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    Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
    Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
    Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
    Audiobook8 hours

    Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)

    Written by Blake Pierce

    Narrated by Abigail Reno

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    About this audiobook

    “When you think that life cannot get better, Blake Pierce comes up with another masterpiece of thriller and mystery! This book is full of twists and the end brings a surprising revelation. I strongly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that enjoys a very well written thriller.”

    --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Almost Gone)

    LEFT TO DIE is book #1 in a new FBI thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews.

    FBI special agent Adele Sharp is a German-and-French raised American with triple citizenship—and an invaluable asset in bringing criminals to justice as they cross American and European borders.

    When a serial killer case spanning three U.S. states goes cold, Adele returns to San Francisco and to the man she hopes to marry. But after a shocking twist, a new lead surfaces and Adele is dispatched to Paris, to lead an international manhunt.

    Adele returns to the Europe of her childhood, where familiar Parisian streets, old friends from the DGSI and her estranged father reignite her dormant obsession with solving her own mother’s murder. All the while she must hunt down the diabolical killer, must enter the dark canals of his psychotic mind to know where he will strike next—and save the next victim before it’s too late.

    An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, LEFT TO DIE will have you turning pages late into the night.

    Books #2 and #3 in the series – LEFT TO RUN and LEFT TO HIDE – are also available for preorder!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLukeman Literary Management
    Release dateMay 15, 2020
    ISBN9781094302898
    Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
    Author

    Blake Pierce

    Blake Pierce is author of the #1 bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which include the mystery suspense thrillers ONCE GONE (book #1), ONCE TAKEN (book #2) and ONCE CRAVED (#3). An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed some parts of this book but found many aspects so annoying.
      The character wasn’t the typical cookie cutter FBI agent but she did not come across as very well trained. Her ‘partner’ also interesting but at times just appeared really rude & not very bright.
      Some of the story needed a bit more fact checking e.g. what muscle paralytic drug immobilises all muscles except the respiratory muscles?
      Some obvious investigation leads are mishandled e.g who had access to the drug? Rather they spent time looking at the entire staff.
      And I’m sorry what law enforcement would drop their gun when the bad guy only had a scalpel?!?!?
      Overall the book had promise but could have done with a good critic & edit before publishing.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The story is okay but there are so many misused words that I had to stop listening to it.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Couldn’t finish the French accent of the narrator was horrible

      3 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The story was good. It would've got 5 stars had it not been for the narrator. She was fine when talking as the english speaking charachters but she CANNOT do a French accent and it was grating to listen to her.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I liked the book and wanted to continue listening. The audible recording was well done

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I enjoyed the suspense and the characters.
      The voice of the narrator brought the character to life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Story was good but I must say... the narrator’s accents were horrible.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A great plot with strong characters. Well written. One of his best.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The characters are interesting and the plot moves at a decent pace. That’s the positive part. Things devolve around 3 hours into the recording when the sound began cutting out for a minute at a time occasionally. This usually happened during a key conversation or when the detective was musing over who the killer might be. This has happened with other Scribd audiobooks. I don’t know if the problem is the recording itself or if it’s Scribd’s problem.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Every character in this book is unrealistic. Both contrived and have no redeeming qualities. Spoiler:




      FBI agents flying first class, every cop in the story is unprofessional and has no training even though they’re senior officers. Reads like it was written by a high school kid (10th grade) - which would be a great accomplishment - but as a published book... no.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Couldn’t finish the book due to the tone of the narrator. The narrator made the main character sound like a young whiny girl. Book begins very slowly; not sure how the ending is since I was unable to finish the book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      it's OK. but for special agents, they seem awfully emotional. it's a little repetitive & tedious & unrealistic tho.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wonderfully engaging story. Too many words sometimes disrupted the flow.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      More of a 3 and a half stars. It was good and kept me entertained throughout but was no great suspense. I also don’t see the relevance of the boyfriend at the start at all. He wasn’t even mentioned throughout

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Not bad a bit too much country jumping for my taste

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this. But the narrator definitely doesn’t do accents well and it was distracting at times, taking away from the story.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The story was ok, but the reader has the worst French accent and pronunciation I’ve ever heard.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I wish the narrator could stop giving me unwanted ASMR experience...
    • 5/5
      I couldn’t wait to finish it. I even learned a little about serial killers, lol!
    • 4/5
      Solving this mystery takes u along the ride. Good twists n turns. A surprising end. Recommend.
    • 5/5
      Great plot and timeline... kept me guessing the whole time
    • 3/5
      Writing is fine. A bit predictable and wraps up exactly as expected
    • 5/5
      What a wonderful suspenseful book.Looking for a food mystery to read,found it ! Excited for next book
    • 3/5
      The story is really predictable and unfortunately there are no real plot twists.
    • 2/5
      I’m wavering on quitting this book, which I rarely do. The characters, especially the French, are quite possibly a he most un-likable characters I’ve encountered in any book I’ve ever read. I’m giving it a fair shot...
    • 3/5
      Something I could easily read on a train or flight trip. Unfortunately the Reader didn’t fully engage me and I found her accents annoyingly amateurish.
      I don’t feel at all compelled to read any other of his books...there’s very much a sense of a recipe approach to his characters.
    • 1/5
      Narration is very stilted at times, and the narrator has a very irritating way of talking. I tried to stick with it but the awful French accent was it for me. The main character didn't seem very inspiring either, very cold and I didn't feel very invested in the story as a result.
    • 2/5
      There were a few skips over parts that would make the story a bit better. It was predictable and Adele was a weak character!
    • 2/5
      The use of the fake French accent really turned me off. I couldn’t get pass the first few chapters.
    • 4/5
      Intriguing plot. Character development is shallow
      . Narrator does french accent that is more German than french