Omens

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Carine Montbertrand, Mozhan Marnò

Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kelley Armstrong begins her new series with Omens, featuring a compelling new heroine thrust into a decades-old murder case and the dark mysteries surrounding her strange new home.

Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor Jones has the perfect life. The only daughter of a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, she has an Ivy League education, pursues volunteerism and philanthropy, and is engaged to a handsome young tech firm CEO with political ambitions.

But Olivia’s world is shattered when she learns that she’s adopted. Her real parents? Todd and Pamela Larsen, notorious serial killers serving a life sentence. When the news brings a maelstrom of unwanted publicity to her adopted family and fiancé, Olivia decides to find out the truth about the Larsens.

Olivia ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, an old and cloistered community that takes a particular interest in both Olivia and her efforts to uncover her birth parents’ past.

Aided by her mother’s former lawyer, Gabriel Walsh, Olivia focuses on the Larsens’ last crime, the one her birth mother swears will prove their innocence. But as she and Gabriel start investigating the case, Olivia finds herself drawing on abilities that have remained hidden since her childhood, gifts that make her both a valuable addition to Cainsville and deeply vulnerable to unknown enemies. Because there are darker secrets behind her new home and powers lurking in the shadows that have their own plans for her.

©2013 Kelley Armstrong (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“One of the best new series debuts this year! With its compelling characters and completely original set up, Omens delivers a powerful combination of suspenseful thrills and supernatural chills. I can't wait to read more!” (New York Times best-selling author Lisa Gardner)

“Like the creepy, spooky town of Cainsville, Kelley Armstrong's Omens lured me in. I was too busy, way too busy for this book, which, through a series of surprises and sleights of hand, had me conspiring for ways to get back to the gripping story, the colorfully bizarre cast of characters, and the clever, strong, smart heroine at its center. Don't pick this book up if you have anything else to do. It will grab you by the collar and won't let you up for air until it's good and ready. And once you’re done, you won't soon forget it.” (New York Times best-selling author Lisa Unger)

“Cainsville might be a nice place to visit, but I'm too creeped out to live there. Luckily, Armstrong isn't, and her dispatches from this village filled with sinister secrets are going to be keeping her readers up well into the night.” (Number-one international best-selling author Linwood Barclay)

Holy crap!

I'm so addicted to this series already! Thank goodness I don't have to wait for sequels to be released.

No Resolution

I really enjoyed this story but I would have liked the author to tidy it up a bit at the end. I guess that is what happens with series though. I recommend it! It was fun.

Story Great, Narrator NOT!

I know others have already stated this, but if it makes a difference for the rest of the books, I'm adding my 2 cents.. The primary narrator is awful! The best description was that she sounds like one of the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz! She's got a lisp and an annoyingly nasal voice. The other narrator is awesome and not just compared to the primary one. She's got a great voice and does a great job. Please, please change the narrator!

multiple narrators

The story was great. too many narrators reading the same character and a large difference in age of reader makes it confusing at times.

keeps you listening

This book has some surprising twists keeping you listening. I will be listening to another book by this author. The narrator was very skilled

Decent

This book was decent. My only complaint is the mind control story line, which reminded me of "False Memory" by Dean Koontz, so not very original.

Pretty Good

The narrator upset me & ruined the story a bit when she had different voices for 24 year old Olivia. At times she sounded her age but mostlu sounded twice her age. Also when she went into long monologues the speed of her voice tripled & that was quite annoying. Overall the book was good, nice twists & amateur detective work.

great continuation of Olivias story

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one. this book added a lot of back story and character development while progressing smoothly in the story line.

Another riveting series from Kelley Armstrong.

Kelley Armstrong has yet again created a world that engulfs the reader. The first book in the Cainsville series has me hooked. The characters depth draws you in and leaves you wanting more.

Nice storytelling!

I really enjoyed reading this book. Off to an interesting start to the series. Enough mystery and clever plot turns to keep me reading for hours. Looking forward to read Visions next.