Girl Missing (Previously published as Peggy Sue Got Murdered): A Novel Mass Market Paperback Author: Visit Amazon's Tess Gerritsen Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0345549627 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Praise for Tess Gerritsen “[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.”
—Associated Press “[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.”
—Chicago Tribune “One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”
—The Providence Journal
About the Author
Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first
New York Times bestselling novel of suspense,
Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers
Last to Die, The Silent Girl, Ice Cold,
The Keepsake,
The Bone Garden,
The Mephisto Club,
Vanish,
Body Double,
The Sinner,
The Apprentice,
The Surgeon,
Life Support,
Bloodstream, and
Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.
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- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (February 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345549627
- ISBN-13: 978-0345549624
- Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
It's difficult to get the gist of what this book is about from reading the fairly inaccurate product description. This was a mystery about the deaths of some young people from a new narcotic-type drug that hadn't been released to market yet. Kat Novak, the medical examiner, gets suspicious that there's more to these deaths than accidental drug overdoses.
I have read all of Tess Gerritsen's previous suspense books and even some of her early romances. It is easy to see the progression and development of her skills as author by reading them in order of publication dates. It was fairly evident that this was an earlier work, but without having seen the original printed book, Peggy Sue Got Murdered, I can't say for certain what changes and updates were made for this particular version of the novel.
This is a review of an audiobook, which I find quite a different medium than print, and tend to like and enjoy less. I found the narrator of this version to be acceptable, but some of her voices, accents and affectations did bother me somewhat -- especially the male voices. Adam sounded completely stilted most of the time and the cops were portrayed as whiny and inept (so cliche). Some of her pronunciations of medical and chemical terms were off -- perhaps some coaching should have been done prior to the recording session. I feel that it would enhance the audiobook if different voices were used for the various characters - make it much more realistic and dramatic.
As far as a story -- well this was OK. I didn't think the denouement was very exciting and the motivation for the murders was slim.
This was my first experience with an audio book and after the shock of realizing that it would take over 8 hours to listen to the unabridged version of the story (I can usually read one of Gerritsen's books in 4-5 hours) I then set down to figure out what to do while listening to the CDs as my usual free time is spent reading. I didn't think I could read a book and listen to a different book at the same time. After solving the logistical problems for me, I settled down to listen to the story.
The narrator of the story did a good job with changing her voice to go with each of the characters and by the time the book was finished, I didn't usually need to be reminded verbally as to who was talking. Other than the narrator, there is no sounds on the CDs so this is not like an experience of listening to a TV show with all the background noises.
This was Tess Gerritsen's bridge work between writing romantic fiction and suspense books. I'm glad that she made the break from romantic fiction as I doubt she would have ever become as well known as a writer and the world is much better off for having her suspense novels than romantic drivel. As I am only familiar with her suspense works, I am happy to say she did a good job with this story. The story appeared well thought out and was an enjoyable tale. As usual she brings her background as an MD into the story which is the story of a medical examiner who sees a developing trend with the cause of death some drug addicts and is concerned that there is a bad batch of a new drug out on the streets. She proceeds to have her car destroyed and her house bombed as she follows the leads and finds that no one is talking about or even caring that these people are dying as they are just `street people' and it is an election year.
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