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    The Stolen Ones

    Written by Richard Montanari

    Narrated by William Hope

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateFeb 25, 2014
    ISBN9781478925408
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    The Stolen Ones
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    Richard Montanari

    A novelist, screenwriter, and essayist, Richard Montanari's work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA-winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Deviant Way and The Violet Hour that have now been published in more than twenty countries. Montanari currently makes his home in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is slavish only to the high arts of boxing, Italian food, and independent film.

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    • 5/5
      Fantastic story, excellent narration. Edge of your seat excitement, thrilling.
    • 5/5
      Deffinitely worth the read. Keeps you guessing and interested. Great plot
    • 4/5
      This is not the best book I have read, but it kept my interest and although the protagonist was known there was a twist at the end.
    • 5/5
      This book kept showing up. I didn’t think I would enjoy it, but after it showed up for the 100th time I gave it a listen. I really enjoyed this book a lot.
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed this story. Super creative plot with fun twists and engaging characters.
    • 5/5
      i really enjoyed this book the ending was a surprise
    • 1/5
      Book has horrible narration, even worse writing. Amateur and unpolished.
    • 5/5
      Keeps you guessing until the end. Great ending. A mystery that doesn't reveal much until the very end.
    • 5/5
      WOW...the thought process and organizational skills this took to write are amazing!!! GREAT STORY!!!
    • 2/5
      Not very easy to follow. I don't think I fully understood what happened during a few parts of the story.
    • 4/5
      The book had intense drama and a frightening premise that kept me gripped. The catacombs under Philadelphia were a good metaphor for the twisting turns of this police drama.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The narrator is the best I've heard in recent memory.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Book was good, narrator drove me crazy with many his mispronounced words!
    • 4/5
      Freaky story with a strange man traveling underground in Philadelphia to murder. I didn't see the end coming at all. I was a bit disappointed, and then the epilogue made me feel MUCH BETTER!

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    • 5/5
      I love this book. It keeps you wondering what will happen next.

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    • 4/5
      It was very confusing for the first 60 percent, but once it began to clear up the characters, and what they were up to, it was a pretty decent little thriller.
      Definitely not a cookie cutter book, and great narrator.

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    • 4/5
      I think this book easily has the best narrator.Excellent job!! I

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    • 4/5
      Loved how this book kept you wondering how all the different characters related to each other then little by little brought it all together!

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    • 2/5
      The pace of the plot felt very slow, a bit confusing, and the characters were boring. The narration was pretty good though.

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    • 4/5
      This was a strange story, to say the least. The reading was excellent

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    • 5/5
      This was a wonderful read. The characters were very well described and relatable. The suspenseful story and the twist at the end was superb. Very intelligent and well researched. I will look for more of the author's other books. Thanks!
    • 5/5
      This was my first read of this author (how did I miss him??) and I am hooked. Well written, without "fluff". Gruesome murders, creepy characters, intriguing story. And just when you think it's over, it isn't. I look forward to reading more Montanari.
    • 3/5
      THE STOLEN ONESBy Richard MontanariMy first foray into Montanari’s work left me breathless. This author brought me through catacombs, surreptitious tales of old, and the psychopathic mind of a killer. The Delaware Valley State Prison at Cold River was the home of some unfortunate—albeit mentally challenged—innocents and those who preyed upon them. Cold River was closed decades before the murder of a businessman brought Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano into an exploration of one of Philadelphia’s infamous earlier periods. Beginning in Priory Park, Kevin and Jessica rush around trying to stop further murders of people who may be connected to Cold River in one way or the other. Luther, one of Cold River’s past patients, ultimately wants one thing: the young girl that Kevin and Jessica find standing in the middle of the street in the center of night. The girl won’t or can’t speak and the detectives do what they can to help the child. Because they have no idea who she is, they name her Violet after one of the streets she was near when they found her.Dreams take a major role in this novel, so do The Dream Merchants, who were once dominant at Cold River, creating killers through dream manipulation. And Violet is one of Luther’s connections to the past. Symbolic to his dreams are spoons he leaves at murder scenes, spoons that could have been found at Cold River when it was operable.There are twists and turns in this novel and I warn you to pay attention to the small details sprinkled throughout. But the major twists are turns are at the end and you won’t see them coming.I will never look at dreams the same after reading “The Stolen Ones.” Creepy and definitely compelling.Reviewed by Starr Gardinier Reina, author of “The Other Side: Melinda’s Story”