Dreadful

By: Jana DeLeon

Narrated by: Julie McKay

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The moon peers out from behind the dark clouds, but deep within the swamp, even the tiniest sliver is like a beacon in the pitch black. The path is barely discernable, but she knows the way.

She steps up to the edge of the water and stares at the silver locket in her hand, a picture of two girls inside. One is her. The other…

Is waiting.

She begins to sing, and the winds pick up her tune. The water stirs, and from the center of the angry current, the young woman emerges. Her haunting voice carries over the water.

“Find me. I’m all alone.”

Jenny Taylor bolts up in bed, her screams echoing throughout her bedroom. She falls back on the pillow, sobbing. She knows what she has to do. The dreams are too intense. Too frequent.

It’s time to find Caitlyn.

©2018 Jana DeLeon (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

INCREDIBLE story with TERRIBLE Narrator

What an INCREDIBLE story... the author has done it again! I laughed, I cried & enjoyed every word! Except for the HORRIBLE narration! I just don’t understand how the author, born & raised in LA, can turn her novels (really her babies) over to be completely butchered by the narrator. Anybody that thinks she does a good job isn’t from LA. Her pronunciation of New Orleans is bad enough but every time she said Leblanc, I felt like somebody was raking their fingernails across a blackboard! She pronounced Leblanc with a hard C & the C is supposed to be silent! I was ready to throw my device across the room! Mrs DeLeon... your Shaye Archer series is WAY too good to not have a narrator that’ll tell the stories as correctly & as richly as they deserve to be told!

Pronunciation is hard to listen to

The narrator’s pronunciation of some words is almost unbearable.
Mainly the city New Orleans.
I cringed every time.
Besides that, good narration.
Love the story and the series.

Loved it

I’ve listened to every single book in this series several times. I enjoyed every story. Great writing and narrator. All of Jana’s books are great

#1 Detective series-Shaye Archer

Shaye Archer has been through so much ---and still going---helping others. This is one of the most original detective series out there. Never fails to amaze me. Jana Deleon, this is your serious side, and what a great side it is. Thank you for them all.

Julie McKay's narrations personifies this series.

Each Book Better Than The Last

I started this series after reading another DeLeon book that was light hearted and comical. This series is nothing like that.

I have read a number of mystery series with female characters that somehow stumbled into murders and solved them through pure nosiness.

This series is far from that. The main character is a private detective who takes cases involving murder. These stories rival Grisham and Patterson and other more famous authors. The plots are intricate with surprising twists at the end, especially 3 and 4. A huge plus for me is they are G rated.

I can’t wait to start the next one and will start another of her series after finishing this one.

Enjoyable story and better narration this time.

I enjoyed this book. I did miss some of the other characters in this book though.

Another crazy person murder mystery. Jana DeLeon does have an imagination. I couldn't figure this one out until close to the end. I had some guessing moments for sure but there were some twists and turns that had me rethinking it. So that is a good thing.

I love this writing style, the books are basically full of dialogue. which is fantastic, and NOT written in the first person so it makes them even better.

I have enjoyed all the books in this series so far. Read them in order. They are not cliffhangers, but there is back story that pops up now and then.

As for the narration, this narration was better than the previous narrations even though its the same narrator. She seemed to ease up on the panic reading emotions for every character. So YAY for that! And thank you!

Nice and twisty!

This was a great addition to the series. I predicted some things but couldn’t ever have guessed all the twists!

Great Story

The plot was well developed though a few short cuts on facts were taken to fit the story. Kept my interest till the end and I did not see the ending coming.
The narrator was terrible. All the women’s voices sounded shaky and trembling all the time. Not the men, just the women. Very annoying.
I will listen to more books in the series but hope they changed the narrator.

Terrific!!

Jana DeLeon is one of the most talented currently active authors of fiction. There are 18 of her novels in my Audible library each of which earned a 5 star rating; I have loved every one! DREADFUL is Book 6 in the dark Shaye Archer detective series. The Shaye Archer series is very different from her older, but still active, light and fun Miss Fortune detective series which could be classified as comedy.

DREADFUL has two plot lines. The lesser one is the kidnapping of a girl being handled by the police and the FBI. The big case which Shaye is working after being hired by the identical twin sister of the victim is a six year old cold case. The suspects with apparent motives are several until they are all killed one by one by some unknown person. The huge plot twist at the end reveals the killer that no one suspected.

The books in the Shaye Archer series are standalone but understanding the protagonist requires listening to Book 1 first.

Julie McKay does an outstanding job of narrating.

another great one

just sorry its over! will listen again for sure! As usual a great listen in the Archer series..
great characters ✔, great narrator ✔ great storyline ✔ ✔ ✔. Threw me for a loop! worth the credit & worth the wait!!