Toni Grissom

Enjoyable mystery with lots of twists. Beautifully read!

Revisado: 02-12-25

Great book! It is a nice, twisty mystery with an Agatha Christie feel- murder with a cup of tea kind of thing. Do yourself a favor and don't read too much about it...you might see something that spoils the ending. Also, the narrator is AMAZING! Enjoy!

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Hilarious look at the world of online dating

Revisado: 10-01-24

A short, sassy, and (despite it all) bravely optimistic look at online dating. The author narrates- loved it!

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Great story!

Revisado: 10-04-21

Interesting spin on the detective/crime drama. Story is well-paced and engaging. Enjoyed it from beginning to end.

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ho hum british whodunnit...

Revisado: 04-12-20

I love the genre, but the actual "mystery" here is pretty thin. A short and unremarkable ride.

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ho hum british whodunnit...

Revisado: 04-12-20

I love the genre, but the actual "mystery" here is pretty thin. A short and unremarkable ride.

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sounds better than it is...

Revisado: 01-11-20

The best thing about this book is the premise. Interesting idea for a story. The mystery component is entertaining....lots of twists. What i didn't enjoy was the delivery. The main characters are...silly. Lots of melodrama and over-the-top dialogue. It has the feel of an 80's soap opera. Entertaining, but just over-done. That said, the narrator WAS good. She made it easy to listen.

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Good. twisty story...not a fan of the narrator

Revisado: 08-22-19

This is my third Wendy Webb book...
I think, in general, she knows how to pull in the reader with a formula that works like this: take a confused/endangered protagonist. place her in a creepy, haunted and affluent setting. Then, add in small cast of characters the reader can't quite trust (including a love interest).
The vanishing was well-placed and enjoyable enough, if a little predictable. My big issue was the narrator. She seems to be working hard to infuse a calm, nonchalant tone throughout. She almost seems bored with story. It really detracted from book. It's as if she wants to keep reminding you that there IS a narrator, rather than just letting the story carry you away.
i would listen to the author again, but only if the narrator were different.

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a small town with big secrets

Revisado: 06-29-19

I really enjoyed this one! First, the narration is very, very good. January Lavoy has wonderful voice. She really pulls you in. Second, this is a well-crafted story! Think: small, charming town filled with interesting characters. Now, add in a whole bunch of secrets, people being naughty and a missing child. Who took the kiddo and WHY???? Enjoy! I was sorry it had to end. good one.

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ugh...glad to be done

Revisado: 06-12-19

Let's start with the narration. There are two narrators...the male sounds like a sports announcer. Overly dramatic, with an unnatural high/low cadence. No one speaks like that. It's ridiculous and ruins the book. The female was better, but only a little. Her sweeter than sweet voice is silly, squeeky and high-pitched. I get that she is portraying a teenager, but seriously...no teenager actually speaks like that. She sounds like a 7 year old who has inhaled helium. I ordinarily LOVE audiobooks, but this one is better off read.
As for the storyline, it was an interesting concept, but badly managed. Dialog was weak and the characters just drifted through the book. The unnatural complacency of the women being held captive makes it hard to really take them seriously. And the Gardener. He's a cup of crazy, but pretty one dimensional for all of that. His sons are just just caricatures...one overly brutish, the other overly sensitive. ugh. My advice....keep looking and pick something else.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 04-09-19

I love a book like this...clever set-up, good pacing, and a twisty, satsfying finale! Well-narrated too.
Go ahead and spend that credit...and don't read too much about this book beforehand. Just enjoy the ride.

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