Vanishing Girls

Detective Josie Quinn

By: Lisa Regan

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

She was close enough to see that the girl had written a word on the wall in bright, warm red blood. Not a word, actually. A name...

Everyone in the small town of Denton is searching for Isabelle Coleman, a missing 17-year-old girl. All they've found so far is her phone and another girl they didn't even know was missing.

Mute and completely unresponsive to the world around her, it's clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair. All Detective Josie Quinn can get from her is a name: Ramona.

Currently suspended from the force for misconduct, Josie takes matters into her own hands as the name leads her to evidence linking the two girls. She knows the race is on to find Isabelle alive, and she fears there may be others....

The trail leads Josie to another victim, a girl who escaped but whose case was labelled a hoax by authorities. To catch this monster, Josie must confront her own nightmares and follow her instinct to the darkest of places. But can she make it out alive?

Fans of Angela Marsons, Helen Fields, and Robert Dugoni will be utterly gripped and listening long into the night once they discover the first in this unputdownable new crime thriller series.

©2018 Lisa Regan (P)2018 Bookouture

Beware! Story would have been really good,but NOT the narrator!!

I've just started listening and I'm not sure I can finish! This narrator is AWFUL! So very distracting. I cringe every time I hear "been" pronounced as "bean"...or "eat" as "et" just as some examples. Her pronunciation of so many words are so off its almost funny. Too bad she narrates all the books in the series. I doubt I will listen to any more from this series. Before purchasing, I STRONGLY suggest you listen to the sample. Terrible terrible, and yes TERRIBLE, narration!!!!! ++++update+++++ ok...I stuck it out despite my constant eye roll for the narration, but this was actually a very good thriller/mystery. I give it 4+ stars for the story. And I will go ahead with book #2....I figure I've gotten used to the narration so I might as well persevere rather than wait and have to adjust to the narrator again :)......not sure I could! I would recommend reading the series.

Could not finish because of narrator.

I wanted to finish this book but the narrator was just to nerve grating to do so! The mispronunciation of words and the childish, petulant sounding voice made the characters sound like immature children instead of their characters she was trying to portray.

Great story with fabulous twists

While the story and characters were really good, the narrator’s voice and accent were distracting.

Kept my interest

I enjoyed the story. It wasn’t deep or hard to follow. There were a few twists and turns. I like when a book brings everything together in the end. The narrator drove me a little crazy with weird pronunciations of a few words. For instance every time she said “anything” she pronounced “enythin”. There were other things too. Nothing too unbearable but I did notice each time. Distracts from the story.

predictable, corny, cliche

the characters in the story or poorly developed and one-dimensional, the main character was a complete cliche version of a female detective. the narrator often made mistakes and had an unnatural delivery.

Needs a new narrator

The story was OK but the narrator was horrible
I was traveling when I downloaded and didnt read all the reviews, my mistake

Not sure where she is from but she needs to learn how to speak one language,
she switched from English to Canadian to some sort of Boston accent all for the same character
She made the "bad ass " cop sound like a petty young girl
Been - was BEAN, Anything was enathin, very distracting trying to decide who was talking and what they were saying
I will not be listening to another from this narrator

Narrator does not pronounce words correctly

The story was great- very engaging and awesome plot. The narrator, however, was probably one of the worst I’ve ever listened to. She did not pronounce words correctly and made the characters sound like 16 year old valley girls. I love Audible, and listen to an average of 4 books/month; and I’ve never once come across a worse performance from a narrator. Before you buy, be sure to listen to a clip of the book.

Good first installment

Lisa Regan has written a good police procedural for the first installment in her new series.

great story

loved plot. reader not great. writing good. tight storyline. would read more books by author.

Liked the book but didn't like the Narration

The book was slow in the beginning but got better. The narration kind of drove me nuts! She pronounced so many words incorrectly. Overall a good listen.