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    A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)
    A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)
    A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)
    Audiobook6 hours

    A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)

    Written by Blake Pierce

    Narrated by Elaine Wise

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense.

    Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, remains haunted by the abduction of her own daughter, years before, never found. Still obsessed with finding her, Keri buries her grief the only way she knows how: by throwing herself into the cases of missing persons in Los Angeles.

    A routine phone call from a worried mother of a high-schooler, only two hours missing, should be ignored. Yet something about the mother’s voice strikes a chord, and Keri decides to investigate.

    What she finds shocks her. The missing daughter—of a prominent senator—was hiding secrets no one knew. When all evidence points to a runaway, Keri is ordered off the case. And yet, despite pressure from her superiors, from the media, despite all trails going cold, the brilliant and obsessed Keri refuses to let it go. She knows she has but 48 hours if she has any chance of bringing this girl back alive.

    A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, A Trace of Death marks the debut of a riveting series—and a beloved new character—that will leave you listening late into the night.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLukeman Literary Management
    Release dateFeb 10, 2017
    ISBN9781640295100
    A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)
    Author

    Blake Pierce

    Blake Pierce is author of the #1 bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which include the mystery suspense thrillers ONCE GONE (book #1), ONCE TAKEN (book #2) and ONCE CRAVED (#3). An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

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    Reviews for A Trace of Death (A Keri Locke Mystery–Book 1)

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    • 3/5
      The story line was good. But, and its a big “but”, a Southern California story ready in cockney and other British accents made it ridiculous. Made it very hard to really enjoy the writing and the writer’s intent. I would like to listen to more from this author but I’m afraid of the same experience.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Why the hell is the narrator of this book English accented? It's set in California, and all the characters HAVE ENGLISH ACCENTS. It's so confusing and wrong, which does not in any way help the book, which is decent enough modern pulp detective fiction.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I am really enjoying Blake Pierce’s novels! It’s a bit distracting to have a British accent with American settings and mispronounced words on occasion, but keep those audiobooks coming! ?

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Good story wrong narrator have hard time getting past English accent to remember it was done in the United States

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      This is set in California and is narrated by anEnglish woman. The recording stops and starts abruptly.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Why was this read with a British accent ??

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I had never heard of this author. It sounded good so I got the audiobook. The story is set in the Los Angeles area and the detective is LAPD but the audiobook reader is British and there's no explanation for it. It totally didn't work for me. The story was pretty preposterous as well; a rogue LAPD detective would never have been allowed to continue business like that.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Real amateur writing. The author obviously knows nothing about police/legal procedures. The emotionally disturbed main character repeatedly loses her composure, committing assault after assault, which is supposed to pass for police work. Also, none of the supposed clues she uncovers actually lead to the conclusion of the story. Very simple plot, badly written, a BIG waste of time.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Book not based in England. Queens English? Why? Great book but it’s in LA. Hard to believe everyone speaking Queens English.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Marvelous! Author and Narrator keeps you on the edge of your seat!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Excessive drama! Too much rule breaking even for the good of the missing!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I liked the story. It was entertaining enough and the characters were well-developed. The only problem? It felt like the narrator yelled/screamed half the dialogue which became pretty distracting.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Book was good.!narratir being British and all the characters American was a bit confusing initially

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      The books narrator wasn’t very good and lots of parts of the book were missing and kept jumping on.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Kept me on the edge of my seat! So many clues n possibilities. Fast paced. Intriguing plot n subplot. Good narration that kept the story alive! Would recommend.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Could easily have rated this book a 5 star had the narrator not had a British accent. Tough thinking LAPD folks although














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    • 1/5
      The biggest to problems with this book are it has a lot of plot holes and is very unbelievable. Second, the main character is the kind of person who should not be allowed to be a police officer. The main characters actions were both stupid and disturbing, making her very easy to hate.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I liked the audio book. I would have given a 5 star, but it seems strange the narrator had a British accent when the location was Los Angeles, California.The narrator did an excellent job though.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Like others, I agree the story is not bad, characters are well developed for the most part. But didn't care for the use of a British narrator.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Very rarely do I rate a book on the narrator; I figure that is subjective. However, very rarely can I not even listen through the first chapter. This narration is that rarity. Holy heck!! How can it possibly be that bad? Listening actually hurt my ears. I cannot even put my finger on the exact problem; it's just from the gate aural discord. May be a good story but I won’t find out in audio form.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The story itself is amazing. Love the characters and the plot.

      But while Ms. Wise is an excellent narrator, her British Accent, and British English pronunciations for characters from the Los Angeles region of the US is a distraction from the story.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The book was intriguing, most characters were well developed, and the story moved along at a great pace. My only problem was the introduction of a few “surprise” characters that were “off plot.” The narration was good, except that a British voice narrating all characters in a Southern California setting really bothered me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A great story, but for gods sake have someone who knows how to pronounce the correct inflections like Cerritos, Santa Clarita, and some others. If this is it in Southern California, why does everybody have an English accent? The reader was great, nothing wrong it just seems really jarring to have a listen to some thing about Santa Clarita and have somebody called Santa ClAir-it’s...

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Listened to the end, but only to see if it could improve! The storyline was too far fetched, the 'writing's was dodgy to say the least and the narrator was simply awful. I can normally read/listen to most things and find at least one good thing to say, but this was truly awful...so many hours I'll never get back, but at least it made me laugh and kept me wondering if it could get any worse!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A good plot and I enjoyed the different characters too
    • 4/5
      Took a while to hook me in but pleased I hung in there as I enjoyed the story. I just hope the daughters disappearance doesn’t go on forever
    • 3/5
      This was a decent book, but the narrator was terrible. She has an English accent, which does not go with the story at all. I had a hard time concentrating on the story at times because of the narrator's voice.
    • 2/5
      Ok but English accent and pronunciations ruin the American story
    • 5/5
      Better than expected. I enjoyed this one and look forward to the next.
    • 4/5
      Great story but the British narration for a story that takes place in California was confusing. All the characters sounded like they belonged on “the other side of the pond.” There were decidedly British terms like referring to someone as “mum.” My spouse is from Southern California and all of the characters sounded out of place. I love a British accent and actually prefer it but it was distracting due to the setting.