Helpless, Annette Dashofy
Helpless, Annette Dashofy
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Helpless

Author: Annette Dashofy

Narrator: Romy Nordlinger

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/17/2023


Synopsis

As a massive weather system barrels toward them, Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams and his wife, County Coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams, learn how unprepared they really are. A 911 call reports a dead young mother, her critically injured husband, and their missing seven-year-old daughter. Pete and Zoe realize that as the storm moved north, a killer came with it.

The wounded and trapped father is Zoe's friend, and he asks her to stay with him during the rescue efforts. Pete encourages her to oblige, hoping she can uncover clues that might help the investigation. But as attempts to free the victim fail and his condition worsens, Zoe's questions reveal he doesn't know why his family was targeted and child kidnapped.

Pursuing the murderer and the kidnapped child, Pete and his officers battle downed trees, flooding, and a loss of communications. The killer faces the same problems, yet somehow stays one step ahead of law enforcement. But he is becoming desperate, and more people are dying because of it.

As two lives hang in the balance, can Pete win the race against time and weather to stop a savage and cunning predator? And will he and Zoe be able to reunite a family before it's too late?

About Annette Dashofy

Annette Dashofy is a USA Today bestselling author. Her Zoe Chambers mystery series includes Circle of Influence, which was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and the David Award for Best Mystery of 2014, as well as Bridges Burned, which was an Agatha Award Nominee for Best Contemporary Novel of 2015.

She has spent her entire life in rural Pennsylvania surrounded by cattle and horses. When she wasn't roaming the family's farm or playing in the barn, she could be found reading or writing. After high school, she spent five years as an EMT on the local ambulance service, dealing with everything from drunks passing out on the sidewalk to mangled bodies in car accidents.

These days, she, her husband, and their spoiled cat, Kensi, live on property that was once part of her grandfather's dairy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 27, 2023

I found I really enjoyed this one and thought it was done really well. The liked the pace of the story and the plot. The overall suspense kept me glued to it. The writing was good and I was throughly entertained. I recommend this book and I’m definitely reading another one by this author. I hope thi......more

Goodreads review by Judi on May 20, 2023

Heart-pounding! This is actually a 5 star plus book! Nothing at all like the previous Zoe books and not to take anything away from those books but this one is much, much better! Although not for the faint of heart. Fortunately it was not raining as I read this one in two days; I do not recommend rea......more

Goodreads review by Sue Em on May 08, 2023

After a long series of 4 star books with a few 3 star ones mixed in, I have anxiously anticipating reading a book that would keep me captivated from page one. HELPLESS is that book. The Zoe Chambers series of a small town Western Pennsylvania paramedic turned coroner has always been excellent, and o......more