness

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

In her stunning 200th novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts proves why no one is better when it comes to flawlessly fusing high-stakes suspense with red-hot romance" (Booklist, starred review).

Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive.

Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance security systems designer, her own protection is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. Unfortunately, that seems to be the quickest way to get attention in a tiny southern town.

The mystery of Abigail Lowery and her sharp mind, secretive nature and unromantic viewpoint intrigues local police chief Brooks Gleason, on both a personal and professional level. And while he suspects that Abigail needs protection from something, Gleason is accustomed to two-bit troublemakers, not the powerful and dangerous men who are about to have him in their sights.

And Abigail Lowery, who has built a life based on security and self-control, is at risk of losing both.

©2012 by Nora Roberts. (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

The witness

Immediately keeps your attention. A few chapters felt like there was a desire to keep the book a particular length, but overall great story.

A great story A***** 5 stars

I loved this story. a tough main character, a well thought out plot, great tension. good narration. could not put this aside. just try it. I listen to many. this is a ***** 5 star rsting

Good story, narrator waaaaaaay toooooo slooooow!!!!!

Good story but narrator was super slow. Finally got somewhat used to it but extremely annoying!
Male voices weren’t very good either!

Loved this story

Excellent story and I’d for sure read it again. I do wish it was more in first person but that’s just an opinion.

Awesome Story

I could stop listening and cried more than once!! Very good story and performance! I’m looking forward to listening to another Nora Roberts book!

Great

It was very well written and very easy to understand.


Liked this one very much

Great story, wonderfully told

I’m a Nora Roberts fan and this story did not disappoint! Engaging, interesting, and very realistic in terms of exploring characters in action and emotion. I loved it!

I sooooooo love Nora Roberts!!!

I have traveled the country with Nora - and every single time I download an audiobook, I rub my hands together and cannot wait to jump into the worlds she creates!

Her characters are fierce women who claim their womanhood in the context of the myriad of challenges they face; but as I too am a dreamer, the love the find and work with along they way fills my heart. Keep going Nora! I hope your creative brilliance takes you to new and even more fabulous heights for the next 50 years!!!

Well built characters, story and narrator

As with all romantic novels. The end is , They lived happily ever after. The narrative was good, even when the voices changed slightly from male to female. A few accents changed. All the characters were well explained, the story easy to follow. There was a 2nd story in the story that prompted the character to male her decision. I felt that story was also going to go somewhere, but ot didnt. I suppose we need to come up with our own ending. I have read quite a few books from Nora Roberts. They are always a feel good book. I am not going to go into what the books is about as the summary tells all needed. I like that I am able to laugh out loud and comment as if the reader was sitting next to me. On to the next

Amazing story

I really enjoyed this book. The story line made it hard to stop listening to! The love story was my favorite, funny at times and fun listening to Abbigail come out of her shell and open up.