Unseen

By: Karin Slaughter

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's Summary

Special Agent Will Trent has something to hide. Something he doesn’t want Dr Sara Linton – the woman he loves – to find out. He’s gone undercover in Macon, Georgia and put his life at risk. And he knows Sara will never forgive him if she discovers the truth.

But when a young Macon patrolman is shot and left for dead Sara is forced to confront the past and a woman she hoped never to see again. And without even knowing it, she becomes involved in the same case Will is working on. Soon both of their lives are in danger.

©2013 Karin Slaughter (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks

Critic Reviews

"Tightly plotted with believable characters, this brims with menace." ( Sunday Mirror)

"Slaughter’s 13th novel, Unseen has all the required pieces to keep her on the bestseller lists. Slaughter gets the heady mix of forensic attention to detail & fast-paced action just right" ( Press Association review syndicated to all the regional papers)

Wrong Narrator

I should have checked the narrator having been used to Jennifer Woodward, I could not understand the voices and did not know the characters the way Penelope Rawlins read this. What happened to Will Trent's voice, he has turned into a zombie. If you are working through the Karin Slaughter books keep to the same narrator. Good story but spoiled for me

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

don't do it!

good story but seriously the narrator would make want to give up after the first chapter! the different voices for the characters distract you so much I lost track of the storyline. I rarely write reviews but this was so bad I couldn't not warn people!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

The importance of a good speaker

I have always loved this author and I am sure this book is just as good as the others, however the narrator seems to believe that to read the male words she has to make this really deep voice. it makes the words difficult to understand and has completely spoiled the beginning of the story for me. I am trying to persevere with this book because the author is usually so good but I am unsure I will be able to cope with this narrator.

I have scored the book low only because It is so difficult to get into it with this narrator.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Karin did it again

If you could sum up Unseen in three words, what would they be?

Addictive, hard hitting, passionate!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Unseen?

I won't say I think it will spoil the book....

Which character – as performed by Penelope Rawlins – was your favourite?

Will, I loved his vulnerability....

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes definitely but I had to listen to it on the way to and from work. I was having terrible withdrawal symptoms i so listened to it at home at well just to see what happened next!

Any additional comments?

Loved this installment of the developing relationship between Will and Sarah can't wait for the next book in this series.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

True Slaughter

I'm a Karen Slaughter fan, and this did not disappoint me! Held my attention from beginning to end. The narrator was good and I wouldn't think twice about listening to another book read by her. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and this one was one of the best for a long time.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Slow story, slow delivery

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The book would have been better if it had been half the length and got to the point without the continual rehashing of ideas.

What didn’t you like about Penelope Rawlins’s performance?

Really slow delivery, awful voices.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Any additional comments?

I have liked most of the other books by Karin Slaughter. The last one was a bit odd but this one was just tedious.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Ordinary

I have enjoyed the Karin Slaughter books and looked forward to the next in the series eagerly. Whilst it carried on with the lives of the same characters I found the plot quite ordinary and it failed to grip me or hold my attention in the same way as the previous novels.
I was disappointed by the female narrator who's 'male voices' just annoyed me and distracted further from the story. Shame.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Great story but ruined by narration

I absolutely love Karin Slaughter's books and this was no exception. I especially enjoyed the reintroduction of Lena Adams character however the narration was all wrong and extremely off-putting. I cannot begin to imagine who thought Penelope Rawlins was right for this book. I don't doubt her ability as an narrator but for these characters it was a major fail. It became so unbearable that I actually had to buy an alternative narration (by Kathleen Early) elsewhere.

Dreadful Narration

Got a small way into this , tried to persevere but I just can't listen to any more. Love the rest of the books narrated by Jennifer woodward. But the change of narrator has spoilt this for me. She makes all the women sound one dimensional and the men sound like adolescents whose voice has just broken. Completely detracts from the story as I can't follow it because of the dreadful narrative. She might as well be reading the phone book. So disappointed.

great book, terrible narration

I've read this already and thought the audiobook would be a fun way to 're-read'. Got 5 minutes and 7 seconds in before returning. The narrator is so slow - there are weird pauses after every sentence which interupt the flow of the narrative. Too frustrating to persevere.

On a side note, Audible's offerings of Karin Slaughter books are pretty meagre - some of the Will Trent series are abridged. These are less satisfying than unabridged versions and poor value for money, especially if using credits, so watch out.