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Long Bright River

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Long Bright River

Written by: Liz Moore
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE PEACOCK TV SERIES STARRING AMANDA SEYFRIED

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR—BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF THE WOODS

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then one of them goes missing.

In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.

Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.

"[Moore’s] careful balance of the hard-bitten with the heartfelt is what elevates Long Bright River from entertaining page-turner to a book that makes you want to call someone you love.” – The New York Times Book Review

"This is police procedural and a thriller par excellence, one in which the city of Philadelphia itself is a character (think Boston and Mystic River). But it’s also a literary tale narrated by a strong woman with a richly drawn personal life – powerful and genre-defying.” – People

"A thoughtful, powerful novel by a writer who displays enormous compassion for her characters. Long Bright River is an outstanding crime novel… I absolutely loved it."
—Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Mystery Heartfelt
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One of the ones with so much hype and yet, never captivated me at any point. Interesting but never gripping.

Never grabbed me.

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Beautiful story and a must read! Well written, a little slowly read so I listed on high speed.
The book itself is amazing

Amazing story

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I enjoyed the story and the characters, the history between the sisters and their experiences unraveled really nicely. Unfortunately I found the performance bland, the tone was almost apathetic or bored, and didn't fully connect for me.

Really well rounded story

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I thought this story would be about the opioid epidemic but it's really about saviourism and police sex corruption. It was a good listen while doing yardwork and chores. Not as thought-provoking as I'd hoped.

Narrator voice is very pleasant although whoever edited this book for audio did a poor job. Too many 'I said'; 'he said'.

Simplistic happy ending

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This story meandered along — mostly away from the "whodunit" part. Perhaps I was expecting more of a crime procedural and, when I didn't get that, I was disappointed. I'm always looking for believable characters but found Mickey to do things and believe things that didn't ring true.

Long Winding River - a better title

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