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Gone the Next
- Narrated by: Johnny Peppers
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He's working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him to the core. There, with the subject, is a little blond girl wearing a pink top and denim shorts - the same outfit worn by Tracy Turner, a six-year-old abducted the day before. When the police are skeptical of Ballard's report - and with his history, who can blame them? - it's the beginning of the most important case of his life.
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- Julie
- 30-03-21
Don't let it go
I did enjoy this book but it wasn't what I was expecting. I have listened to all the authors Blanco County series and was expecting this series to be similar but it is a more grown up mystery in the fact that it lacks the humour. Not to say there isn't some comic relief, it is more in the from one liners and banter than the characters themselves. I like the relationship between the characters especially the jokey nature between Roy and Jessica. The mystery was good and took lots of twists in the plot. The author also covers the hard subject of child abduction very well and makes you think how quickly your world can turn upside down, a real eye opener. Off to start the next book.
Roy is a freelance videographer catching people that are committing insurance fraud but when a young girl goes missing he has a hard time letting it go. To many memories of his own daughters disappearance comes to the surface but then he thinks he sees her at his latest target. Can be convince the police of what he has seen? With no evidence to back up his claim Roy sets up his own surveillance and investigation to find the missing girl.
I like the narrator, he does a good job with all the many and varied voices needed in the story.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Roberta Vella
- 21-09-20
Enjoyable, well paced and interesting book
This is the first book in the Roy Ballard series and I must say it is a very good start. As a professional videographer hired mainly by insurance companies when they think they have a fraudulent claim he soon turns out to be quite the detective when a little girl is kidnapped. The story is well paced and takes place over a short period of time - you really do not want to stop listening to the story, you just have to get to find out what is happening asap. Although I did not immediately like the narrator’s tone I soon got to like it as it sort of fits Roy’s character. I only wish he changed his voice a bit when doing the other male characters in the story. Yes I am glad I started this series and look forward to starting the next book!
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- Linda Brown
- 31-05-20
Great audible. long story!
Great story and easy to listen to. interesting all the way through and one you don't want to put down! You just want to know who did it. Ejoyed this!
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- Deirdre
- 14-09-20
Great Start to New Series
Don't you love when you get a recommendation of a real gem of a series. Ben Rehder has written rounded characters who you really engage with and become vested in. There is wit, suspense and a great story. Recommend if you love to get stuck into a series that you can't wait to get to the next book. And Johnny Peppers is a great narrator.
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- Siobhan D
- 17-01-21
enjoyed
I enjoyed listening to Johnny Peppers
We have a missing child, a great plot and characters. The one liners and humour with a good story, will keep you listening
Very enjoyable
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- Bethany Gordon
- 26-09-20
Great start to a series
The first in the Roy Ballard series by an author new to me. I really enjoyed this mystery, the pace was just right and I liked Roy and his partner Mia. Although a serious topic, the light-hearted moments were amusing and helped to break up the story and inject a bit of humour. With twists and turns as Roy investigates first an insurance cheat and then the disappearance of Tracy Turner. I liked the way his own history was weaved into the present day and gave the opportunity to get to know the character. The narration really suited the main character and was just right. A really good start to a series which I'm looking forward to listening to more of.
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- Amanda Elliott
- 11-06-20
Great !!
I loved this book , I couldn’t stop listening to it, I I instantly warmed to the main protagonist, he was real and had his faults like all of us , but he had a relentless attitude to follow his gut , even when he was at risk of losing everything himself. I liked his sidekick also as she brought even more depth to the story . The writing was superb and I look forward to more from this author , the narrator was fantastic too .
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- James
- 22-07-20
Great story really keeps you guessing!
Wonderful start to a series looking forward to the next. Engaging characters and well narrated.
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- Carol B
- 21-09-20
The Perfect Listen
Gone the Next is sad but humourous, Roy Ballard a videographer works insurance claims, but it starts with his daughter being abducted and the marriage falls apart understandably so, as his daughter was taken in his watch. His job at the moment is best described watching people that have put in an insurance claim because they can't work etc so he checks them out against fraudelent claims, and while on a stake out he spots a approx 6yrs old little girl that was abducted or did he? is his mind playing tricks because sometimes his stake out goes well beyond the call of duty and as he did not photograph her so he can't be certain, The little girls mother an alcholic has tried to dry out a few times and a husband who plays around so was poor little Tracey really abducted or taken to spite the mother. Roy also takes on a new partner female and they seem to work great together and she is quite bright at working as a detective would and is charming and witty although Roy has a lot of one liners. The character are well defined the descriptions of the area Austin Texas good as I'm British will have to take the author's word that it's correct but bear in mind were listening/reading fiction.a story well put together praise for Ben Rehder for a great listen as he got a good narrator in Johnny Peppers.
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- Book Monitor
- 20-09-20
A very good start to the series.
Roy Ballard is a witty, clever, sincere, irritating and likeable character and this tale which gives back story to his character and deals with his life as it is, was a great introduction.
The other characters were also mostly well defined, and the tale is fast paced with enough clues and suspects to keep you guessing.
I really enjoyed it and thought the narration by Johnny Peppers was very good, getting the right amount of wit and pathos, seriousness and humour and clearly defining the characters.
The whole thing had the feel of an old fashioned gumshoe tale or play that I used to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon. with a modern take and gave me a few very enjoyable hours.
I am really looking forward to the next one in the series. 4.5 stars overall.
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