The Day I Died

A Novel

By: Lori Rader-Day

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

From the award-winning author of Little Pretty Things comes this gripping, unforgettable tale of a mother's desperate search for a lost boy.

Anna Winger can know people better than they know themselves with only a glance—at their handwriting. Hired out by companies wanting to land trustworthy employees and by the lovelorn hoping to find happiness, Anna likes to keep the real-life mess of other people at arm’s length and on paper. But when she is called to use her expertise on a note left behind at a murder scene in the small town she and her son have recently moved to, the crime gets under Anna’s skin and rips open her narrow life for all to see. To save her son—and herself—once and for all, Anna will face her every fear, her every mistake, and the past she thought she'd rewritten.

Deserves all the acclaim it’s received!

I really couldn’t stop listening to this book. I took walks I hadn’t planned to just to keep listening. Rader-Day’s protagonist (and first person narrator) is intelligent, strong and yet vulnerable in all the right ways. The plot is engrossing and tense. You won’t be disappointed.

the love of the mom and Joshua

a little abstract and a bit too long. it got a little confusing and so I had to go back and listen again

Kept me on my toes

The story kept me on my toes! I was worried the main character was truly gonna die and that they would never find her son and Aiden.

Amazing Book

Where does The Day I Died rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is the only novel I have listened to on Audible, but I have read (a physical copy) a few books like this (mystery horror genre with a female lead), and it ranks very well among them. It is beautifully written, insightful, nuanced, and critically and politically insightful while still be narrative, plot, and character driven. Excellent book.

What did you like best about this story?

The story was interesting but not overly dramatic; it was believable, real, but always captivating.

What about Hillary Huber’s performance did you like?

Excellent narrator. Best Narrative I have heard thus far. She completely captures the character and brings the story to life. Amazing.

Enjoyable , slow start

Good story, but took a long time to get to the meat of the story. Woman protagonist was not a damn Soul waiting to be rescued.