• Presumed Dead

  • By: Mason Cross
  • Narrated by: Eric Meyers
  • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (921 ratings)

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Presumed Dead

By: Mason Cross
Narrated by: Eric Meyers
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THEN

Fifteen years ago, an unidentified killer terrorised northern Georgia, killing hikers with two shots from a pistol, before disposing of the bodies along the remote trails and in the rivers in the vicinity of Blood Mountain.

The killer was never brought to justice.

NOW

Carter Blake has returned home for the first time in many years. The visit stirs old memories, including a girl from school who vanished without a trace.

Blake runs into the mother of the girl, who mentions a case she's come across in Georgia, where someone is convinced their relative is still alive, fifteen years on.

Adeline Connor was the Blood Mountain Killer's last suspected victim. She vanished without a trace.

So why is her brother so convinced she's still alive?

©2018 Mason Cross (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Limited

Critic reviews

"Mason Cross is a fast-paced, high octane thriller writer." (Simon Kernick)
"One of the best new series characters since Jack Reacher." (Lisa Gardner)

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One of my FAVORITE series...

Mason Cross's Carter Blake series is one of my favorites. His books don't get any where near the attention they deserve. I didn't even know this had been published until I looked him up to see if he had anything in the wings yet to be released. Glad I looked!
Anyway, as with the previous books this one is fantastic and the narration by Eric Meyers is first class as well.
When Carter Blake goes to the town he lived for a while as a child, it's for the funeral of his foster mother. He didn't expect to run into an old acquaintance. She's in the business of helping to find missing people but she's no where near the skill level Blake is. She asks for help on a case of a woman (Adeline) whose been presumed dead for 15 years. Fifteen years ago there was a serial killer in the mountains of this isolated town. Her brother swears he saw her from a bus only weeks earlier, so he hires a private investigator. That man turns up murdered. The PI's witness is also murdered. Then people around town who might have information for Blake start being picked off.
There are so many suspects and the evidence points from one to the next. I thought I had it, then I thought I had it again but I was wrong again! That almost never happens to me!!
This book is so cleverly written. Blake is a very proficient and resourceful investigator and the story and his character kept me listening. And the ending... WOW!! Completely unexpected...
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!!!!
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Incredible plot twist at the end!

PRESUMED DEAD, Book 5 in the Carter Blake series by Mason Cross, is an easy 5 star crime suspense mystery/thriller. Author Mason Cross deserves much more attention. All 5 novels in the Carter Blake series are outstanding. This novel is a serial killer mystery covering 15 years set in northwest Georgia. The identification of the killer revealed at the end of the novel is a shocking surprise. Eric Meyers narrates this series superbly.

As I write this is see the average rating of Presumed Dead is 4.2 stars. The novel is actually much, much better than 4.2 stars.

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Didn't see it coming

This story kept me highly entertained and the ending with such a twist. I would recommend highly.

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Not the best of the series

I wanted to like this one but I just felt let down by the ending. It has too many layers of improbable occurrences that left me feeling cheated. I expected more. But l still enjoyed other aspects of the book and hope that there will another addition to this great series.

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Carter Blake

There’s only one thing I don’t like about Blake, not enough Blake! I love the seductive reasoning and self assuredness. Great character, great story and therefore a great author.

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Seems so real

The intricacies of the story set against some almost stock characters and an old story made chillingly new.

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Page turner!

the whole series is fantastic exactly what a thriller suspense crime novel should be. I will look for other books by this author. Thank you!

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I wish there were more!

Such a great book. Just when you think you have it figured out the story takes another hard turn. Great story. Great narration. Great series!

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Wow!

This was a great story! The twists are unbelievable! I hope the series doesn't end here. I truly enjoyed the narrator also.

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Good series

Enjoying the series from this author interesting twist in the end I like the character of Carter Blake

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