Viable Hostage

Emerald City Thriller

By: Audrey J. Cole

Narrated by: Marcio Catalano, Veronica Pace

Malorie’s best friend is missing, but no one seems concerned about the wayward medical student's mysterious disappearance - until another student's partial remains wash ashore a Seattle beach....

When Malorie witnesses her best friend and roommate leave a campus bar with a mystery date driving a silver Mercedes, she suspects foul play, especially when Lani fails to return home the next day. Both women, med students in their final year at Elliott Bay University, have a lot riding on the line, but due to Lani’s wild past, no one in her family is worried. When Malorie’s fears for her roommate deepen, she turns to her Uncle Wade, a sergeant at Seattle Homicide.

Within 48 hours after Lani goes missing, the partial remains of a brutally murdered young woman wash up on Alki Beach, and a human hand is found in a crab pot off Bainbridge Island. When one of the bodies is identified as a pregnant, fourth-year medical student, Wade believes there’s a connection with Lani’s disappearance. And, that they might be looking for a serial killer.

Malorie suspects Lani’s kidnapper is someone they know, possibly even one of their professors at the university, a prominent Seattle anesthesiologist whose wife is the president of EBU. But when Detective Blake Stephenson discovers evidence that links another suspect to the professor’s Mercedes, he and Wade must act fast to attempt a wild rescue in the middle of Puget Sound.

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Highly recommend

Story line had me guesting right at the start.

The narrators were good using different voices for each character.

Highly recommend this suspenseful thriller.

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Excellent addition to the series!

This is the fourth book in the Emerald City Thriller series. Malorie's story is suspenseful, filled with mystery, danger, and twists and turns. The storyline is intricate, and captivating. Impossible to stop listening. Marcio Catalano and Veronica Pace did an amazing job with the narration. I enjoyed it! Looking forward to listening to Fatal Deception, the next book in the series.

Excellent

Once I started listening I couldn't stop. I stayed up all night so I could finish it. Very moving, emotionally charged story.

Both narrators did a wonderful job.

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Great Thriller! Great Narration!

Viable Hostage by Audrey J. Cole pulled me in immediately. Medical thrillers have always appealed to me, and this one is fantastic. The author wrote characters that are compelling, unexpected twists and several red herrings. Both narrators, Marcio Catalano and Veronica Pace were perfectly cast for this book. They add the right emotions to this listen and really bring the characters to life.

Barnacles and babies

This book has intrigue and love and trickery. It also has a lot of fantasy that could be true. Cruelty and greed come kill and grieve.But when you start listening to it you’ve got to stay with it to get to those sweet babies.