Everything She Feared

De: Rick Mofina

Narrado por: Jennifer Jill Araya

"Rick Mofina has penned a creepy, heart-pounding page-turner…. A gripping, chilling thriller from beginning to end."—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

Every mother worries about their child. But Sara Harmon fears hers…

When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her.

Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it.

For years, others have tried to unravel this secret. From true-crime podcasters to a haunted journalist searching for a killer who vanished after being released from prison several years ago. And now, with detectives tightening the focus of their investigation, Sara is consumed by her darkest fear—that the babysitter’s death was not an accident.

©2023 Rick Mofina (P)2023 Harlequin Audio

Confusing backstory but good resolution

I'll start with the narrator: wonderful! This is one of the few narrators that can do men convincingly, without growling or lowering her voice it's just perfectly clear it's a man speaking. The mom and the daughter were both well-voiced. I'm impressed.

The backstory, about a couple that lured people to their deaths using their toddler as "bait", was hard to follow and didn't seem to relate to the main story at first. There was also a many-times-referenced situation with Katie and a boy that happened several years ago but was intentionally kept murky.

I loved the way the same story was told from 3 different POV - 1) Ryan, a guy whose sister was killed by the murderous couple, 2) Sara, mom to 9 year old Katie, who was present at the death of her friend/babysitter, and 3) the cops investigating the death of Anna. Between all the perspectives, the stories eventually come together and make a really good story.

I'd recommend this one!

Kept me on the edge guessing.

Good story, great characters, good dialogue. What I didn’t care for is the repeat again and again of “feelings” and whining. The ending with everyone being happy and friends is just too sappy and unbelievable. All and all, a good listen.

Good suspence

Everything I had to put the book down, it left me wanting to get back to it..

Great Book

I really enjoyed this book. Good story and the narrator was pleasant. I have read all of this Author's books and hope he has more in the works.

Very, very long.

This was very long and wordy. I felt it wasn’t necessary to have all of the extraneous words to go on and on and on in this book. Narration was tolerable. I cannot recommend this.

A good concept that collapses into a cliche

Ughh. The concept of a bad seed is so interesting and so scary. The author's handling of it reads like an episode of "Leave it to Beaver" So disappointing.

The Bad Seed?

This book kept my attention… Something that doesn’t always happen these days. It was a good book. And one I think I will listen to again. I was reminded just a bit, of “The Bad Seed”. But no spoilers.

Excellent all the way around!

Great plot. I enjoyed the character development. Lots of twists that ended well. You’ll enjoy this one!!

Good thriller

A well written thriller that leaves you guessing. Well written and believable misdirection has you as uncertain as the characters in this book.

Plots and Twists galore!

Author does a great job weaving the story together. Quite enjoyable! From beginning to end, at every turn.