Girl in Trouble

Alex Mercer Thrillers, Book 1

By: Stacy Claflin

Narrated by: Rachel Dulude

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

He gave up his daughter years ago, but now he'll risk his life to save hers.

Alex Mercer is no stranger to kidnappings. The emotional scars still run deep from his sister's disappearance years earlier. His daughter Ariana remains safe long after her adoption, and he cherishes the few times a year he gets to see her. The joy is palpable when he takes her on their first one-on-one outing. At least until he pauses to answer a text and Ariana disappears....

Wracked with guilt and determined to find answers, Alex teams up with an unlikely ally at the police department. As the clues reveal a pattern of missing girls, the kidnapping case becomes a race against time to save Ariana. What cost is Alex willing to pay to keep his daughter alive?

©2017 Stacy Claflin (P)2018 Tantor

Looking forward to the next in this new series...

I enjoyed this book. The this is another new author for me.
When I read the summary I was a little confused. The summary states that the protagonist (Alex Mercer) gave his daughter up for adoption but gives no reason why. It also doesn't say that he does have contact with her. Nor does it give either of their ages. From the summary I made the assumption (never ass-u-me) that their ages were like teenager and 40 or somewhere in there.
So, it turns out that Alex is 25 years and his daughter is 11 and has been adopted by the bio mom's parents. Alex pretty much leaves her alone with her "family" and only sees her three times a year. When she gets kidnapped while out with him for the first time it becomes a race to save her from a serial killer whose been at killing children for over three decades.
I really enjoyed this book. Alex has just enough immaturity/maturity for a 25 year old to make the character believable.
Rachel Dulude does an outstanding job narrating.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book.
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Marvelous suspense mystery!

Author Stacy Claflin is already well known for her very successful paranormal and romance novels (my two least favorite fiction genres). With the Alex Mercer series she brings her talents to suspense mystery/thrillers, my favorite genre. Girl in Trouble is an outstanding fast-paced novel with a complex and very credible plot and vivid characters. It is a 5 star winner about the kidnapping of an 11 year old girl by a serial killer. Book 2 in the series is already available and Book 3 will be released later this month. Rachel Dulude's narration is stellar. I really enjoyed this novel.

Thanks once again to Audible listener Shelley for her wonderful reviews. I would have never considered a Stacy Claflin novel without her positive review.

Great unexpected twists,.

Reminds me of great Mary Higgins Clark books full of unexpected twists that leaves you guessing what's going on

Meh

Long. Predictable. I question the entire force and the FBI's capabilities that not one came up with the possibility of what happened when my very first question was this possibility after the suspect had his supposed rock solid alibi. The book also leaves several unanswered questions opened that are frustrating.

Not recommended. Too many other good stories are available.
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5 stars!!

What a surprise! It's an emotional roller coaster and scary because it could happen to anyone in no moment you don't feel what the characters are feeling

Looking forward to get other books by Stacy Clafling

Well...

Won't be listening to the others in the series. Read the reviews first and got it anyway (was free) but won't be paying for the rest for sure. I agree that it runs long and the characters seem very immature. Didn't care for the narration. Some like it, some don't.

Once again, a woman

Narrating the men’s voices just. Doesn’t. Work. And neither does the juvenile writing or unusually stupid plot. Couldn’t finish it.

Typical and boring.

As you listen, you know the characters because they are generic and figure out the plot and ending.

I just can't listen to any more of this

I started listening because I finished another book that was narrated by the same person and she did a great job narrating that one but this story....I feel like I'm listening to something that was written by a fourth grader. It's that bad! The characters, plot, dialogue and narration are just horrible.

Terrible narration

It was really hard to get through the narration. Very childish and nasally. There were no likable characters in the story and I find it quite unbelievable that the parents of a kidnapped child would causally drink at a bar or shower and nap. Would not recommend this book.