Author: Jackie White
Narrator: Devon Sorvari
Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 09/17/2024
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological
Having lived and worked in New York City, Jackie White now enjoys more relaxing times residing in a charming village along the Hudson River and hiking in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Once a corporate lawyer, Jackie replaced her treatises for storytelling. The idea for A Kidnapping in Central Park was born while jogging in the park with her first baby as she listened to engineering checks for a concert to be performed later that evening. In addition to being a novelist, Jackie writes on topical issues for her local newspaper.
Devon Sorvari is a graduate of NYU's Circle in the Square and The Classical Studio and has nationwide theatre credits ranging from musicals to Shakespeare. An Earphones Award winner and an Audie Award nominated voice actor, she has narrated more than fifty audiobooks. Specializing in young-adult fiction, she was raised on the East Coast but is based in Los Angeles.
My first book by this author but definitely not my last. When Giselle's baby is stillborn, her partner miraculously appears with another daughter. Life of course, is not that simple and it transpires he kidnapped the baby from a lawyer. We are taken into the underworld with this story, which is told......more
I don’t know what’s worse: The pile of bullshit sandwiches the author is asking me to eat or that a MC’s name is jizzy. JIZZY! Initially I was curious… a woman 4weeks PP is out jogging with her baby in Central Park when she is attacked and the baby taken. What a nightmare! You’ve got my attention! Sa......more
4.5 stars! Great debut! In this debut thriller, a woman's newborn baby is kidnapped in Central Park, leading her to rely on her instincts to unravel a twist-packed mystery. As suspicions arise about her involvement, she must decide whether to trust the detectives or take matters into her own hands to......more
This was SO not what I expected - in the best possible way. I was enjoying the story, following along with the parallel storylines about a missing baby and a found one, thinking that this was a fine tale but nothing special when, out of nowhere, the first twist happened. I was totally caught off gua......more
"A Kidnapping in New York" by Jackie White is a mystery thriller. It is set a few decades ago when there were still payphones in the NY subway, but people had mobile phones also. So maybe late 90s to early 2000s This starts with a violent attack on a new mother as her 2 week old baby, Cassie, is kidn......more