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An American Family
- An American Family Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Dan Carroll
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Isaac Childs has the perfect life - until that life comes crashing down when his wife Ramie vanishes.
Isaac learns that his wife's disappearance is the ninth in a string of similar cases. In the wake of this news, he struggles to cope, to be a good father to his daughter and college-bound son, and to reclaim something of an ordinary life even as he conceals his troubled past.
After the FBI makes an arrest, and his wife is presumed dead, Isaac begins to move on. Yet will his secrets catch up with him? Has he conquered his vices for good? And what of the FBI's theory that the case isn't completely resolved, after all?
Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the An American Family series, contemporary suspense thrillers that explore one family's trials and tragedies.
Books by Jackson Baer:
- An American Family (book one in An American Family)
- Life after Death (book two in An American Family) (Coming November 2018)
- Clouds Fall like Fire
- The Earth Bleeds Red
- The Lights Will Never Fade
More great thrillers from Evolved Publishing:
- Forgive Me, Alex by Lane Diamond
- The Syndicate-Born Trilogy series by K.M. Hodge
- The Oz Files series by Barry Metcalf
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- Placid
- 24-03-19
Mystery but not
This book was about a family that had the mother vanish and the father so locked up with his own issues that he could barely function. The premise was decent but the execution lacked a little.
The narration was OK but not stellar.
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- Kat
- 15-11-18
A solid effort!
The Childs family- the picture perfect American family. Isaac met Ramie in high-school and were married with kids by the time they were in their early 20s. Life treated them well with a loving home, good jobs and smart children.
When Ramie doesn't return from her run one evening Isaac's whole worlds gets turned upside down. The secrets and lies slowly start to catch up with him. Was their marriage as solid as everyone thought?
I personally couldn't connect with Isaac in this book - didn't agree with a lot of his actions and generally just did not warm to his character.
Unfortunately the narrators voice didn't do this particular story much justice either. Having said that the actual plot carried itself pretty nicely. The story had a solid build up and although I thought it at times non-believable I enjoyed the majority of it. The investigation provided much needed suspense and the book covered a range of different subjects from murder and grief to life after and sexuality.
The ending wasn't much a shocker as I had half expected it. Nonetheless it did leave a fair amount of loose ends to be tied up in the sequel, so I am interested to see where the story takes me. Watch this space!
3.5 out of 5 stars, a solid effort
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- Deedra
- 06-01-19
An American Family
What a story!I enjoyed listening to this ,non stop,for the most part.Some of the things the family did were unbelievable,but it IS a book.I liked the storyline and can't wait to get to the next book.That being said,I found the narration by Dan Carroll to be cringeworthy for the female voices,to good for the male.A lot of the narration seemed dry to me.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.
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- MeDi
- 08-12-18
An american family
A very suspenseful story of crime, romance, some heartbreak and some light moments. Enjoyed listening for the whole audiobook.
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- Siobhan D
- 12-05-20
missing wife
Is she or she not dead..... Hubby struggling coping with dead wife and keeping children and life .
loved the narrator.
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- anne m.
- 15-11-20
Interesting
Overall I enjoyed the story. I don't think the synopsis represents the actual story. it's well constructed and the characters interact well with each other. At times I struggled with the narration as it was a bit sing song for me and some of the womens 'voices' made them come across a quite pathetic when in actual fact they're strong. Not sure if this book has been put in the right category as it's more non fiction than mystery and crime. I did guess how it would end halfway through.
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