The Watcher

By: Jennifer Pashley

Narrated by: Madeleine Maby, Nick Mondelli

Pearl Jenkins is a nobody. She was a woman who lived as a hermit in the woods. Then, one day, she's nowhere to be found, and all that's left is a pool of blood and a child no one knew existed, raised completely off the grid and in the grip of Pearl's manic paranoia.

Kateri Fisher is used to being an outsider. Now, she's the only female detective in the tiny upstate New York town of Spring Falls, where everyone knows everyone, but no one will talk. It's fitting that she takes the case that no one else wants. But as Kateri struggles to navigate the harsh rules of a new town while trying to learn the truth about the Jenkins family, only one thing becomes clear: Neither she nor Pearl are as invisible as she first thought. Someone's always watching.

©2020 Jennifer Pashley (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Good but no payoff

I enjoyed this book, but as we approached the end, I started to realize that there was not much of a climax or wrap up. It felt like it just ended, with a few unanswered questions. Narrators were good, but it was distracting that they each pronounced the main character’s name differently.

fantastic twists

I genuinely was surprised by the twists and turns built into the compelling story. As a Syracuse native, it was amusing to hear about the state I know so well and imagine this unfolding here. The performance was amazing.

Homosexual relationships

Not that I’m against homosexuality but I don’t really want to listen to a book with same sex relationships in the story

I have fudged the star rating because I didn’t finish the book.. but hard to give a review