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The Silent Dolls

Detective Ellie Reeves, Book 1

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The Silent Dolls

By: Rita Herron
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cave-like space. She lies on her side, darkness all around her, rubbing her fingers over the little wooden doll he’d carved. He told her to be quiet, not to cry or scream. Not to be a baby. Her throat was raw, her eyes swollen shut. She wanted her mommy and daddy. She wanted to go home.

When Penny Matthews, a seven-year-old girl with blonde curls and a gap-toothed smile, goes missing in the Appalachian mountains, Detective Ellie Reeves is called straight to the scene. According to Penny’s parents, their daughter vanished after a picnic by the creek. All that’s left behind is a pink friendship bracelet etched with “Penny”.

Ellie knows all too well that the mountains’ endless miles of dark forest and winding rivers are the perfect place for a criminal to hide. Racing against the rapidly setting sun and a brutal winter storm on the horizon, she searches desperately for Penny.

Special Agent Derrick Fox is determined to join the hunt. His younger sister, Kim, disappeared in the same area 25 years ago - on the day he was meant to be watching her. He’s certain the cases are linked and that more than a dozen girls have vanished in the last decade. Ellie refuses to believe that their tight-knit mountain community could be home to a deadly criminal, but even she can’t deny the similarities in the cases. And when they discover the remains of a small body buried with a carved wooden doll, it’s clear they’re up against a deadly serial killer preying on innocent little girls.

As the temperature plunges, Penny’s life hangs in the balance. Most people who get lost in the woods never make it out alive. Can Ellie and Derrick defy the odds and find out the truth about all the stolen girls? Or will the mountain, and its twisted killer, claim another victim?

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Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Suspense Scary
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Unexpected Twists • Engaging Mystery • Great Narration • Suspenseful Storyline • Complex Plot • Intriguing Premise
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This story was so good I really enjoyed the twists and turns and surprise ending I couldn’t guess. It took awhile to get over the computer sounding reader. They need a new story teller for the book then it would be perfect! Going to find other novels by this author.

Riveting!

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I'm hoping that this writer keeps writing really good books This book was very good and had a lot of twists and turns wait To listen to the next one

Great book

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Too much in one story, making it unbelievable. Narrator was ok but the voice did not fit the character. Entertaining but there are better books.

It was fun but just ok

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Word pronunciation is a bit hard to listen too.This book was great! I enjoyed it

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The performance bothered me. It didn't sound like they were talking, but rather read. Every a, and, and the was too pronounced. Also they spoke twice about a broken femur, then referred to it as the arm. Glaring error. The story was fine, but they never felt like real people.

Good story, poor performance

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I enjoyed the book, however I was disappointed with two parts of it that described how the one little girl fell off her bike, breaking her arm, which the author referred to as her femur. The femur is actually the largest bone in the leg. The upper arm bone is the humerus. Better editing needed next time.

Better editing needed

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Bad narration… computer like voice. The voice talked fast without expression. Good story… bad voice.

Bad voice

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Every chapter was exciting and kept me riveted to just keep on reading each chapter. The reader was excellant.

Great Thriller looking forward to next sequel.

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The narrator of this book sounds completely robotic! Can’t get past her voice to listen to the story!

Terrible narrator

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I liked that this book has so many twists and turns! As soon as you Think you have figured out who could possibly be the kidnapper/killer, you were proven to be wrong!!!!! I am definitely looking forward to reading the next book in the series! If you are a huge fan of psychological suspense, mystery, and possibly unreliable narrator ‘s, this book is for you! That is all I will say Because I don’t want to spoil the book for anyone!

So many twists and turns!

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