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Widow Lake

Detective Ellie Reeves, Book 8

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Widow Lake

By: Rita Herron
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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“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.
Crime Thrillers Fiction Police Procedural Mystery Thriller Heartfelt Suspense
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My eyes hurt from eye rolling. Improbable, inconsistent and not a very good story. I do not understand the good reviews.

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Hard to tell whether it’s a really bad story, or a melodramatic narrator. Not sure why I even listened to the end. Full of clichés, and unnecessarily descriptors.

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Performance without emotions

There were some inflections in the voice of the narrator, but most the time it didn’t match the emotions going on and made it confusing. The narrator made the book do you enjoy.

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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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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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I did finish this audiobook, but I didn’t enjoy it. The narration was not appealing. The storyline was very convoluted and unbelievable and there were way too many different characters and storylines going on to keep track, particularly with the somewhat monotonous performance. This is one of the worst audiobooks I have ever listened to.

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Much too many characters, predictable plot.

I don’t like to disparage anyone’s hard work. This book was okay at best. Narrator was blasé.

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Narration detracted from the story

The narrator’s voice was frequently robotic which made it distracting from the story, which was interesting.

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Interesting story, poorly written w/ bad narration

I thought the story was interesting and it did hold my attention. However, there were a lot of lines that were repeated. A character would say something and a couple sentences later, say the exact same thing again. For a suspenseful crime novel, I thought the narration was poor. Someone was being murdered and it was co fusing because the narrator still sounded upbeat. The tone did not match what was happening in the story.

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Tiring

Had to give it up at chapter 55. Too many good stories waiting in my library to waste my time.

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