• Widow Lake

  • Detective Ellie Reeves, Book 8
  • By: Rita Herron
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (225 ratings)

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Widow Lake

By: Rita Herron
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Publisher's summary

“Help,” a tiny voice cried out into the darkness. Little Betsy trembled, praying someone would hear her, save her. “Please,” she whimpered. “I’m scared.”

On the hottest day of the year, as a heatwave takes hold of the Appalachian Mountains, a five-year-old girl goes missing. Just as the sun is setting, a family vacation becomes a worst nightmare—Betsy, with her green eyes, ponytail, and rainbow T-shirt—disappears in the woods by Widow Lake. Detective Ellie Reeves is straight on the scene, promising Betsy’s heartbroken parents that she will stop at nothing to find their precious daughter.

Hours later, Ellie is called back to the lake. One of her team have discovered some remains near where Betsy disappeared. The bones belong to a local girl, Amy Dean, who vanished 10 years ago to the day, along with her two-year-old baby girl Paisley. But why was Paisley never reported missing? And could she still be alive?

Ellie is suddenly up against the toughest case of her career. Her instincts tell her that the two cases are somehow connected, and she works day and night to uncover the link. When she comes across some little graves beside the water’s edge, she knows she needs to stop the evil lurking around this tranquil lake.

When Ellie discovers a notebook scrawled with the handwriting of a little girl, it could be the breakthrough she needs. Can she unravel a decades-old mystery, and stop the monster claiming innocent lives?

This totally addictive and jaw-dropping crime thriller will have your heart racing! Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Regan, and Kendra Elliot.

©2023 Rita Herron (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

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Spooky

Always a treat to read her books. This one was top notch and had me on my toes the whole time

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An I tense Murder Suspense

The suspense and twists kept the book interesting.
The seed of romance was disappointing.
The Agent and Detrctive team was a yart of the books I enjoyed with their romance growing.
Cord and Lola should have and hopefully will end as a happy story.
Disappointed by the character turn out.

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Thumbs up 👍🏻

Really enjoyed this book, can’t wait for the next one. I really like how the characters evolve from book to book.

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Another Good One

I can always count in this series to produce a great story! I can’t wait for the next one.

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On and on and on!

Was very hard to keep up with who all the characters were! Narration was painful to listen to. Sometimes you hate for a book to end - not this one, I couldn’t finish this soon enough! Maybe better to read the book so you could keep up with all the characters

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Horrible Narrator

The story was ok, a little confusing at times, moments skipped others dragged on but it was good. A bit predictable at the end with Lola, Ellie and Cord.

The narrator was horrible, her voice was irritating.

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Narrator "reading"

I really wanted to like this book. I did listen to it all. I found the story interesting, but it just didn't hit the mark. The narrator just didn't do it for me.

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So predictable. Writing is terrible

The language used is what I might expect from a below average high school student.
Characters are one dimensional and not relatable. Story line is pedestrian. Terrible

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Awful

I really did not like this book. The narrator was a robot. Horrible narration. Dialogue terrible. I finished this book at 2.1 speed bc I couldn’t take it anymore. Narrators really do make or break the story.

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Just ok

Maybe it’s just me but I found the story difficult to follow even though it was well narrated. Too many characters. Odd twists.

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