In the Barren Ground

By: Loreth Anne White

Narrated by: Cara Gee

In the Barrens, a vast wilderness in northern Canada bordering the Arctic Circle, night consumes every hour of the winter. Humans are scarce; ferocious predators roam freely. Locals say spirits do, too.

Rookie cop Tana Larsson doesn't mind the dark and quiet. Five months pregnant and hoping to escape the mistakes of her past, she takes a post in Twin Rivers, population 320. Maybe here she can find peace and community for her child.

But with her superior out of commission, Tana becomes the sole police officer in 17,500 square miles. One bitter night, she gets a call about the fatal wolf mauling of two students, and the only way to reach the remote scene is to enlist the help of the arrogant, irritatingly handsome Cameron "Crash" O'Halloran, a local bush pilot with a shady reputation for smuggling and a past cloaked in shadow.

When the macabre scene they uncover suggests violence much more sinister than animal, Tana must trust Crash if she wants to protect the town - and herself - from the evil that lurks in the frozen dark.

©2016 Loreth Beswetherick (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Terrible narrator-too annoying to even listen

Maybe I should have read the book but I enjoy a good book with a good narrator- this fell far short of that. Could not finish, had to give up after a few chapters because the voice of the narrator just drove me crazy. Too many great books out there with talented narrators to listen to should a poor performance

Not much romance

This is a dark serial killer murder mystery with a little romance on the side. Good story. I just would not call it romantic suspense.

Good but not great

I thought that the reader was adequate. I found the story itself to be very slow and uninteresting until about halfway through at which point I must say that I really enjoyed it.

Excellent!

Great storyline! Very original and takes place in a world very few ever have a chance to even visit. I'll be looking for more books by this author!

Not bad, but..

Really getting tired of the popular format used by most writers, where the 2 main characters, one male, and one female have to have feelings for each order. The female character is strong, and independent but has something bad in her past, and is also sensitive and vulnerable, and the man is strong and fit, with angular features. Just give me a break! How about a dose of reality, she mai be plump, or has bad hair, he has a beer gut, and wears glasses. This was supposed to be a mystery/ thriller book, not a romance, why have the extra baggage that adds nothing to the main plot.