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Title: The Abducted Odessa Omnibus
Author: Roger Hayden
Narrator: Tia Rider Sorensen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-14-17
Publisher: DBS Publishing LLC
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
A girl's disappearance in a small town leads to a disturbing pattern.
The hunt for a kidnapper reveals a conspiracy unlike anything seen in the small town of Odessa, Texas. Notes left for investigators claim to be from the kidnapper, taunting them along the way and mentioning one former detective by name, Miriam Sandoval. Miriam is then enlisted to help crack the case, but what she finds results in more troubling questions, including dead suspects who aren't working alone. Leaks soon compromise the case, and Miriam is left with the difficult decision of holding back or doing things her way. The clock is ticking, and the deadly game of a demented predator has just begun. Can Miriam solve the mystery in time, or will the missing girls' suffer a tragic fate into the unknown?
Members Reviews:
Two clever loners battle each other, and battle their pasts.
I really liked the story. A couple loners with haunting pasts. Secret rooms. Red Herrings. All made for a great story.
With each page more and more of the story is revealed, not too fast, not too slow. Reading this literally made my heart race at times.
The book was very much worth the time I spent reading.
Reading low-cost e-books has given me a greater appreciation for the work that goes into producing a higher cost book. Obviously, there are quite a few professional eyes on a book before it's released. A self-published author doesn't have access to those resources. I've never written a novel. I can't imagine how tedious it is for self-published authors to pay attention to the technical details of the words they use. This book some flaws:
Homophone mixups.
Missing words.
Wrong names (such as in the One Slip chapter with "...Tara locked safely inside," when it's really April)
All are errors that make for reading "speed bumps" for me. Errors that I don't like but tolerate in order to read the books.
I would have liked for the two Odessa, Texas detectives, and Miriam's fiancé to be a little more developed. All three play a big part in Miriam's inner life. Without development they are relegated to minor character status when they actually have greater roles.
Plot: 5-stars.
Character development: 4-stars.
Proofreading: 2-stars.
Kept my interest: 5-stars.
A minor point, Miriam and her colleagues appear to have superhuman ability to go with no rest while functioning in high stress situations. It's a novel and some suspension of reality is required, but really. Who are these people that can jam a month of activity into 48 hours?
Great book. Miriam Castillo quit working as a detective
Great book. Miriam Castillo quit working as a detective, after being kidnapped by the Snatched. After that ordeal she and her daughter,Ana, who was also kidnapped relocated. Miriam changed her last name and chose to take a desk job. Ana was attending school and going to therapy twice a week. Life was getting back to normal, until the phone calls from Odessa, Texas. Two girls have been kidnapped there and a letter the kidnapper left requested the police contact Miriam. Who is the kidnapper? How does he know Miriam? Dive in to help solve the kidnapping.
Action Packed
If you've read any of Roger Hayden's previous work, you may remember how Detective Miriam Sandoval saved herself and her daughter Ana from a sadistic killer back in Florida.