“Narrator Emily Woo Zeller introduces listeners to Laura Mori, a rookie detective on a small police force in rural Oregon…Zeller is engaging and compelling throughout this thriller. Listeners will enjoy the twists and turns as the crimes play out and Detective Mori gains confidence, personally and professionally. A great introduction to what promises to be a popular crime series.” AudioFile
Description
Rookie cop Laura Mori catches her first investigation when the fiery crash of a sports car lights up the night sky. The fire burns the car and the body within it beyond recognition, but the police are able to identify the vehicle as belonging to Kent Jameson, a celebrity author and benefactor of their small town of Sunrise Lake, Oregon. Kent Jameson fears that the body is that of his seventeen-year-old daughter Lucy, who stormed out of the house that night after an argument.
The investigation takes a drastic turn, however, when the lab reports reveal that the body was not Lucy but a runaway teenager named Kyra, whose disappearance has been linked with other missing persons—more than half a dozen “lost girls” who disappeared while living on the streets of Portland. But how did Kyra come to land at the Jameson estate in rural Oregon? What was she doing driving their car? And who cut the brake lines on the vehicle?
Just when Mori is making progress in the case, she comes across a suspicious lane in the forest that leads her to new evidence that will once again alter the course of the investigation and rock Sunrise Lake to its core.
R. J. Noonan’s electrifying mystery will resonate with fans of Lisa Gardner and Lisa Jackson.
Praise
“Narrator Emily Woo Zeller introduces listeners to Laura Mori, a rookie detective on a small police force in rural Oregon…Zeller is engaging and compelling throughout this thriller. Listeners will enjoy the twists and turns as the crimes play out and Detective Mori gains confidence, personally and professionally. A great introduction to what promises to be a popular crime series.” AudioFile
“A well-crafted whodunit with a fresh and likable heroine.” Nancy Bush, New York Times bestselling author
“Caught me from page one and wouldn’t let me go! I loved it!” Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
“Officer Laura Mori is a keeper, and readers should expect to see more of her.” Mystery Scene Magazine
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Feb 6, 2017 |
| Release Date | February 7, 2017 |
| Number in Series | 1 |
| Series Display String | The Laura Mori Mysteries |
| Release Date Machine | 1486425600 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult, Bestselling Mysteries, Bestselling Mystery |
Author Bio
Rosalind Noonan, a graduate of Wagner College in New York, is a New York Times bestselling author. She writes mysteries under the name R. J. Noonan. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes in the shade of some towering two-hundred-year-old Douglas fir trees.
Narrator Bio
Emily Woo Zeller is an artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and voice artist who has won Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013 for her work in Gulp. Other awards include the 2009 Tristen Award for Best Actress as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the 2006 Roselyn E. Schneider Prize for Creative Achievement.
Overview
Rookie cop Laura Mori catches her first investigation when the fiery crash of a sports car lights up the night sky. The fire burns the car and the body within it beyond recognition, but the police are able to identify the vehicle as belonging to Kent Jameson, a celebrity author and benefactor of their small town of Sunrise Lake, Oregon. Kent Jameson fears that the body is that of his seventeen-year-old daughter Lucy, who stormed out of the house that night after an argument.
The investigation takes a drastic turn, however, when the lab reports reveal that the body was not Lucy but a runaway teenager named Kyra, whose disappearance has been linked with other missing persons—more than half a dozen “lost girls” who disappeared while living on the streets of Portland. But how did Kyra come to land at the Jameson estate in rural Oregon? What was she doing driving their car? And who cut the brake lines on the vehicle?
Just when Mori is making progress in the case, she comes across a suspicious lane in the forest that leads her to new evidence that will once again alter the course of the investigation and rock Sunrise Lake to its core.
R. J. Noonan’s electrifying mystery will resonate with fans of Lisa Gardner and Lisa Jackson.
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