Missing Pieces
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Missing Pieces
Narrated by:
Indira Varma, John Chancer
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Narrated by:
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Indira Varma
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John Chancer
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Tim Weaver
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
GET READY TO MEET REBEKAH. SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TIM WEAVER IS BACK WITH HIS FIRST STANDALONE
Rebekah Murphy has been missing for five months. Why is no one looking for her?
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Rebekah Murphy knows too much. . .
She knows she's alone on an abandoned island with a killer on her trail.
She knows that to get home to her children, she must survive long enough to understand why this is happening.
She knows someone tried to kill her for a secret.
What she doesn't know is what that secret is . . .
Detective Frank Travis doesn't know enough . . .
He doesn't know where to find Louise Mason. He doesn't know how and why she vanished into thin air three months ago. He doesn't know the identity of the man last seen talking to her. Not yet.
But what he does know is that he's a week away from retirement -- and if he doesn't find out where Louise went, no one will.
What neither Rebekah nor Detective Travis realize is that each holds a missing piece from the same puzzle -- and it will cost them everything they love to finally solve it . . .
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Praise for Tim Weaver:
'So many twists and surprises' Times
'Impressive' Guardian
'Terrific' Sunday Times
'I couldn't put it down' Sun
'It had me racing to the end' Fiona Barton
'Packed with twists' Daily Express
'Genuinely original' Gillian McAllister
© Tim Weaver 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Critic reviews
Gripping
Missing Pieces is an emotional and compulsive thriller which, like the David Raker series showcases Tim Weaver's trademark clever and original plotting. Rebekah is an unforgettable character that I rooted for from the very first page. Twisty, unpredictable and so gripping. That ending will stay with me for a long time. A brilliant book! (Claire Douglas)
Raw, fraught, multi-layered, and a fantastic portrayal of a strong female heroine in peril (Gillian McAllister)
Smart, pacy and completely gripping - you'll feel like you're right there in the thick of the action. A five-star thriller (TM Logan)
As gripping as anything he's written before . . . Chilling
Buckle up - this is one serious pulse-pounder
Praise for Tim Weaver
Terrific
Thrilling
Packed with twists
Family complications.
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I liked the setting, I felt the island was well described and you get a good picture of her family and previous life. I liked most of the characters, the detective was good and Rebekah was actually quite a sympathetic character. Her actions were very frustrating though. How she found a boat that could get her off the island and managed to accidentally let it float out to sea while doing other things I don't know.
I was getting quite into it and enjoying the story but then the ending came out of nowhere and the main character starts to behave completely bizarrely. Major spoilers ahead:
She's been a target of multiple assassination attempts. She's at home being guarded by two NYPD cops at night when she looks out the front window. The chap who normally guards her front door is gone. His squad car is in the street with the door wide open. Weird.
So she starts towards the back door calling for "Jimmy" the back door guard. He doesn't respond. Her guard dog (who likes both cops) is growling so she forces her into another room and locks her in. Then she goes to the back door which is wide open. No Jimmy on guard. Weird.
She sees a phone lying in the garden. It's Jimmy's phone. It keeps buzzing. She walks toward it still calling for Jimmy. No sign of him. She decides to have a poke around the garden as if Jimmy might be hiding in a bush, calling out for him like a lost dog. At no point before being attacked in the garden does she think something might be up.
Apparently Rebekah had a one night stand she didn't really remember where she was actually dosed with rohypnol by a politically powerful person's delinquent half brother.
The person realised their career would be over if their half brother got caught being a rapist so they and a lackey had a policy of tracking down and killing all the women their brother raped (over half a dozen named, more implied). This was tricky because they largely didn't remember being raped. Rebekah, until later confronted by new evidence after multiple assassination attempts, thought she had a drunken one night stand and would have had no reason to prosecute the guy.
So powerful person and lackey drove to the Rebekah's house, took care of her guards then sat her down and told her why they did everything in a very long villain monologue. You would not have been able to solve the mystery without information from this monologue. Then they decide they've killed too many women, surrender and ask her to call the cops.
Honestly, I liked this book for the first 90% despite the multiple timelines but the ending was so spectacularly terrible I was amazed. The story doesn't quite end there though. Maybe I'm seeing sexism where there isn't any but there is a random scene tacked on after the natural ending where she's out and about and she bumps into a handsome man who loves her quirky accent. That's her happy ending, not her brother's murderer being brought to justice. I can't imagine this would be included if Rebekah were a single man.
The narration was good. I think different voice actors for the detective and Rebekah worked well. 2.5 stars rounded up because I liked it until the ending.
Too many timelines for me. SPOILERY REVIEW
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Narrator was perfect. Will look for this pairing of author/narrator again.
More, please!
Absorbing listen!
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Very Good
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It was a long read and I got confused by the male narrator's different characters. There were certain plot points which made no sense. It was OK, but not one of his best.
Indira Varma was a great narrator.
Missing Pieces
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