{"id":4283,"date":"2019-04-24T01:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T05:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2019-02-24T18:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T23:39:24","slug":"audiobook-review-missing-presumed-by-susie-steiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2019\/04\/audiobook-review-missing-presumed-by-susie-steiner.html","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook Review : Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Title : Missing\u00a0Presumed
\nAuthor : Susie Steiner
\nNarrators : Juanita McMahon
\nGenre : Mystery
\nPublisher : Random House Audio
\nListening Length : 12 hours 52 minutes
\nRating : 4\/5
\nNarrator Rating : 5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missing Presumed is Book 1 in the Manon Bradshaw novels. Book 2 is out already and I hope there are many more coming because Missing Presumed was great.<\/p>\n

Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw is a single, 39 year old policewoman out to solve the case of missing 24 year old Cambridge student Edith Hind. The pressure is on, because the first 72 hours are crucial and also because Edith\u2019s father has some clout \u2013 he\u2019s friends with the Home Secretary. The mystery is a hard one to solve \u2013 time passes by with Manon none the wiser.<\/p>\n

Now there are murder mysteries galore, but this book (and hopefully all of Steiner\u2019s work) stands out because of the depth she gives to her characters. Manon Bradshaw is a fully-fleshed out protagonist. It is almost like the book is about Manon with a mystery thrown in as a bonus. The book starts out by recounting one of Manon\u2019s blind dates, one that doesn\u2019t quite work out. Manon is lonely but hopeful; she is out dating almost everyday hoping she\u2019ll meet the one.<\/p>\n

It is not just Manon who is so well-sketched out. We get to know the victim a little, and there are some musings from Edith\u2019s mother Miriam who is also lonely but in a different way. Then there\u2019s Manon\u2019s colleague Davy, her boss Stanton and potential boyfriend Alan.<\/p>\n

The mystery itself ended a bit under-whelmingly, but I\u2019m looking forward to reading the next Manon Bradshaw novel because I like her strong, brave character and I also appreciate the details about the other people in the book. It makes them come to life, gives one a feel for them, so to speak, and gets me invested in seeing the mystery to its end.<\/p>\n

Missing Presumed has a “literature” like feel to it, which is kind of rare (Tana French’s work comes to mind). I like that Steiner takes her time in getting to the crux of the matter, an it was a real pleasure listening to Juanita McMahon give voice to it. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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