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Karissa Vacker
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Krysten Ritter
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“A phenomenal, haunting debut.” (Gillian Flynn)
Nothing burns as bright as the truth.
It has been 10 years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small-town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.
But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town’s most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’s biggest scandal from more than a decade ago, involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends - just before Kaycee disappeared for good.
Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as she tries desperately to find out what really happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to resurface and she begins to doubt her own observations. And when she unearths an even more disturbing secret - a ritual called “The Game” - it will threaten reputations, and lives, in the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.
With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote rural town of just five claustrophobic square miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of what happens when your past and present collide
©2017 Krysten Ritter (P)2017 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Man what a GREAT story….BUT……
- By ShawniqueLovesToRead on 03-15-24
By: Candice Fox
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You Should Have Told Me
- By: Leah Konen
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Janie needs a break: her baby won’t sleep, she’s struggling with motherhood, and a secret from her past threatens to tear her new family apart. So when her partner, Max, offers to do their baby’s feedings that night so she can finally get some sleep, she jumps at the chance. But when Janie wakes up at three a.m., her daughter is screaming alone in her bassinet…Max has vanished. Alone with a newborn and desperate for answers, Janie searches for Max, but the more she learns about the man she loves, the more she wonders how well she knew him at all.
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Victim mindset, lackluster thinking and whining beyond belief
- By Lakesha M on 12-10-23
By: Leah Konen
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I Don't Forgive You
- By: Aggie Blum Thompson
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An accomplished photographer and the devoted mom of an adorable little boy, Allie Ross has just moved to an upscale DC suburb, the kind of place where parenting feels like a competitive sport. Allie’s desperate to make a good first impression. Then she’s framed for murder. It all starts at a neighborhood party when a local dad corners Allie and calls her by an old, forgotten nickname from her dark past. The next day, he is found dead.
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Sigh….
- By Kelly on 07-05-21
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Night Will Find You
- A Novel
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Vivvy Bouchet, daughter of a known psychic, was ten when she saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction. Now she’s an astrophysicist in Texas, devoted to science, but the boy she saved has become a cop who continues to believe she can see things no one else can. When he begs for help on the high-profile cold case of a kidnapped girl, Vivvy steps back into the ocean of voices that once nearly drowned her.
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Meh.
- By YoYoMa14 on 06-22-23
By: Julia Heaberlin
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Eight Years of Lies
- By: Lisa Hall
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the day my life changes forever. It started so normally. The alarm went at 7am. My husband made bacon and pancakes for me and our seven-year-old daughter, the kitchen full of chatter and laughter. He gave me a quick kiss, told me he loved me, grabbed his wallet, and rushed off to work. Just an ordinary day. Until I get the call from the school. It was Tom’s turn to pick up our daughter. He must be held up for some reason. I find Tom’s phone under our bed. Now I know there’s something seriously wrong. I scroll through his messages. A text sent late last night: I KNOW EVERYTHING.
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Okay book, hated the narration.
- By Shannon Kimball McDowell on 05-19-25
By: Lisa Hall
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The Dollhouse Academy
- A Novel
- By: Margarita Montimore
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Xe Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Ivy Gordon is living on borrowed time. For the past eighteen years, she has been the most famous star at the Dollhouse Academy, the elite boarding school and talent incubator that every aspiring performer dreams of attending. But now, at age thirty-four, she is tired of pretending everything is fine. In secret diary entries, Ivy begins to reveal the truth of her life at the Dollhouse: strange medical exams, mysterious supplements, and something unspeakable that’s left Ivy terrified and feeling like a prisoner.
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Intriguing and sinister
- By Copy That Clicks on 04-29-25
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The Sublet
- A Short Story
- By: Greer Hendricks
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day. Just as Anne is about to give up on her dreams, she lands her biggest client yet: Melody Wells. Melody paints a picture of serenity and empowerment in the lavender haze of her visualization workshops—however, the one thing she can’t manifest are the pages her publisher is demanding for her new motivational book. Enter Anne.
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A crammed mess
- By ALR on 04-02-25
By: Greer Hendricks
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The Husband Before You
- By: A J McDine
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard, George Weightman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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I thought my first husband died ten years ago. But now he’s back... Opening the front door, I’m stunned to see a familiar face. I never thought I’d see Freddie’s deep brown eyes and crooked smile again. But how is this possible when he died ten years ago…? It took years to move on, but finally my life is almost perfect.
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Interesting Tale
- By Mia Momma on 04-28-25
By: A J McDine
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The Lucky Widow
- By: Samantha Vérant
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When you return from a work trip to find your husband dead in the pond, it’s best not to call him a liar and a cheat in front of the cops. Especially when you’ve spent the last few years telling anyone who’ll listen that you sometimes fantasize about killing him. It makes you look kind of, well, guilty.
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Great story! horrible narrating
- By Jenn on 03-25-25
By: Samantha Vérant
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The Final Wife
- By: Jenny Blackhurst
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gethings, Victoria Blunt, Emily Joyce, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Luke Whitney is stabbed to death. His wife Anna confesses after she is found next to his lifeless body. But if she did it, why can't she confirm any of the details of the crime? As police dig into the circumstances, they learn that the victim was a liar, a cheat and a narcissist. More than one person had a reason to want him dead; his scorned ex, his neglected mistress and Anna – who knows what happens to Mrs Whitneys when Luke gets bored of them.
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Great Twisted Thriller
- By Andee on 04-30-25
By: Jenny Blackhurst
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First Wife's Shadow
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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When Emma meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems to be just what she needs. Yet as their relationship moves fast, Emma’s friends worry she might be exploited. She’s a rich woman after all. Emma doesn’t care Matthew has no money. But as the memory of his perfect first wife hangs over them, Emma does have one tiny doubt. If Matthew’s wife hadn’t died, he wouldn’t be with her. And Emma wonders if she’s second best. Can she ever fill the dead woman’s shoes?
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Love Adele's books
- By Debbie on 05-20-25
By: Adele Parks
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Saltwater
- A Novel
- By: Katy Hays
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan, Cassandra Campbell, Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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In 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident. And every year, the family returns to prove it’s true. But on the thirtieth anniversary of Sarah’s death, the Lingates arrive at the villa to find a surprise waiting for them—the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died.
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Suspense till the End
- By Jacqueline Samsel on 04-26-25
By: Katy Hays
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Claire, Darling
- A Novel
- By: Callie Kazumi
- Narrated by: Bronwen Price
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Claire is excited to drop off a surprise workday lunch for her fiancé, Noah. It’s their anniversary, after all. But when the receptionist tells her that no one with Noah’s name works there, Claire thinks there must be a mistake. Noah isn’t picking up her calls. Her texts go unanswered. It turns out Noah has a different life . . . one with a beautiful girlfriend, a beautiful house. Claire was never really in the picture.
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A must listen!
- By Cynthia Jackson on 03-15-25
By: Callie Kazumi
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You Deserve to Know
- By: Aggie Blum Thompson
- Narrated by: Alex Picard
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems unbreakable. But when Gwen's husband is found murdered after one of their weekly Friday night dinners, the peaceful quiet of their cul-de-sac shatters. The seemingly idyllic world of the three close-knit mom friends becomes a web of deception, betrayal, and revenge.
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Engaging story, goofy narration
- By Kim W. on 04-24-25
Worth a read/listen
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Though it felt like an amalgamation of a few books in this genre, the story went to an interesting place and kept me entertained. Good quick read with a great narrator.
Not brilliant, but good
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Every girl who went to high school knew a version of those characters
intriguing
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Riveting
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Excellent read!
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Fantastic
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Enjoyable Thriller
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Entertaining
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I got immersed in Abby's story early. We have large-scale stakes and down-home ones, and Krysten Ritter ties them together very well. The layers of backstory got revealed deftly and at the right times for everything to come together nicely.
Karissa Vacker did an excellent job with the narration.
Doesn't read like a debut novel
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Best book I've listened in a long time 😊
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