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  • The Search

  • By: Nora Roberts
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (232 ratings)

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The Search

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Publisher's Summary

A canine Search and Rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in this riveting #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts.

To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life - a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school and a challenging volunteer job performing Canine Search and Rescue. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare: an encounter with the Red Scarf Killer, who shot and killed Fiona’s cop fiancé and his K-9 partner.

On Orcas Island, Fiona has found the peace and solitude necessary to rebuild her life with her three loyal Labs. But all that changes on the day intensely private wood artist Simon Doyle barrels up her drive with an out-of-control puppy, desperate for her help.

As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into Fiona’s life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped out of his hands...

©2010 by Nora Roberts. (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic Reviews

"[T]he romance is finely done, with Roberts's trademark banter lighting up the page. Fiona and Simon are the main attraction, but the setting and the supporting characters - with paws and without - provide a vivid backdrop." (Publishers Weekly)

“Search-and-rescue dogs are a focal point of this wonderful tale of love and adventure. Roberts has a marvelous ability to blend in the perfect amounts of character drama, realistic romance and chilling suspense. The result - an unputdownable read! Roberts again proves why her name is synonymous with excellence.” (RT Book Reviews)

“Strong romantic suspense.... The serial killer subplot is not new, as the copycat has been done before, but Nora Roberts makes it seem fresh with her incredible writing skill as she uses the Search and Rescue canines as key elements in the exciting story line. Readers will enjoy Ms. Roberts’ entertaining Puget Sound thriller.” (Midwest Book Review)

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fantastic

absolutely love nora roberts
the story never lagged or jumped
just the right amount of anticipation
narrator's ability to articulate the characters' excitement, fear, love and sarcasm made the story soo real, totally enjoyable

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Boring and long winded

Don’t recommend. Story just got bogged down and repetitive. I was waiting for something to happen and gave up.

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Easy to listen to voices

Narration was excellent on another fabulous Nora Roberts story. Loved the dog training aspect added.

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Enjoyable

I would have to say it wasn’t a particular favourite. I had listed tonThe Witness before this one and that was riveting. I think the narrators “matter of fact” voice made the love scenes less believable and there was an excess of “teachers voice” not only with the dog training but her interaction with other characters. I’d like to have seen more expansion on other characters. The last few chapters finally got my full attention.

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A Pleasant surprise

This book was a great read. Relaxed pace, yet kept you in, great characters, great story with warmth, action, romance and fun.

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light reading

A light reading, loved the story line but getting to the point was slow and felt lengthy. glad I read it but not again.

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Excellent

I read a lot of this genre and this book has to be amongst my faves. Great characters. Good storyline. Worth reading Enjoy

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Ok

My first NR book and I wanted to love it - started off good. Then, I felt the story went into a stagnant stage waffling on and repetitive. You could probably fast forward to last few chapters and not miss a thing. Audible book was good so I could be doing something else at same time. I wouldn’t finish if I had to read myself.

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Favourite

One of my favourite Nora Robert's books.
Loved the story and the humour of the characters.
Great tension between Simon and Fiona was incredible.
Great suspense, Loved it.

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Awesome story, murder meets romance

Not the best narrator but an excellent story, lots is suspense, another great from Nora

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