The Search

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

A canine Search and Rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in this riveting #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts.

To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life - a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school and a challenging volunteer job performing Canine Search and Rescue. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare: an encounter with the Red Scarf Killer, who shot and killed Fiona’s cop fiancé and his K-9 partner.

On Orcas Island, Fiona has found the peace and solitude necessary to rebuild her life with her three loyal Labs. But all that changes on the day intensely private wood artist Simon Doyle barrels up her drive with an out-of-control puppy, desperate for her help.

As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into Fiona’s life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped out of his hands...

©2010 by Nora Roberts. (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"[T]he romance is finely done, with Roberts's trademark banter lighting up the page. Fiona and Simon are the main attraction, but the setting and the supporting characters - with paws and without - provide a vivid backdrop." (Publishers Weekly)

“Search-and-rescue dogs are a focal point of this wonderful tale of love and adventure. Roberts has a marvelous ability to blend in the perfect amounts of character drama, realistic romance and chilling suspense. The result - an unputdownable read! Roberts again proves why her name is synonymous with excellence.” (RT Book Reviews)

“Strong romantic suspense.... The serial killer subplot is not new, as the copycat has been done before, but Nora Roberts makes it seem fresh with her incredible writing skill as she uses the Search and Rescue canines as key elements in the exciting story line. Readers will enjoy Ms. Roberts’ entertaining Puget Sound thriller.” (Midwest Book Review)

Nora doesn't like female journalists much

Both this and Shelter in place have a character that is a vain, narcissistic villain who gets it in the end from the serial killer. It's like Nora really despises female journalists or something.

This is a story you'll want to hear!

Story was so engaging and the info on the dogs was fantastic. Tanya Eby's performance was stellar! Only complaint - unnecessarily sexually explicit.

listenable story... pretty good.

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

yes, easy read.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

good

Any additional comments?

I am not a dog lover, but found it well written and interesting.

The Search

this was a very good book the way they brought you into one story and entertained you into another and tangled up a relationship through out the story was very engaging! Good read!!

Great story... Not my favorite narrator

Probably would've enjoyed it more if it had been a different narrator. Otherwise, it was enjoyable.

Enjoyed the story--dog lover

I did enjoy the story as I took a great interest in the rescue dog training and searches. I did like the dialogue between the two main characters as it was more realistic and not all lovey-dovey. I read The Witness and for those of you who might not be interested in the dog portion of this story, you probably would like that one--it was intense.

one of my favorites

really enjoyed this one. Eby was perfect for this story. I liked the charaters, they weren't perfect but they were good together.

Interesting, but difficult narration

3.5 stars-I liked the story. My trouble came with the narration.

Narrator
Tanya Eby-2stars-So much potential, but this narration didn't work. She has a pleasant regular voice. The problem comes when she does other voices. Also, there's a lot of stop/starts. The narration should be smooth, in my opinion. When it's not smooth, I end up distracted and falling out of the story. I was thinking more about how the narration really could use some help than what was happening with the story.

Great read. Very Suspenseful .

Hard to put down. The use of trained dogs for rescue and to search for villain added great interest for me. It was like you could see their faces and reach down and touch them yourself.

Anticlimatic

Narrator was good. The story was slow, never got that page turning feeling. I'm a longtime fan of Nora Roberts but this was not one of her better ones.