Vanishing Girls

Detective Josie Quinn

De: Lisa Regan

Narrado por: Eilidh Beaton

She was close enough to see that the girl had written a word on the wall in bright, warm red blood. Not a word, actually. A name...

Everyone in the small town of Denton is searching for Isabelle Coleman, a missing 17-year-old girl. All they've found so far is her phone and another girl they didn't even know was missing.

Mute and completely unresponsive to the world around her, it's clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair. All Detective Josie Quinn can get from her is a name: Ramona.

Currently suspended from the force for misconduct, Josie takes matters into her own hands as the name leads her to evidence linking the two girls. She knows the race is on to find Isabelle alive, and she fears there may be others....

The trail leads Josie to another victim, a girl who escaped but whose case was labelled a hoax by authorities. To catch this monster, Josie must confront her own nightmares and follow her instinct to the darkest of places. But can she make it out alive?

Fans of Angela Marsons, Helen Fields, and Robert Dugoni will be utterly gripped and listening long into the night once they discover the first in this unputdownable new crime thriller series.

©2018 Lisa Regan (P)2018 Bookouture

Why this narrator??!

I actually listened to the second book in this series first. This author is new to me, and I like her books so far. However, I’m not sure I can continue to listen to them. This narrator is one of the worst ones I’ve heard, and I’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks. I’m guessing she’s from another country, judging by the way she mispronounces so many words. For example, the state of Maryland was pronounced Mary-land. Estrogen was east-rogen. Record, as in “for the record” was Rec-CORD. Ugh! Those are just a few examples. I almost can’t stand to listen to her! And the way she talks makes the characters come off as very aggressive. I’ve found myself cringing multiple times while listening to her narrate. It looks like I may be reading the other books in this series. So best of luck to those who decide to listen to this story or any other in this series.

loved this book

I loved this book. The story was great. but the Narrator... not so much....

The Narrator!

I honestly don't know how this narrator is chosen to read books! She has a Canadian accent, which is fine, but not for narrating books set in the States. She also seems to have difficulty pronouncing words correctly, and she's very awkward when switching characters.

Kept me guessing till then end...

This book was driving me crazy. Not because it was a badly written, but because I absolutely could not figure out what was going on with the treatment of the main character Josie Quinn. Well worth listening. I'm definitely going to get the next book in this series.

Accent/pronunciation was very distracting

When listening to a book that is supposed to take place in Pennsylvania, I expect the narrator to be American, or at least be able to preform in a believable American accent. I found the way she spoke, the accent that she spoke in, and the mispronunciations of so many words incredible distracting. I wish I had read other reviews instead of relying on just the star rating alone. I really did enjoy this story, and that was the only thing that kept me listening. I will not however purchase another one in this series as an audio book. I will stick with reading it.

The narration is so horrible

I finally fought through my annoyance to listen to the story. the story is quite good but I can't stand the narrator. Accents are all over the place, cadence is weird, grossly over dramatized in places, truly unpleasant to listen to. This is really disappointing as I like this author and her other narrators are quite good.

Great

I couldn't stop listening it is so good. Best book I've read in a while.

Gripping story line.

I found the storyline gripping. I listen to audible in my car on my 3 hour work commute but I was so into the story I listened at home too! Josie is a tough but enticing character.

I find the narrater’s pronunciation of some words difficult to determine the word but once I put them in context, I understood what she was reading/saying. At first I thought maybe she was pronouncing words like they might in the area that the story is set, but in listening discovered that the geographical area is actually where I live so that wasn’t it! I enjoyed the book enough to overlook that and look forward to book 2 in the series.

Narrator not great

The story is good. If I had read this, instead of listening to it, I would probably have enjoyed it better.
Narrator made it hard to stick with the story.
However, the story was catchy enough, it kept my interest, and I stuck with it.

Good story, awful narration.

Good start to a series.
The narrator is awful. Truly awful. So many mistakes and mispronunciations. Ugh.