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Captivated

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
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Publisher's summary

A new story from the best-selling and award-winning master of suspense, introducing Colter Shaw.

Colter Shaw is a career "reward-seeker", making his living traveling the country and locating missing persons, collecting reward money in return. So it is not unusual when a wealthy entrepreneur hires him to track down his wife, an enigmatic artist who vanished one month before.

As Shaw begins to investigate, he suspects that she was fleeing a bad marriage, and he follows her trail to an artists' retreat in Indiana. The case takes one surprising turn after another, and soon, Shaw begins to wonder if this mysterious woman is more of a captor than a captive.

©2019 Jeffrey Deaver (P)2019 Penguin Audio
About the Creator- Jeffery Deaver

About the Creator

Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His books are sold in 150 countries and have been translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark, and Walter Mosley.
The author of 43 novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller, The Broken Window, and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. The Garden of Beasts won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by the MWA.
Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy
Deaver's most recent works are Hunting Time, a Colter Shaw novel, and The Broken Doll, a four-story collection from Amazon Original Stories. His Shaw novel, The Never Game, will be a CBS Prime-time series later this year.

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Captivating story!

Deaver never disappoints! Kept me guessing till the very end. Kaleo Griffith is an awesome narrator.

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Captivated

I enjoyed the understanding that Shaw had about the others in this story. He was never out of control. I love good short story. And this one didn’t disappoint.

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Superb and efficient tale!

Truly interesting and fresh. The master of surprises, JD gives a Midwestern breath of intrigue to these normally sleepy communities. I'm fast becoming a committed fan!

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great new series!

long time fan of the Rhyme series. this will kick off a new addiction. getting ready to start the novel now!

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Deaver sure knows how to twist a plot!

Shaw goes after the reward for finding a man's artist wife. He finds her pretty fast and things are not as they seem--twice!

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Wish it was longer

This is a good story but wish it had been fully fleshed out. Still a very good read (listen).

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A Colter Shaw Short Story

As a novel reader I felt the abrupt leaps of this story as disjointed. But I do like Colter Shaw. So I listened.

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Fair mystery story

This is a mystery story that is ok but just too meandering for me. I know we need a back story but this one jumps from past to future and back to the present too many times. Like I said, it is a mystery but it doesn’t flow very well.

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Loved it

I really enjoyed this short story. I will definitely order the next Shaw series full sized book. If it’s as good as Captivated, it’ll be great. The storyteller has a great voice, great pure entertainment.

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Wow

I’m never bored when I listen to his short stories ♥️ Mr. Deaver never disappoints. Thank You.

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