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    The Weight of Silence
    The Weight of Silence
    The Weight of Silence
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Weight of Silence

    Written by Gregg Olsen

    Narrated by Karen Peakes

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A heart-pounding novel of unspeakable crimes and unforgivable sins from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Rain.

    Homicide detective Nicole Foster has finally balanced an unsteady life and is anxious for a second chance. There’s no better place to start over than at the beginning—back at her childhood home on the Washington coast, where’s she raising her niece and keeping an eye on her increasingly fragile father. But Nicole’s past is never truly behind her—not when a disturbing new case stirs dark memories of the haunting investigation that shattered her career.

    In the middle of the hottest August in a century, a toddler is found dead inside a parked car. Her father says he forgot her. It’s an unthinkable crime. And for Nicole, it’s made all the more unbearable by her own suffocating secrets—those shared by an old rival who has reappeared from the shadows and is pushing Nicole to the edge once again.

    Now, wherever the truth lies, solving this case and avenging an unforgivable death is the most important move in Nicole’s career. But to see it through to the end, how far is she willing to go? And what is she prepared to risk this time?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 14, 2018
    ISBN9781543690545
    The Weight of Silence
    Author

    Gregg Olsen

    #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gregg Olsen has written more than thirty books, including Lying Next to Me, The Last Thing She Ever Did, and two novels in the Nicole Foster series, The Sound of Rain and The Weight of Silence. Known for his ability to create vivid and fascinating narratives, he’s appeared on multiple television and radio shows and news networks, such as Good Morning America, Dateline, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, and MSNBC. In addition, Olsen has been featured in Redbook, People, and Salon magazine, as well as in the Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Post. Both his fiction and nonfiction works have received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including prominence on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Washington State officially selected his young adult novel Envy for the National Book Festival, and The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year. A Seattle native who lives with his wife in rural Washington State, Olsen’s already at work on his next book.

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    • 3/5
      The book is okay. It would have been better if I wasn’t so forced to be focused on her main character’s gambling problem in every freaking sentence of the book. The narrators lisp didn’t help much at all either. Gregg Olsen is a great author. He just missed this one for me.

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    • 5/5
      An excellent book I really enjoyed it the narration was very good and the characters well drawn
    • 4/5
      Pretty darn good. I quite enjoyed this. Narrator is great.
    • 5/5
      The story was action packed and captivating from beginning to end! I enjoyed the unexpected twists and loved the ending! There were just enough characters, well developed as well. The story was easy to follow. Nice to see good prevail, with a slight tinge of sinister. Thank you for writing this book! Wicked good!
    • 4/5
      I really liked the story although at times it got way too wordy. The book could have ended several chapters ago. There were two story lines but I feel the one about Nicole and Stacy was a little unexplained. The additional words could have been used to explain why Stacy was the way she was and why was Nicole afraid of her. Worth reading and I recommend it.
    • 5/5
      Riveting story with a “happy ending”! Narrator did a great job! I wish there was a third book in the series?
    • 4/5
      Good quick ending to a good story. Thank you much
    • 2/5
      It kept bringing in stories from previous books which was annoying, wish it had just stuck to the main tale. But the main tale was a bit nasty anyway & they went round and round with it. Listened to it all but...
    • 3/5
      It feels a bit short and has one of those starts where action happens right away and then goes back 13 days before the action. It's poor writing for that and it leaves some questions about possible side stories such as the dog back story. It was OK but felt like a missed opportunity to expand upon the main character. This one felt like it was a bit lazy and has turned me off any potential future stories with Nicole.
    • 5/5
      Great book, captivating throughout! Great narration as well! Great read!!
    • 4/5
      Nicole Foster is back at her job as a detective at the Aberdeen Police Department while she raises her niece, Emma, after her sister Stacy's disappearance. Nicole still struggles with her addiction but has learned to control her urges. The story begins with Nicole and her partner, Carter, investigating a one-year-old's death by being left all day inside a hot car. This part of the book is tough to read as the author skips back and forth from learning more details about this poor baby's death to Nicole's inevitable confrontation with her crazy sister. This second book in the series resolves all the loose ends in the first book and builds suspensefully to a thrilling conclusion. Good entertainment.
    • 3/5
      I like this author. It has been a while since I have read anything by this author. Thus the reason when I got the chance to read this book I jumped on it without a second thought. While, I have not read the first book in this series, I didn't have issues jumping right into this story. In fact, I liked Nicole. The problem is not her as much as the storyline. The storyline lacked intensity and a strong character emotional connection. The story starts out with a father grieving as he left his child in the car. A sad but all too real situation. Nicole is called out to help on the case. From this point on I was ready for the story to pick up. It didn't but I still held out hope and kept reading. The story moved at a slow pace without a lot of emotion emulating from the characters for me. Overall, this is not a favorite book of mine from this author as I but I will still read more books by this author.