Two Girls Down

A Novel

By: Louisa Luna

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

"I'm always looking for a good thriller, and this just was perfect."--Nancy Pearl, NPR's Morning Edition

“Opening this book is like arming a bomb--the suspense is relentless and the payoff is spectacular. Lead character Alice Vega is sensational--I want to see lots more of her.”--Lee Child

"Sensational." --Wall Street Journal

"A must-read for fans of strong female protagonists.'--Booklist (starred review)

As addictive, cinematic, and binge-worthy a narrative as The Wire and The Killing, Two Girls Down introduces Louisa Luna as a thriller writer of immense talent and verve.

When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move on, but Vega needs his help to find the girls, and she will not be denied.

With little to go on, Vega and Cap will go to extraordinary lengths to untangle a dangerous web of lies, false leads, and complex relationships to find the girls before time runs out, and they are gone forever.

©2018 Louisa Luna (P)2018 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Sensational...One of the book’s great pleasures is seeing Caplan and Vega’s initially testy entanglement develop into a true partnership. But there are many other aspects in Ms. Luna’s story to savor as well: a host of sharply sketched characters, from spaced-out dopers to distraught parents and grandparents; action sequences startling in their sudden violence; and quick psychological revelations that pierce the heart." --Wall Street Journal

“This one is a beaut, not only suspenseful but with some real embedded truths about how hard it is to be a mother.” --Anna Quindlen, in Parade

"A real nail-biter...The brisk plot combines psychological suspense with solid action, while providing a realistic look at a family under siege, as it builds to a shocking finale."--Publishers Weekly

Don't let them deter you!

this book was amazing and the narrator made it 100x more like watching a movie!+1

entertaining read

I enjoyed this book. It was well written, good character development. Worth a read.
Some of the narrator's character voices were kind of annoying, but I could get past that.

Good story

Leaves you wanting to know more but would be a whole lot better without the filthy language.

good book

This was my first time with this author and I really liked the difference in how they went about solving the crime.

The characters are awesome!

Cannot get enough of private investigator Alice Vega!! I thought this book was great, many twists and turns. Great writing! Hopefully a series with these characters

Nail Biting

This was an awesome book. Full of plot twists !! I was constantly trying to figure out who took the girls and if they will live. Cap & Vega's characters are perfect for each other!

Great read with twists and turns!

loved it! great read with twists and turns. enjoyed the narrator. highly recommended for anyone who enjoys a good crime novel.

Great book!.. Start to finished, excellent.

Excellent book. couldn't turn it off once we arrived, then sat in driveway and listened

A lot of characters and drugs

Narration can make or break a story. So, it's important for the Narration performance to be good. It was good for this book. I liked the main characters. There were a LOT of supporting characters and most of them were drug addicts, so that theme got old quickly. Outside of that, the story was decent. I didn't want to pause for too long if I didn't have to.

Excellent

Excellent story and narration. The auto book’s narration enhanced the story. A lot of shifts a turns.