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Those Empty Eyes

By: Charlie Donlea
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
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Fans of Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay have a new must-listen in this deviously clever, skillfully plotted suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who was Taken, The Suicide House, and Twenty Years Later.

Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation.

It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed, even as she continues to hide her real identity from true crime fanatics and grasping reporters still desperate to locate her. As a legal investigator, she works tirelessly to secure justice for others, too. People like Matthew Claymore, who’s under suspicion in the disappearance of his girlfriend, a student journalist named Laura McAllister.

Laura was about to break a major story about rape and cover-ups on her college campus. Alex believes Matthew is innocent, and unearths stunning revelations about the university’s faculty, fraternity members, and powerful parents willing to do anything to protect their children.

Most shocking of all—as Alex digs into Laura’s disappearance, she realizes there are unexpected connections to the murder of her own family. For as different as the crimes may seem, they each hinge on one sinister truth: no one is quite who they seem to be . . .

©2023 Charlie Donlea (P)2023 Recorded Books
Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Detective Crime Women's Fiction Fiction
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Lots of twists and all the bits connected in the end. Great listen and highly recommend

Great plot

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The writing is excellent and complicated and original. It feels like five books. The characters are interesting and flawed and clever. The quality of the writing brought such empathy for the main character and emotion to the unfolding story line. Unusual in an American writer. Narration was really great except for the English accent, bringing drama and urgency when needed.

This is like reading 5 interconnected novels in one. The threads gradually pull together spectacularly!

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Couldn't stop listening. Another brilliantly twisting plot woven with intricate characters spanning a thirty year time span. Listen closely if you're an amateur sleuth there's more twists and turns than a labyrinth.

This book just kept in giving

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I usually love this author.

However, I found the characters hard to like. There are a lot of players and characters in this story.
There were many moving parts, but it was difficult to remember where each character fit into Alex's life.
Some of the details were too much and detracted from the main story. I kept jumping back 15 sections as I realised I had switched off from the details

Felt Chewie.

The plot was obvious -

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Not a predictable ending as is so common in crime books. I found it very enjoyable.

Twists and suspense

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