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  • The Girl in the River

  • Detective Ellie Reeves, Book 7
  • By: Rita Herron
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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The Girl in the River

By: Rita Herron
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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The body lay in the river, arms outstretched. Long brown hair swirled in all directions, flowing with the current of the water. Her eyes were wide open in death, pale pink lips parted in a scream.

Detective Ellie Reeves should be enjoying the wedding of her dear friend Mia Norman. But instead of celebrating, she is frantically searching for the missing bride. Something is terribly wrong—just hours ago, Mia was blissfully happy. Why would she suddenly vanish?

Bursting through the dressing room, Ellie finds it in disarray—chairs overturned, a perfume bottle shattered. Hiding in the bathroom is Mia’s six-year-old daughter, Pixie, curled in a ball and sobbing her heart out. The little girl says she was locked inside when she heard a man’s voice and her mother crying. “I just want my mommy back,” she pleads. Ellie vows to make that happen.

Turning the venue upside down, Ellie’s blood turns to ice when she reaches the riverbank. Someone is dead in the rippling water, floating beside a white veil. Ellie holds her breath as she turns the body over. It belongs to Tori, Mia’s bridesmaid, a gunshot wound in her back. Near the murder scene, Ellie discovers a button from a man’s shirt and her friend’s engagement ring. The race is on to find Mia—before it’s too late.

When forensics come back, the investigation takes a dark turn. DNA proves that Mia was actually Jesse Habersham, a woman who went missing five years ago. Ellie is certain that Mia was running from someone. Did her past finally catch up with her?

Facing the most complex case of her career, Ellie is in a race against time. Can she uncover the truth before her friend is brutally killed? And when the murderer comes after innocent little Pixie, will Ellie save her from the clutches of death?

This pulse-pounding and utterly addictive crime thriller will have you staying up way past your bedtime and scared to turn the lights off! Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Regan, and Kendra Elliot.

©2022 Rita Herron (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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Narrated by a Robot!

The narrator is awful- so robotic. I had to check the blurb to see if this was a real person! Her attempt to give characters different voices is dreadful. Prosody is misplaced and mistimed.
The “Heroine” Ellie is totally unrealistic- how can a woman (anyone) be beaten up by a beefy guy and hospitalised one day and wrestling with other guys the next? Of course it’s fictional but let’s keep it believable.
Storylines in this series are easy reading which is why I’ve read quite a few. But I won’t be listening to this narrator.

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