THE MISSING

The only element missing in this audio is a credible plot. If you can forget how unlikely some of the twists and turns really are, you still can be highly entertained. One of the reasons this thriller is worthwhile is narrator Bernadette Dunne, who turns in a well-focused performance as Darby McCormick. The Boston crime lab expert is in pursuit of a serial killer who murdered two of her childhood friends and who appears to be at large more than 25 years later. Ignore the huge body count and enjoy instead the quick-moving narration and the differentiation in Dunne's female characters. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 07]