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    The Summer Children
    The Summer Children
    The Summer Children
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Summer Children

    Written by Dot Hutchison

    Narrated by Siiri Scott

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything—just not this…

    When Agent Mercedes Ramirez finds an abused young boy on her porch, covered in blood and clutching a teddy bear, she has no idea that this is just the beginning. He tells her a chilling tale: an angel killed his parents and then brought him here so Mercedes could keep him safe.

    His parents weren’t just murdered. It was a slaughter—a rage kill like no one on the Crimes Against Children team had seen before. But they’re going to see it again. An avenging angel is meting out savage justice, and she’s far from through.

    One by one, more children arrive at Mercedes’s door with the same horror story. Each one a traumatized survivor of an abusive home. Each one chafing at Mercedes’s own scars from the past. And each one taking its toll on her life and career.

    Now, as the investigation draws her deeper into the dark, Mercedes is beginning to fear that if this case doesn’t destroy her, her memories might.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 22, 2018
    ISBN9781543640229
    The Summer Children
    Author

    Dot Hutchison

    Dot Hutchison is the author of the Collector series (The Butterfly Garden, The Roses of May, The Summer Children, and The Vanishing Season) as well as A Wounded Name, a young adult novel based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Hutchison loves thunderstorms, mythology, history, and movies that can and should be watched on repeat. She has a background in theater, Renaissance-festival living chessboards, and free falls. She likes to think that Saint George regretted killing that dragon for the rest of his days. For more information on her current projects, visit www.dothutchison.com.

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    • 4/5
      What a great book about surviving a terrible past as a child. Normally I don't read books about crimes against children, however this author's writing skills supassed what the story revolves around; a serial criminal abusing children and then dropping them off at an FBI special victims unit agents house in the middle of the night....and they are holding a teddy bear. YES! It will hook you from the beginning page. I had no idea that this was book three in a series. I understood it fine. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a well written crime thriller. WARNING: There are some graphic depictions of sexual abuse and rape of children.
    • 3/5
      I didn’t like the narration too much. She kept a more dramatic/intense tone throughout the whole thing. I didn’t care for that.
      The story was just Ok.
    • 5/5
      Love this series! Awesome details & stories are well connected from one book to the other.
    • 5/5
      This was a awesome story! I could not quit listening to it. It told of pain, heartbreak, and betrayal., but it also told of love,compassion, bravery and a woman who went thru hell and made it.
    • 4/5
      It was a different take on life in the FBI. I liked the portrayal of the comadrie within the team and the way of working with the children they were trying to protect.
    • 4/5
      Loved the story. The narration was mostly good. Sometimes the emotion was not honest and accurate. It became unnatural. I found that sad.
    • 5/5
      I love this author. She does something that 90% of other authors don’t do. She takes time to end a book in a way that ties up everything that you may have not caught or not understood. And if the book is in a series, like this book, she doesn’t give anything about the next book but makes it so you can’t wait for it. Most authors rush the ending and just cuts it off leaving you empty. Love this author and this series of books.
    • 5/5
      This was a great continuation of the story. Can't wait to listen to the next one!
    • 4/5
      Very fast moving. Like the way the past wove throughout the story. A disturbing topic handled very delicately. Recommend.
    • 5/5
      This series thus far is definitely worth the time....I would listen to it again without hesitation in the future
    • 5/5
      I cannot get enough of this series. It's storyline is gripping and the characters steal your heart. It's original and though provoking. Highly recommend the read.