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    Vanished
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    Audiobook13 hours

    Vanished

    Written by Karen Robards

    Narrated by Joyce Bean

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    About this audiobook

    Seven years ago, Sarah Mason’s five-year-old daughter vanished during an outing at a park in Beaufort, South Carolina. Despite a frantic search, little Lexie was never found, and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and go on the best she could.

    Then, one hot August night, Sarah comes home to hear the phone ringing. When she picks it up, a child’s terrified voice whispers, “Mommy, help, come and get me.…” The call is cut off, but not before Sarah’s heart goes into overdrive: she is sure the voice belonged to Lexie. Five-year-old Lexie. Though seven years have passed, she sounds exactly the same.

    Frantic, Sarah turns to the police, the FBI, and her co-workers at the County Prosecutor’s office, none of whom takes the call seriously. The only person she can count on to help her is Jake Hogan, her closest friend in the world, the man who has provided a strong shoulder for her to lean on throughout the long search. A former FBI agent, Jake is now a P.I., and though he is skeptical about the authenticity of the call, the attraction he feels for Sarah pushes him to help her. He is convinced someone is deliberately tormenting the grief-stricken mother.

    Their long friendship explodes into a romance as they try to figure out who, and why—and what happened to Lexie. When the torment escalates to murder, Jake is the only one who can keep Sarah safe. Together, they are caught up in a nightmare search for Lexie that just might end with Sarah’s death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 25, 2006
    ISBN9781423305637
    Vanished
    Author

    Karen Robards

    Karen Robards is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than fifty books and one novella. Karen published her first novel at age twenty-four and has won multiple awards throughout her career, including six Silver Pens for favorite author. Karen was described by The Daily Mail as “one of the most reliable thriller...writers in the world.” She is the mother of three boys and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

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    • 4/5
      Good story about a prosecutor, her FBI friend, missing children and murder. Didn't have a clue who was behind all the trouble until the very end.
    • 5/5
      Sarah Mason, who works in the District Attorney's office, stops at a convenience store for some dog food and finds herself in the middle of a robbery. The clerk is murdered, but Sarah and young Angie are able to escape the building. But when Sarah is shot, Angie runs off. She comes to in the hospital with her best friend PI Jake Hogan by her bedside.Sarah and Jake became friends when Sarah's five-year-old daughter Lexie vanished from a park in Beaufort, South Carolina, when they were on their way to a T-ball Awards party. When the police didn't seem to be doing enough, the young mother went to Jake who had just left the FBI to take over the family's investigation bureau. Seven years later, there is still no resolution for Sarah. Lexie seemingly vanished without a trace. Sarah has buried herself in her work since Lexie's disappearance. She barely eats, barely sleeps, and is hyper-focused on her grief. When she gets a phone call, purportedly from Lexie begging her for help, Jake is her first call. But Jake wants to look at who might want to cause Sarah so much pain and helps her realize that the call couldn't be from Lexie.Sarah has lots of potential sources for those who might want to derail her and sidetrack her. She is heavily involved in the Helitzer case concerning a socially prominent man who, Sarah believes, murdered his wife. She's also involved in a case where a stripper has accused a couple of cops of rape which has much of the police force turning against Sarah. There are other cases too.There are other bits of harassment after the first phone call. Someone enters Sarah's house and scatters Lexie's toys around. Someone writes a code word only known to Sarah and Lexie on Sarah's car window. And then young Angie vanishes which brings all the terrors of the day Sarah lost Lexie right back...The story was intense and fast-paced. It was emotionally harrowing to watch Sarah try to deal with her loss. It was equally harrowing to watch Jake, who had fallen deeply in love with Sarah, try to help, support, and protect the woman he has come to love. The story was narrated by Joyce Bean who did an excellent job dealing with the voices and the emotional intensity of the story.
    • 3/5
      This story started out well enough, hooked me in, and kept me interested. However, I hated the neat and tidy, happily ever ending that was unrealistic and somewhat out of left field.
    • 5/5
      OMG is the only words that can describe this book. It was FULL of suspence and you just couldnt put this book down, well i got the audio book but still by far the best book i have read/listen to in my WHOLE LIFE!.This is about an ADA (assistant district attorney) whos 5 year old daughter vanishes right in front of her eyes. 7 years later she is caught in a convinence store buying dog food where robbers come in and shoot the teller and she is faced to save a little girl hiding in the corner.through out the book there are people who are trying to kill her and playing mean tricks on her about her daughter that is lost.mean while the little girl she saved in the robbery get kidnapped and she feels its her duty to save her since she couldnt save her daughter.**spoiler alert* dont read if you dont want to know the ending!the last 20 minutes of the book by far was the bestfinding out the JUDGE was the bad guy and running the kiddy porn shop and find out he was the one who kidnapped her daughter and sexually assualted her!!!!!!!!!!! and to find out she was ALIVE!Of course the police find the daugher and bring her home where i cried my eyes out.BEST book EVER. you will not be disappointed!
    • 5/5
      I read this in just two sittings. I was completely consumed by every page. Robards has a way of grabbing you and holding you there with her writing.
    • 4/5
      Good story about a prosecutor, her FBI friend, missing children and murder. Didn't have a clue who was behind all the trouble until the very end.
    • 5/5
      Was good, not as good as Beachcomber, but still a good read.