The Stolen Ones

By: Richard Montanari

Narrated by: William Hope

In Richard Montanari's chilling new suspense novel, a sealed-off network of secret passages connects all of Philadelphia to the killer hidden within.

Luther Wade grew up in Cold River, a warehouse for the criminally insane. Two decades ago the hospital closed it doors forever, but Luther never left. He wanders the catacombs beneath the city, channeling the violent dreams of Eduard Kross, Europe's most prolific serial killer of the 20th century.

A two-year-old girl is found wandering the streets of Philadelphia in the middle of the night by detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. She does not speak, but she may hold the key to solving a string of murders committed in and around Priory Park. As the detectives investigate, more bodies are found at Priory Park, and they're drawn closer and closer to the doors of Luther's devious maze and the dark secrets of Cold River.

Critic reviews

PRAISE FOR RICHARD MONTANARI:

"Richard Montanari's writing is both terrifying and lyrical, a killer combination that makes him a true stand-out in the crowded thriller market. A master storyteller at his very best."—Tess Gerritsen

"A master storyteller. Be prepared to stay up all night."—James Ellroy

"Psychologically dark, strangely erotic and definitely hard to put down. A winner."—Nelson Demille, on Deviant Way

"A writer whose prose can capture quite extraordinary subtleties....one of the best in the business".—Thomas H. Cook

"Richard Montanari's vivid portrayal of a serial killing bad-dream team is sick, kinky, realistic, scary as hell and absolutely great."—Kinky Friedman, on Deviant Way

Narrator change

What a disappointment to have a narrator change after 6 books into a series. Bad move for sure.
This book was good. I do have trouble keeping all the characters and plot twists straight when I listen and can’t go back and look in the book to reorient

luv

author and narrator team is superb! another great murder whodunnit kept me guessing until the very end!

Confusing but decent

This is my first read from this genre. I found it a Little confusing to follow, and the narrator wasn’t great, but I appreciate the difference between the voices of characters. This is definitely a library check out read, and not a I want to buy it read

Not one of his best.

The story was along the same vein as other books in this series and the story was pretty good but the narrator killed it for me.

The Reader's Voice

The story was overall good. Not to much rehashing over Colleen & Jessica's lives. However, how in the world could every single character sound bored in the story. Another, thing that bugs me about the character Colleen is they never said she was a deaf mute....so why not gave her some type of voice. Yes, yes I do know how someone's voice sounds that was born deaf but if she could have said some things as a child growing up that would have been really cute. Since, every book had to rehash her life. Overall, the series did bore in certain places when characters went on monologues however, the series all together deserves a 4.