Vanished

Callahan & McLane, Book 1

By: Kendra Elliot

Narrated by: Nick Podehl, Amy McFadden

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot.

When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI doesn’t waste a moment, sending agents to scour the area and embedding Special Agent Ava McLane with the distraught family. In the eye of the storm is local detective Mason Callahan, whose life is crumbling to pieces - he’s related to the victim, and his longtime confidential informant has just been murdered.

Both he and Agent McLane hole up in the victim’s family home. Every second counts in a kidnapping case, and the stakes keep rising the longer the girl is missing. As Ava and Mason struggle to hold the family together in their darkest hour, the two investigators find themselves drawn to each other.

2015 Overall Daphne du Maurier Award Winner

©2014 Kendra Elliot (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Interesting Read

Not a single dull moment. The plot, even though it was a little predictable, was good and built up to a peak.

Very good read.

This is the first time I have read anything by this author. I intend to read more of her books.

great book, bad reader

I adore Kendra Elliot's books, but the female narrator on this one drive me up the wall! she sounds like an old fashioned school marm, almost like she was trying to use a sophisticated snooty tone. thank God the story line was good! I have the performance two stars because the male narrator did great! *update* finished the book and while the story was great the narrator did NOT grow on me. She just got worse!

Great book

This was my first listen of Kendra Elliot & I was impressed with the story & performance. I had to make myself stop listening at 3AM & get some sleep. I'm ready for another Kendra Elliot!

Narration distracting

The story line was pretty good though predictable after a while.
The female narrator was melodramatic much of the time. The male narrator better until the end.
Meh!

Kidnapping, law enforcement, good performance

I enjoyed the law enforcement and other characters in this book. The story involves kidnappings, murder, false accusations, complex family dynamics, and twists. It was a bit slow moving in a few parts but very entertaining. The performance is good.

Annoying narration.

I am not done with this book but am finding myself so annoyed I just have to vent. I think I like the story but the narration is so distracting I can't be sure. Why, why, why is a woman narrating every other chapter? This isn't "Gone Girl", it doesn't lend itself to two narrators. The male narrator is fine but just as I'm settling into the story this perky, high pitched voice butts in. I hope I get used to the woman's voice because I have bought two books in this series. Sometimes it seems audio books are simply trying too hard.

This book did not encourage me to read more from this author.

I generally shy away from reading books written by women because so many give me too much information about sexual encounters from the female perspective, which is more than uncomfortable to listen to. Unfortunately many male authors seems to be trying to spice their novels up in similar ways, usually in slightly less disturbing ways. Also novels written by women often seem to contain too much emotion, sometimes, as in this book thanks to the narrator, bordering on hysteria. A female voice speaking hysterically makes me want to cringe. I will never again knowingly listen to an audiobook read by this narrator for that reason. I detest romance novels and this is a mystery romance novel. Women may like it. Who knows? Other than these criticisms, it wasn't a bad novel.

I have mixed emotions on this book.

Good story, but not the best. I think the story could have done without the sex scene. Both narrators were good with the story-telling, but I did not care for their portrayals of the opposite sex. Their voices both bothered me at those times.

Story Great, Narration Not Great

This could have been a ten because both narrator's are very good and the story was excellent. The PROBLEM is that the narrator's switched back and forth between chapters which is extremely irritating. If they had only split the book between the male and female characters it would have rocked! I know it's more difficult to do it that way, but I would have gladly paid the price.