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Shari Lapena
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A perfect holiday gift.
Shari Lapena’s new thriller, An Unwanted Guest, is available now!
“Smart and suspenseful... you'll never see the ending coming.” (PureWow)
In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a twisty story that never stops - from the best-selling author of The Couple Next Door
He looks at her, concerned. “How do you feel?” She wants to say, Terrified. Instead, she says, with a faint smile, “Glad to be home.”
Karen and Tom Krupp are happy - they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished - her car’s gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse - complete with phone and ID - behind.There's a knock on the door - the police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town.The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes.
Still, she’s mostly okay - except that she can’t remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good. Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something’s been moved. Something’s not quite right. Someone’s been in her house. And the police won't stop asking questions.
Because in this house, everyone’s a stranger. Everyone has something they’d rather keep hidden. Something they might even kill to keep quiet.
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An Unwanted Guest
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,302
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,036
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,032
It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing—maybe even romantic—weekend away. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity—and all contact with the outside world—the guests settle in and try to make the best of it. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead—it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something—or someone—is picking off the guests one by one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lapena Does It Again!
- By tarafarah7: Tara Brown on 08-08-18
By: Shari Lapena
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The End of Her
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,697
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,513
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,503
Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. The babies are a handful, but even as Stephanie struggles with the disorientation of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she's sure of: She has all she ever wanted. Then Erica, a woman from Patrick's past, appears and makes a disturbing accusation. Patrick had always said his first wife's death was an accident, but now Erica claims it was murder. Patrick insists he's innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt. Still, Erica knows things about Patrick.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The End Couldn't Come Soon Enough
- By Anonymous User on 08-10-20
By: Shari Lapena
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Someone We Know
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,213
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,850
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,847
"This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much.... My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses - and into the owners' computers as well - learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring story, assault of toddler. Leave out the sex details.
- By None on 08-05-19
By: Shari Lapena
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Things Go Flying
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Robin Wilcock
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 5
Harold Walker, desperately average, is in the throes of a mid-life depression. His wife Audrey clings to an illusory sense of control—over their home, their teenaged sons, Dylan and John, and her own explosive secret. The death of a long-estranged friend triggers a series of perturbing events that catapults Harold out of his La-Z-Boy and throws the household into chaos. Things go flying when the dead begin communicating with Harold, leaving Audrey's secret vulnerable to exposure, and Harold more confused than ever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Shari, stick with mysteries please!
- By Susan Sherman on 10-31-24
By: Shari Lapena
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She Didn't See It Coming
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple. Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden–working from home that day–has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall. Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.
By: Shari Lapena
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Everyone Here Is Lying
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,328
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,244
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,244
Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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boring and repetitive
- By SB on 07-27-23
By: Shari Lapena
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What Have You Done?
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Jorjeana Marie, Barrett Leddy
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,065
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,023
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,023
The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked. But Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer. How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The plot
- By Avid series reader on 08-10-24
By: Shari Lapena
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Not a Happy Family
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,823
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,341
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,328
Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Liked the story, didn't like narration
- By SB on 07-29-21
By: Shari Lapena
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The Couple Next Door
- A Novel
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20,461
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,240
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18,198
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Plot twist overload
- By RueRue on 10-12-16
By: Shari Lapena
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Happiness Economics
- By: Shari Lapena
- Narrated by: Robin Wilcock
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Will Thorne is a stalled poet, married to Judy, a wildly successful celebrity economist. Pressured by a starving fellow poet, Will establishes The Poets' Preservation Society, a genteel organization to help poets in need. But when Will meets his muse, the enigmatic and athletic Lily White, he becomes inspired not only to write, but to take guerrilla action in support of poets everywhere. Poetry meets parkour and culture clashes with commerce in this hilarious look at how we measure the value of art.
By: Shari Lapena
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The Stranger in Her House
- By: John Marrs
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden, Soneela Nankani, Steve West
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 953
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 912
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Story4 out of 5 stars 912
Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He’s a little too kind, a little too involved…Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of Twists
- By April K. on 03-01-24
By: John Marrs
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Every Last Lie
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Carly Robins, Graham Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,242
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,154
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,150
Clara Solberg's world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident - until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon. Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick's death was far more than just an accident, Clara is plunged into a desperate hunt for the truth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By 6catz on 06-28-17
By: Mary Kubica
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The Breakdown
- By: B. A. Paris
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,396
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8,384
Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside - the woman who was killed. She's been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It's a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she'd broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she'd stopped.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BUY BUY BUY! Read review NO SPOILERS
- By Very disappointed on 07-24-17
By: B. A. Paris
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The Wife Upstairs
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Hawkins
- Narrated by: Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,287
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,852
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,854
Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates—a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name. But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ugh🤦🏻♀️
- By Julian Flores on 01-06-21
By: Rachel Hawkins
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Death in the Family
- Shana Merchant Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Tessa Wegert
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she's taken a job in her fiance's sleepy hometown in Upstate New York. But as a nor'easter bears down, Shana and fellow investigator Tim Wellington receive a call about a man missing on a private island. Trapped on the island by the raging storm with only Tim, the increasingly restless suspects, and her own trauma-fueled flashbacks for company, Shana will have to trust the one person her abduction destroyed her faith in - herself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vivid Descriptions & Compelling Characters
- By Caroline on 10-21-24
By: Tessa Wegert
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When the Lights Go Out
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Jayme Mattler
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 682
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 626
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 625
Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she’s ever known. Meanwhile, 20 years earlier and 250 miles away, another woman’s split-second decision may hold the key to Jessie’s secret past. Has Jessie’s whole life been a lie, or have her delusions gotten the best of her?
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1 out of 5 stars
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You have GOT to be kidding me!!!!????
- By Christalpistol on 11-25-18
By: Mary Kubica
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Pretty Baby
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Jorjeana Marie, Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 49
Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit, takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal—or worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home. Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow, but as clues into Willow's past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger.
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1 out of 5 stars
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THIS BOOK WAS RELEASED ORIGINALLY IN 2015!!!
- By JKA on 07-17-24
By: Mary Kubica
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Don't You Cry
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,901
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,604
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2,594
In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to "My Dearest" is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate, Quinn Collins, to wonder where Esther is and whether or not she's the person Quinn thought she knew....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, original, and kept me guessing
- By Kathleen on 06-01-16
By: Mary Kubica
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- cindy ramon
- 12-18-17
Predictable
Right from the beginning of this who-donit you know who did it! There's no big shocker ending or much guessing. It's entertaining and the narrator does a good job, but the story line is boring. It's like Gone Girl gone wrong!
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- Genes
- 03-05-19
Excellent book
This was a great find. The story is well written and the narration was excellent. Many twists and turns in this suspenseful story. I was hooked from the beginning and couldn’t wait to finish listening.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-04-17
Unpredictable
loved this book. a little slow in the beginning, but we'll worth staying with. Just when you think you have it figured out the plot changes. A great find.
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- Michael Copeland
- 01-07-21
Excellent
this was the first time I've ever read any book by this author but it will not be the last she has an ability to keep you guessing throughout the entire book all the way to the very end if you read this book just be prepared for a wild ride
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- Han Moreno
- 09-19-17
One of the best mystery/suspense for 2017
Every chapter got me hook-up and could not put this listening down. The suspense was so tense. I am happy I was recommended by this and glad I took the liberty to listen from this audible book. Definitely would recommend other to take their time to listen to this.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 01-12-18
A Stranger In The House
I enjoyed the book. t held my attention. Liked the twists. Looking forward to reading another book by this author.
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- Marcia Joi
- 08-10-19
Excellent Read
This is the second book I've listened to from this author and she has such an amazing ability to tell a story that keeps you guessing until the absolute very end! 5 stars all around! The narrator is great as well.
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- bmartinez
- 02-21-21
Forcefully leads you
Forces you down a predictable path so much so that you immediately (and correctly) suspect it can’t be that simple.
I enjoy Shari Lapena normally, glad this wasn’t my first experience with her work. I’ll continue reading her work in the future, but won’t recommend this to others.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-19-21
love the author
a light fun listen
somewhat predictable, but engaging still. working my way through this author's book, love her style and characters
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- Polymath.Tim
- 01-02-23
Good Narration
This book was very well narrated. I could tell when it was someone else talking and the voice was not cringy for the male parts. Book started out kind of slow, but picked up pace after a couple chapters.
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