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Melinda Woodhall
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Who's killing the girls of Willow Bay?
When the body of a missing girl washes up on the banks of the Willow River, the killing is linked to two cold case murders, and the investigation must uncover the twisted motive of a serial killer before he kills again.
Still reeling after her sister’s brutal murder, grief-stricken Eden Winthrop has returned to Willow Bay, where she runs the Mercy Harbor Foundation, a safe haven for victims of violence. When a teenage trafficking victim disappears from a shelter run by her foundation, Eden is drawn into the search for the sadistic killer. The hunt becomes personal when Eden's niece is abducted just as the body of yet another victim is discovered in a local river. In a desperate effort to save her niece, Eden must partner with the small-town police force that had failed to save her sister. And to catch the killer, she realizes she must trust the one man she vowed to never forgive and summon the strength to face her deepest fears.
The gripping first audiobook in the Mercy Harbor Thriller series will keep you up at night.
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When truth doesn’t make sense, will lies prevail? Cathy Cramer is a former lawyer and investigative blogger who writes commentary on high-profile homicides. When she finds a threatening note warning her that she’s about to experience the same kind of judgment and speculation that she dishes out in her blog, Cathy writes it off as mischief...until her brother’s wife is murdered and all the “facts” point to him. The killer has staged the crime to make the truth too far-fetched to believe.
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Whining reader ruined the book
- By Marsha on 11-19-14
By: Terri Blackstock
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A Deeper Darkness
- Sam Owens, Book 1
- By: J. T. Ellison
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam’s life. She has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate - until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of the line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son.
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Sad. Weird. Sad.
- By Lisa Davidson on 04-30-16
By: J. T. Ellison
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The Becoming
- Anna Strong, Vampire, Book 1
- By: Jeanne C. Stein
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Anna Strong is trained for anything-until she's attacked one night, only to awaken in a dark world that exists between the living and the dead. Here, Anna struggles with her love for the two men who inhabit the realms of each: Max, a human DEA agent, and Avery, a Night Watcher who joins Anna in pursuit of the vampire who changed her life. Now, as her two worlds collide, fate plunges Anna into the ultimate battle between good and evil - where survival is not just for the living.
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Another new take on vampires and the paranormal.
- By Karen K on 02-26-11
By: Jeanne C. Stein
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Bitten
- The Otherworld Series, Book 1
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Aasne Vigesaa
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Elena Michaels is the world’s only female werewolf. And she’s tired of it. Tired of a life spent hiding and protecting, a life where her most important job is hunting down rogue werewolves. Tired of a world that not only accepts the worst in her–her temper, her violence—but requires it. Worst of all, she realizes she’s growing content with that life, with being that person.
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Definitely written in the 2000s
- By Kathy Kuwano on 07-16-22
By: Kelley Armstrong
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Vanished
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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Seven years ago, Sarah Mason's five-year-old daughter vanished during an outing at a park in Beaufort, South Carolina. Despite a frantic search, little Lexie was never found, and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and go on the best she could. Then, one hot August night, Sarah comes home to hear the phone ringing. When she picks it up, a child's terrified voice whispers, "Mommy, help, come and get me . . ." The call is cut off, but not before Sarah's heart goes into overdrive.
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Average story that will pass the time
- By Ed on 01-10-13
By: Karen Robards
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Last Known Victim
- By: Erica Spindler
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Amid death and destruction, hurricane-savaged New Orleans has a new dark force to fear. As the rescue efforts unfold, a grisly discovery is made at one of the massive refrigerator "graveyards". One of these metal hulks contains six human hands - all female, all right hands. The press has dubbed the unknown perpetrator "The Handyman". Captain Patti O'Shay is the straight-arrow, by-the-book cop assigned to the case.
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WOW! Just WOW!
- By Maria on 07-11-13
By: Erica Spindler
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The Whispering Room
- By: Amanda Stevens
- Narrated by: Alicia Harding
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Work is a welcome refuge for New Orleans homicide detective Evangeline Theroux. Feeling suffocated by her new baby, in whose eyes she sees only her dead husband, she throws herself into a high-profile murder case. Reclusive writer Lena Saunders offers Evangeline a provocative theory about the crime: it is the work of a lunatic vigilante. Lena spins the sordid story of Ruth and Rebecca Lemay, whose mother brutally murdered her male children in an insane effort to root out an “evil” gene.
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- By Babs on 10-19-20
By: Amanda Stevens
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Ashes to Ashes
- By: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
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He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won't stop there. Only this time there is a witness. But she isn't talking. Enter Kate Conlan, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she can tell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or something more troubling still.
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Damsel In Distress Romance Torture Novel. Ho-Hum
- By Ted on 04-03-15
By: Tami Hoag
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Justifiable Means
- By: Terri Blackstock
- Narrated by: Sandy Burr, Jay Charles
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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This rape case is different from most: the victim is more than willing to testify and there's ample evidence to put the suspect behind bars. But one thing gnaws at Detective Larry Millsaps - young and beautiful Melissa Nelson knows too much about the evidence needed to convict her attacker. Millsaps's investigation unearths the suspect's brutal track record, but also some stunning revelations about Melissa's own past. Caught in a deadly conflict between the ironies of the law and the demands of his Christian convictions, the detective finds himself protecting Melissa - even as evidence mounts that could imprison not only an inhuman criminal, but also the woman Millsaps has come to love.
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Seems like a shortened version of a book
- By Is5410 on 08-31-18
By: Terri Blackstock
What listeners say about The River Girls: A Mercy Harbor Thriller
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- cg
- 02-06-23
It's nice to discover a new(to me) author
I like the story. It was great the way all of the characters were intertwined. Had I been reading instead of listening, I may have finished in one sitting.
While I realize doing multiple voices is a challenge, I had too stop listening multiple times because some of the character voices were so annoying. Nessa's voice was like a Rue McClanahan wanna be from the Golden Girls. Hollywood sounded like a cartoon character to me. I would rather hear it all in one voice than multiple voices that I find annoying. Of course this is just my opinion, others probably love the voices.
All in all it was a great book. I'll read the rest of the series instead of listening.
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- Anon
- 11-09-22
Quite the Book
The author did a great job at making the characters believable. I liked the how the author brought to light trafficking in the US.
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- Mfsm2001
- 06-04-21
Southern Accent atrocious
The southern accent was very disappointing and distracting. Sounded too fake to be believable. I’m from the south and this just didn’t cut it. Very happy the entire book didn’t have her talking like that. I could not have continued the book
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- BookReader
- 01-06-19
Exciting thriller that will keep you listening!
This is the first book I’ve listened to by this author and I was hooked from the start. I enjoyed the well-developed characters, fast pace of the story and the twists and turns of the plot. Will be looking forward to more by this author!
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- Ttly Addicted 2 Reading
- 09-04-19
The River Girls
The River Girls by Melinda Woodhall is the first book in the Mercy Harbor thriller series. It introduces Eden Winthrop who runs a shelter for abused women in honor of her sister Mercy whose life was snuffed out prematurely. Eden blames herself for her failure to protect her sister, so when a troubled teen showed up at the shelter, then disappeared she made it her duty to locate the girl which led to her filing a missing report. Her desire to help the teen intensified when a friend of the same teen turned up dead in the Willow River. Meanwhile, Detective Nessa Ainsley receives a call from an inmate at the local detention centre who was calling to report her daughter missing. Is this the same girl who came to the shelter or is it the one whose body the police found in the river?
I found this to be an interesting read. The story began with a murder in progress. The villain believes he is trying to save his victims, who comprises young girls who find themselves in unfortunate situations. Besides the missing girls, there was sex and drug trafficking and police corruption.
I thought the author did a good job with character development. I love stories that feature strong female leads and The River Girls delivered in that regard. In this story, we get not one but two strong female leads. I enjoyed getting know both women. Eden appeared fragile, but that was a facade as beneath that fragility lay a woman who was not afraid to face danger to protect not only those she loves, but also women whom she believed were in need of protection. Detective was no pushover. As the only female in her unit, she had many male egos to contend with, but she held her own.
The secondary characters who helped in solving the case as the villains helped to stir things up and made for some interesting moments.
I thought the mystery was well done. There were several plot threads, and the author did a great job in tying them together to make for a suspenseful and mysterious ride. This is one of those mysteries, which keeps you guessing, and then things begin to slowly unravel to all the pieces fit together.
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The narration was ok, but it did not blow me away. I was not a big fan of the accent used for detective Ainsley. She sounded too much like Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer, which I found annoying. Her other voices were ok; however there were some instances of mispronunciation. Thankfully, these occurrences were few.
Conclusion/Recommendation
Overall, the mystery satisfied me, and I am glad I got the chance to read it.
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- Artkeep
- 07-22-19
GREAT STORY! HORRIBLE NARRATION!!!
This story was definitely a 5-star! The narration was EXTREMELY LACKING! Because I love the author's writing talent, I wanted to love the narration as well but Melanie Carey doesn't fall on my "Favorite Narrator List" AT ALL! Her accents are terrible and there are times I think she tries waaaaaayyyy too hard. I know that the second book in this series is also narrated by Melanie Carey and I'm not sure I can stand listening to her again. If future releases feature her as the narrator, I definitely will not be a fan/follower of Melinda Woodhall. There's just too many other authors with great narrators to choose from. That's really sad because this story was so good but could be GREAT with the right narrator.
I highly recommend this book but ONLY if you read it rather than listen.
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- Witch-at-Heart
- 04-11-21
strong and endearing MC with a strong storyline.
Anyone who likes murder mysteries with relatable characters would enjoy this thriller. The Audible version is fantastic and I loved the narrator!
The MC Eden is both fragile and incredibly strong this fittingly flawed character is looking for peace and possibly a bit of redemption and this book takes us on her harrowing journey.
Eden is surrounded by a number of interesting characters that are all well developed and help support Eden in her quest to save women in danger.
Great plot I truly loved it!
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