Absolute Fear

A Rick Bentz/Reuben Montoya Novel, Book 4

By: Lisa Jackson

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

For the past three months, Eve Renner has struggled to remember the night she was nearly killed and her lover was tried for murder. She remembers getting the anxious call from a friend from her past: "Meet me at the cabin. I've got evidence." She remembers seeing that friend lying in a pool of blood. And she remembers a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis's face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness. Now, her memory and emotions scarred, Eve has returned to New Orleans to forget the past. But the past will not be forgotten. Eve's shattered memory has helped Cole walk on murder charges just as a new series of killings begins.

The latest murders are bizarre and baffling. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. 212. 101. 111. 323. There is no clue to their meaning, no connection to the victims except one: Our Lady of Virtues Hospital, the crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness. For Eve, it was a second home as a child. Her father was a doctor there, and she spent hours exploring its secret chambers, hidden rooms, and forbidden passageways. Somewhere in its decaying rooms lies the key to a terrible crime, a betrayal beyond imagining whose echoes are now being felt with a vengeance—a crime that seems to lead to Eve herself. And the only man she can trust with the search is Cole, her former lover and, just possibly, a cold-blooded killer.

As forgotten memories begin to surface, bodies are found and each twist leads to another terrifying piece of the puzzle. Someone is watching, planning, luring her back to the ruins of Our Lady and the shocking truths hidden there—someone who has been waiting for this moment to strike. He is deadlier than she knows. For the sins of the past must be revealed, the crimes brought to justice, and the price paid—in blood.

Public Domain (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Good book. Can't wait to read next.

Great twisty plots. Sorta hard to keep up with whose who, but makes you want to read next.

great

good read. interesting plot. has some twists and turns. there wasn't too my side people. I could follow all the side stories.

Great storyline narrated superbly

I am no evangelical but I DO wish SOOO very MUCH that Jackson would stop spewing out of her characters’ mouths the names “Christ,” “Jesus,” and “God” as curses.

loved it

it was awesome and I super love all her books and can't wait to hear the next book after this

How I came across your book......PURE LUCK!!!!!!!

You have a great imagination WOW!!! I could not book your book down! I finished reading your book in 2 days!!!

Love L.L.M. and J.B. together.

Love this series. The narration was great. I recommended these books to all my family and friends.

Quite exciting

This was quite an exciting thriller with lots of action and murders happening everywhere. However I only rate this book as a three star for the following reasons:
- The story became quite convoluted and the relationships between people confusing
- you had to suspend your disbelief because it was a bit unreasonable
- I listen to audiobooks over speakers not headphones so I found the sexual part of the book quite annoying as I had to rush over and turn it down so that people didn't think I was listening to pornography and so that they weren't shocked. There wasn't all that much sex in it but the words used were pretty graphic.

Love the story line

Keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next. So ready to read the next one in the series.

My Thoughts

Great Great Great!
And Cole Dennis is Hot Hot 🔥🔥🔥
Loved the return of the Detectives and their loved ones. Was stunned when the connection between Eve the killer and everyone else came to light.
Woven together perfectly 😊😊😊

Family takes on a new meaning in this mystery.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

To mystery lovers this is satisfying. It's not the absolute best but it is a good read and listen.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

I kept an interest in the story as it has a few threads that merged and kept me interested in the next set of facts revealed. I wasn't quite able to put it all together which is not the usual case. Even with a good mystery I can usually figure out who the doer is.

Which character – as performed by Joyce Bean – was your favorite?

While I liked the main character, Eve, the cop's daughter was a very interesting character. She shook things up and annoyed people but proved to be a vital person to the story.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The descriptions of walking through the old mental hospital I found really creepy. Old mental hospitals get to me, I worked in one and it always made my skin crawl. Didn't keep that job forever, lol.

Any additional comments?

While this isn't literature 101 it is very entertaining. So much so that I will buy other books by this author.