Last Girl Standing

By: Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

New York Times bestselling Sisters of Suspense join forces for a gripping standalone novel about a clique of popular girls whose high school friendship is marked by a tragedy that continues to haunt them decades later. Jackson and Bush take the reader’s hand and twist them through this shocking tale of suspense.

First they were five. Then they were four.

Whose turn will it be next?

At Bristol High they were an elite clique known as the Five Firsts: Amanda, Bailey, Carmen, Delta and Zora...ABCD & Z. They could have accepted their classmate, Emmy, as "E", but with her bookish disposition and her embarrassing status of scholarship student to boot, they rejected her and chose wealthy Zora instead.

At a pre-graduation party just before the end of senior year, Lance Ventura, the hottest guy in school, falls down an embankment toward the river and is barely rescued in time to save his life. One of the Five Firsts, Carman, rushes to save him, but isn't so lucky. Her sudden death causes a community to mourn and rumors of foul play to swirl, but the tragedy is ruled an accident.

Fast forward ten years and the classmates all meet again at the high school reunion. Some of them have had good fortune in their lives. Others, not so much.

©2020 Lisa Jackson LLC and Nancy Bush (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Well written

kept my attention from beginning to end. with so many characters she managed to keep you on track with each one throughout the book

good book

I didn't know who the volcano was tell the very end. It was very realistic

Great narration! And story keeps you hooked

Love these authors! As my headline stated- the narrator was awesome! Easy to listen too and the story keeps you hooked- wondering who is killing these long time friends- and love how it flashes back to when they were young- definitely one of my favorite audiobooks!

disappointed

what could have been a great read didnt get started until about chapter 14. Too many chapters of teen girl nonscence. Then when the story picked up nicely disappointed again. SPOILER ALERT The ridiculous ending came too quickly & was out of the blue, disconnected from the theme and totally unrealiatic. The performance however was excellent .

Worth the time!!!

This was a really good book. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. If you are looking for an entertaining listen, this is it.

Unexpected Suspects

Loved this book! Started out slow but the bbq quickened the plot. Narrator was great!

Good, except for...

I enjoyed the whole book, but then the end kind of spoiled it for me. Not only did the who done it at the end lack pizzazz, I was like, what, who, and oh come on now.

a little too immature

I mean the book held my attention, but all of it seemed very mean girls, even 10 to 15 years after the girls graduated. Yikes. The narration sounded scandalous and that was distracting, I have to believe that was the producer's fault. Overall the idea of the book is good, which it was about women who made better decisions as adults.

Red Herring Mystery

Two for 1 credit sale. I love narrator Ms Dawe and purchased this book because she does mysteries so well. i love Ms Dawe male voices best of all. This story showcases her full male voice range. Yum
If you are a fan of the author, then you know what to expect in her writing style. However, if new to this author, must love small town high school BFF envy stories. Not my cup of tea at all except Ms Dawe talents gave bloom to each and every character. Red herrings thrown all over the place so the ending does come as a surprise. Some hints and tons of inner thoughts from each of the characters bring this story along. I have to say, part 2 the Reunion was very intriguing and really helped move the mystery along. I do use the 1.2 speed to match the adventure, give it a try.
Since I am a newly minted fan of Ms Julia Whelan, I have put her two books by this author’s books into my wish list.
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Review

Too many flash backs. The character development suffered. Hard to believe that Diablo could get away with that many murders