The Things You Find in Rockpools

By: Gregg Dunnett

Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

When a tourist girl disappears on a vacation island - and the police investigation goes nowhere - 11-year-old local boy Billy Wheatley steps in to help.

He’s a little young to play detective, and he can’t tell anyone what he’s up to. But he's kind of a child prodigy, or at least, he thinks he is. Either way, he’s got a very good reason to want the police off his beach.

His style of investigation is unlike anything you’ve ever heard of before, but he gets results. Until the trail of clues leads uncomfortably close to home. Here, Billy begins to sense just how much danger he’s really in. And how the life he thought he was living hides a much darker truth. Because, the person who took the girl isn’t just someone he knows - it’s the only person he thought he could trust.

If Billy has any chance of bringing his adversary to justice - or even staying alive - he’s going to need every ounce of his unique ingenuity.

But how do you catch a killer when you're just a kid?

The Things You Find in Rockpools is the first in the USA and UK Amazon best-selling series with over 100,000 copies sold and thousands of international five-star reviews. Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, Adam Croft, KL Slater, and anyone who loves a gripping and utterly engrossing crime thriller.  

©2018 Gregg Dunnett (P)2018 Gregg Dunnett

Disappointed

It took forever for the story to start and then everything was suddenly solved in a few sentences. Very disappointed. Almost didn't finish it.

A great mystery, I really enjoyed it!

This had some great twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting! I thought it was a great story, it definitely kept my interest!

Suspenseful and Surprising

I was fascinated by Billy’s relationship with his father and the unique family dynamics. Highly encourage reading/listening to Gregg’s work. A fun time. Every time I thought I knew what happened, the story took an adventurous twist. Looking forward to his next work.

Fantastic!

This was a great book! The twists and turns in it were perfect and really keeps the listener on their toes!

Great reading

From the first book leading up to the third book, the writing and suspense just gets better and better! By the last book I was hooked and could not stop even until the early hours of the morning (and I still had to work the next day). Would recommend Gregg's books to anyone who loves mystery and "detective" books.

Great Ride

This was great ride from beginning to end. To have the narrator start as a young boy made it at first seem like it would be a casual ride through boyhood. Then it takes a crazy ride and doesn't set you down until the end. The woman reading it did a wonderful job with the many characters and dialects throughout.

Awesome entertainment !!

Kept me entertained while doing some deep cleaning. Could not stop listening .A lot of twist and turns ! Expect the unexpected!!!

Really clever, refreshing story

I have read and now listened to this book which is a wonderfully refreshing take on a missing person mystery told mostly through the eyes of an extremely bright 11 year old. This British author knows his stuff when it comes to surfing and describes well the fictional island and the characters that inhabit it. If you like an interesting take on a murder mystery then this is for you

Lots of Twists

Good characters and plot twists with the local as a big character. Ending is a little tidy but otherwise a great listen.

I can’t finish this

Nope! Not going to finish. Skimmed through the pages. I think it is cheating to switch perspectives 3/4 of the way through a book. If you start in first person narrative, you should stay in first person narrative. Unless you establish early on that you will be switching. Otherwise, it is just “too convenient” and breaks the writer/reader contract.

I’m still trying to finish. This is the longest, driest narrative I’ve read in a long time. And I used to read Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. The story is all tell, no show. And I guess I just don’t think like an 11 year old boy, because the rationale behind the investigation seems very flawed. I am not a psychiatrist, but if I had to guess, I would say the main character shows narcissistic tendencies with delusions of grandeur. Lol. Will update if I finish it.

narrator is annoying with mispronounced words.

story started off ok, but became a clichéd sexist load of rubbish. really disappointing and the narrator kept mispronouncing words like buoy and shone. I thought this was written by a British author so don't understand the American narrator choice.

A good read!

Took a while to get used to the narrators voice but the story line was great with lots of twists to keep interest. A fab holiday read.

I loved this book. The description was fabulous.

enjoyed the suspense the narrative and all the twists. Getting next one. Well worth it.

brilliant

a really good story. slightly slow at first but gripping after that, finished listening to it in 2 days.

Loved the story

Great story, well narrated. Ending felt a bit rushed though. I'd like to better understand the motives and psychological state of the killer. Well worth the read though

Read this whilst on my daily run!

A great read (listen) to take your mind off the boredom of running! I looked forward to my runs and didn't want them to finish. Just the right amount of suspense!

a well written tense thriller.

loved this book. it has several twists and the end had me holding my breath.

Excellent, exciting, a twist in the tale.

This story started off slowly and gathered pace until it was running at breakneck speed towards the end.
The reader Mark was absolutely perfect for this story, a very professional job was done.
I recommend this book for anyone that enjoys an edge of the seat read.

Fab

Really great book...great storyline... kept me guessing all the way through... and loved Billy... highly recommended.

Excellent!

Really enjoyed this book. Had me hooked from start to finish. Didn’t see the twist coming either!