Daddy Darkest
Doctors of Darkness, Book 1
By: Ellery A. Kane
Narrated by: Kristin James
Series: Doctors of Darkness, Book 1
Categories: Crime & Thrillers, Suspense
By: Andrea Mara
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
When Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbor's garden. But the pond is empty, and no one is answering the door. Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Then Sylvia's little daughter wakes one night, screaming that there's a man in her room. This is followed by a series of bizarre disturbances in the house. Sylvia's husband insists it's all in her mind, but she is certain it's not - there's something very wrong on the other side of the wall.
Girl Number One
By: Jane Holland
Narrated by: Anna Parker-Naples
Eleanor Blackwood discovers a woman's body in the same spot in the woods where her mother was strangled eighteen years previously. But before the police can get there, the body vanishes. Is Eleanor's disturbed mind playing tricks on her again, or has her mother's killer resurfaced? And what does the number on the dead woman's forehead signify?
By Mazz on 01-12-18
By: Sean Black
It may be Christmas in New York, but for ex-soldier turned élite bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual: his mission is to protect one of America's most ruthless businessmen. Suddenly gunshots ring out. People run for cover. Innocent people are mown down. Amid the chaos, Lock's hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.
Good book, interesting stort
By Jamie Mackay on 01-08-17
Breaking Jess
By: H.B. Moore, Heather B. Moore
Narrated by: Steve West, Karissa Vacker
What do a crooked detective, an upstanding psychiatrist, and a teenager who can't remember killing her parents all have in common? Nine years of lies.
Schoolgirl Missing
By: Sue Fortin
Narrated by: Grace Andrews
Have you seen this girl? When 14-year-old Poppy vanishes on a family boating trip, suspicion soon turns close to home - to the two people who should do everything to keep her safe: her parents, Kit and Neve. Neve has a secret. Kit is lying. Everyone is watching. Who do you believe?
Disfunctional family
By Annie on 16-02-19
Jake Tanner Thriller Series, Book 1
By: Jack Probyn
Narrated by: Paul Delaross
Summertime in the heart of London. It's hot, it's humid, and to make matters worse, two brothers orchestrate the deadliest terrorist attack the city has ever seen. As three airport-bound trains come to a complete standstill, and thousands of passengers are taken hostage, the terrorists elect DC Jake Tanner to be a pawn in their twisted game. If he arrives late or breaks the rules on this dangerous scavenger hunt, there will be terrifying consequences.
By: Liz Lawler
Narrated by: Jessica Ball
Emily Jacobs, a nurse, is in hospital for a minor operation. When she wakes in the night, woozy with anaesthetic, she sees the doctor trying to resuscitate the woman in the bed next to her. In the morning, she is told that she must have had a nightmare. The bed has been empty all along.... When Emily returns to work, she discovers a bracelet that she believes belonged to the missing woman. Soon, she becomes convinced that her colleagues are hiding a terrible secret. What if she's wrong? What if her own troubled past has affected her more than she knows? But what if she's right?
Enjoyable but don't read to soon after first book
By Rebecca C on 17-08-19
By: Darcy Coates
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Twenty-two-year-old Eileen goes missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance. Chris wants to believe Eileen is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray farther from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount, they begin to believe they're not alone in the forest...and that Eileen's disappearance wasn't an accident.
By Abi on 12-12-18
Fifteen Minutes to Live
By: Phoef Sutton
Narrated by: Phoef Sutton
Carl moved into his childhood home after his parents died. It's a house filled with fond memories...like when he was a teenager and his girlfriend, Jesse, would throw pebbles at his window at night to lure him outside. So he thinks he's dreaming when late one night, he hears those pebbles hitting his window again...and there she is outside. But she died three weeks ago. Is she an impostor? A ghost? Or is the answer even more chilling?
Don't Tell Teacher
By: Suzy K Quinn
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Lizzie Riley is sure that the local academy school, with its excellent reputation, is perfect for her six-year-old son, Tom. But there's something strange happening at school. Parents are forbidden from entering the grounds, and there are bars across the classroom windows. Why is Tom coming home exhausted, unable to remember his day? What are the strange marks on his arm? And why do the children seem afraid to talk?
Great Thriller!
By Rachel Conkey on 21-04-19
The Girl Who Came Back
By: Kerry Wilkinson
Narrated by: Alison Campbell
When six-year-old Olivia Adams disappeared from her back garden, the small community of Stoneridge was thrown into turmoil. How could a child vanish in the middle of a cozy English village? Thirteen years on and Olivia is back. Her mother is convinced it's her but not everyone is sure. If this is the missing girl, then where has she been - and what happened to her on that sunny afternoon? If she's an imposter, then who would be bold enough to try to fool a child's own mother - and why?
By Mini Ward on 24-09-17
The Silent Surrogate
A Psychological Suspense Thriller
By: N.L. Hinkens
Narrated by: Mitzi Pirkey
After years of searching, Nora has finally tracked down the woman who destroyed her life. She rents the house next door under an assumed identity, but before she can put her plan for retribution into motion, the woman's mysterious young lodger goes missing. As evidence of foul play mounts, a web of lies begins to unravel, and a shocked community is ripped apart. When the trail to the abductor leads to where no one imagined, Nora discovers that everyone is harboring secrets, and no one can be trusted.
Bad Apple
By: Zoje Stage
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Seven-year-old Hanna has never spoken a word. She is a sweet but silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father, but with Mummy, things are different. Suzette loves her daughter, but difficulties with babysitters and teachers over the years have put a strain on their relationship and her sanity. Then Hanna speaks for the first time, to Suzette alone, and what she says is chilling.
Good story, slow ending
By Amy Hegarty on 17-11-18
A Mother's Lie
By: Jo Crow
Narrated by: Stacy Hinkle
When her child's life is at stake, a mother will do anything to save him.? Clara McNair is running out of time to save her son, James. When the two-year-old is diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, only an experimental treatment can save his life. She desperately needs money to pay for the surgery, but she'll have to travel back to the site of her darkest memories to get it? Clara has escaped the demons of her youth - or so she thinks. It's been 10 years since the mysterious disappearance of her parents.
By: Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke
Narrated by: Karen Peakes
For estranged friends Ashley, Natalie, and Lauren, it's time to heal the old wounds between them. Where better to repair those severed ties than on a girls' getaway to the beautiful paradise of Tulum, Mexico? But even after they're reunited, no one is being completely honest about the past or the secrets they're hiding. When Ashley disappears on their girls' night out, Natalie and Lauren have to try to piece together their hazy memories to figure out what could have happened to her, while also reconciling their feelings of guilt over their last moments together.
it really wasnt my kind of thing. A bit Gung-ho.
By Crusherthedrummer on 21-02-19
By: Carissa Ann Lynch
Narrated by: Regina Reagan
Lily was last seen being tucked into bed by her adoring mother, Nova. But the next morning, the bed is empty except for a creepy toy rabbit. Has Nova's abusive ex stolen his 'little bunny' back for good? At first, Officer Ellie James assumes this is a clear custody battle. Until she discovers that there are no pictures of the girl and her drawers are full of unused toys and brand-new clothes that have never been worn...Is Ellie searching for a missing child who doesn't actually exist?
I Know Where She Is
A Breathtaking Thriller that Will Have You Hooked from The First Page
By: S.B. Caves
Narrated by: Sarah Beckett
On the tenth anniversary of her daughter Autumn's abduction, Francine receives an anonymous note containing just five words: I know where she is. When a young woman approaches her the next day claiming to have sent the letter, Francine wants to dismiss it as a cruel, twisted joke. But the stranger knows things that only Autumn would know. Francine discovers that danger comes from unexpected sources. She will do things she never imagined herself capable of. But will she get her daughter back - or is it too late?
By: Margot Hunt
Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
Kat Grant and Alice Campbell have a friendship forged in shared confidences and long lunches lubricated by expensive wine. Though they're very different women - the artsy socialite and the struggling suburbanite - they're each other's rocks. But even rocks crumble under pressure. Like when Kat's financier husband, Howard, plunges to his death from the second-floor balcony of their South Florida mansion. Howard was a jerk, a drunk, a bully, and, police say, a murder victim. The questions begin piling up.
By Tigger on 04-03-18
Bury your secrets. Bury them deep....
A month after her high school graduation, small-town girl Samantha "Sam" Bronwyn boards a plane with her best friend, Ginny. Destination: San Francisco. But when Ginny disappears inside an airport bathroom wearing Sam's letterman jacket, it doesn't take her long to figure out she was the intended target. Alone in a strange city, Sam's on a run for her life - drawn into a dark past she never knew existed. A past where secrets aren't all that's buried and where revenge comes at the highest price.
Who is Sam really - and who can she trust? The mysterious stranger in 4A who secreted a gun in his backpack? The guilty ex-con? The disarming FBI agent? Her own mother?
Only one thing is certain. Someone is after her. Someone who knows more about her than she does. Someone who wants to teach her a hard lesson: There are worse things than murder.
Daddy Darkest is a standalone and the first in the Doctors of Darkness series.
©2017 Ellery Kane (P)2018 Ellery Kane
"Fast-paced and gripping.... This feverishly drawn thriller places Kane's clever control of crime fiction and knack for memorable characters on full display. A rigorously written and rousing murder mystery fueled by aggressive plotting and stocked with effervescent youth." (Kirkus)
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Where does Daddy Darkest rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
What did you like best about this story?
The different plot twists.
Which character – as performed by Kristin James – was your favorite?
They all were performed well.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
MarisaReads
Twists & Turns
I love me a good, dark psychological suspense novel and that is what we have here with Daddy Darkest. This story grabbed me right from the beginning and it's one that's hard to put down. I loved the creepiness angle of the psychiatrist main character, and the author did an excellent job at delving deep into the grit of the character. The story is fast paced and entertaining. The narration is excellent and adds to an already good story. Looking forward to Book 2.
I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.
Mind boggling
A brilliant psychiatrist is seduced and falls in love with a serial killer, who's also her patient (and an inmate). When it comes to rape victims (especially minors) it's almost impossible to turn them into unsympathetic characters. Somehow that mission is accomplished with the primary character of this story. I feel awful for what she went through as an adolescent, but the decisions she makes as a practicing psychiatrist and alleged professional cause some of the sympathy to evaporate to the point you really don't care about her fate by the end of the book. The loss of sympathy is primarily because she turns her back on the people in her life who genuinely care about her in favor of screwing a murderer just because he's got nice eyes and sweet talks her. I was married to a woman who was the victim of rape as a child and this character does a disservice to victims who actually turn out to not be hell bent on self destruction.
Jessica Greenhalgh
What did you love best about Daddy Darkest?
This book was captivating, from the beginning.
I can't wait for the next book.
Sandra #AudiobookObsessionReviewer
great book great narration!
a psychological thriller at its best so engrossing you'll want to listen to it in one sitting
Well written !! Very intense, loved the book and can not wait for book 2 , The hanging Tree
Take a Pass
Not sure how this book got a 4.2 rating from 106 people - and I really don't want to be mean, but I had to stop listening after about an hour. It just never got better.
Save your credit!
Good Story in the beginning but crash and burns
I really don't know if I can continue this story any more, I am so ready to hang a sign on this woman that says open 24/7 her morals are lacking and now this part of the book is just all about her conquests and serious mental issues. The unbelievably of the story is too much to handle and if I hear her best friend call her Claire Bear one more time I will throw my phone across the room!. What a great start for a book to just crash and burn in the middle it is almost painful and drawn out to continue to listen to. I like a good mystery thriller with a kick of romance, but when you have so many men involved it is really hard to follow. Keep on trying Ellery you have the potential but this one is just too drawn out for me.
No way this is the authors first thriller, it is way too good! Can't wait for her next one.
So I was expecting a kidnapping adventure mystery, however it was more of a dark psychological drama. Sam and her friend fly to California for vacation when Ginny disappears. What I expected to be a story about Sam was more flashback about her mother who worked as a shrink at a prison and was pulled in by a serial killer. A little too dark for my taste, abuse, a lot of inner monologue and self loathing, not really a feel good or action adventure mystery, just sad and depressing. Good storytelling but a bit too slow and dark for me. The narrator did a great job! received a free review copy of this book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.