The Vanishing Season, by Joanna Schaffhausen
Blackstone Audio - 2017
Thriller/Suspense
Audiobook
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
Thriller/Suspense
Audiobook
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
8 Hours, 58 Minutes
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Very good debut thriller!
Ellery Hathaway lives an anonymous life in a small town. She works for local law enforcement and keeps to herself. Nobody in the small town of Woodbury knows about her past.
Once Ellery Hathaway lived in the big city and had a different name. On her 14th birthday, she was abducted. She was the only survivor of a prolific and famous serial killer. There was a well publicized trial, and the killer was sent to prison. Everyone breathed easier knowing the killer was locked up.
So who then, is the anonymous person that has been sending her birthday cards for the last three years? And why are people going missing under eerily familiar circumstances around her birthday for the last three years?
Ellery tries to raise concern with the police chief, but those concerns are quickly dismissed. Nobody here understands that she has a special insight into the mind of this monster. With her birthday coming up quickly, she knows that someone very dangerous is lurking in the shadows of this small town. She calls the only person she feels will help her - Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her all those years ago. Together they try to put the pieces together to catch this dangerous predator before he kills again.
Ellery Hathaway lives an anonymous life in a small town. She works for local law enforcement and keeps to herself. Nobody in the small town of Woodbury knows about her past.
Once Ellery Hathaway lived in the big city and had a different name. On her 14th birthday, she was abducted. She was the only survivor of a prolific and famous serial killer. There was a well publicized trial, and the killer was sent to prison. Everyone breathed easier knowing the killer was locked up.
So who then, is the anonymous person that has been sending her birthday cards for the last three years? And why are people going missing under eerily familiar circumstances around her birthday for the last three years?
Ellery tries to raise concern with the police chief, but those concerns are quickly dismissed. Nobody here understands that she has a special insight into the mind of this monster. With her birthday coming up quickly, she knows that someone very dangerous is lurking in the shadows of this small town. She calls the only person she feels will help her - Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her all those years ago. Together they try to put the pieces together to catch this dangerous predator before he kills again.
More of a suspense than a thriller - there weren't a lot of knock-your-socks-off twists, but I spent a good deal of time on the edge of my seat. I liked Ellery, and I especially liked her side-kick "Bump". Ellery is a survivor, but she is not unscathed.
Narration was performed by Lauren Fortgang, and was a good match for the story. Excellent cadence and tone, as well as a good range of character and emotion made listening enjoyable.
Schaffhausen has recently published a second book featuring Ellery Hathaway and Reed Markham - No Mercy hit the shelves January 2019.
Narration was performed by Lauren Fortgang, and was a good match for the story. Excellent cadence and tone, as well as a good range of character and emotion made listening enjoyable.
Schaffhausen has recently published a second book featuring Ellery Hathaway and Reed Markham - No Mercy hit the shelves January 2019.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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