Missing Clarissa, Ripley Jones
Missing Clarissa, Ripley Jones
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Missing Clarissa
A Novel

Author: Ripley Jones

Narrator: Allen Winter, Atlanta Amado Foresyth, Inés del Castillo, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Raymond J. Lee

Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2023


Synopsis

"This YA thriller features a podcast production with music and a full cast complementing evocative narration by Inés del Castillo."- AudioFile

This program is read by Inés del Castillo and a full cast and features a podcast with special sound design.

Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa is a gripping novel about two friends who start a true crime podcast—with dangerous consequences.

In August of 1999, dazzlingly popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell disappears from a party in the woods outside the rural town of Oreville, Washington and is never seen again. The police question her friends, teachers, and the adults who knew her—who all have something to hide. And thanks to Clarissa’s beauty, the mystery captures the attention of the nation. But with no leads and no body, the case soon grows cold. Despite the efforts of internet sleuths and true-crime aficionados, Clarissa is never found—dead or alive.

Over twenty years later, Oreville high-school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast, determined to unravel the story of what—or who—happened to this rural urban legend. In the process they uncover a nest of dirty small-town secrets, the sordid truth of Clarissa’s relationship with her charismatic boyfriend, and a high school art teacher turned small-town figurehead who had a very good reason for wanting Clarissa dead. Such a good reason, in fact, that they might have to make him the highlight of their next episode…

But does an ugly history with a missing girl make him guilty of murder? Or are two teenage girls about to destroy the life of an innocent man—and help the true killer walk free?

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Kimberly M. Wetherell

A 2024 Audie Finalist and multiple Earphones Award-winning narrator, Kimberly M. Wetherell is a kaleidoscopic storyteller with a multifaceted history. Florida-grown and Brooklyn-cured, her journey to engage and inspire, be it as an actor, director, writer, or producer, has taken her around the world, working in a variety of mediums—opera, theatre, film, and literature—giving voice to smart, strong, not-so-silent types.In her work, just as in life, Kimberly refuses to be hemmed in by a single genre. In more than 100 audiobooks to date, her passion for vivid, cinematic storytelling can be heard in the abject terror of a twelve-year-old running from an avalanche, the awkward fumbling of a geeky teen’s first kiss, or the villainous glee of a serial killer that not even Jessica Fletcher saw coming. Her obsession with languages and dialects, combined with her keen musical ear, brings authenticity to characters from Paris, France to Paris, Texas and all points in-between.In short, she’s manic-pixie quirk, slathered in GenX snark, dusted with ebullient bookishness, and boy howdy, does she have a story to tell you.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

I am giving my five stars without thinking any further but my main reason to enjoy this book so much is not related to the mystery about young cheerleader’s disappearance! The characterization of this book is perfect! Cam is my kind favorite weirdo I truly adored! She’s extra intelligent, socially aw......more

Goodreads review by PamG

Ripley Jones starts with a great premise in Missing Clarissa. Two high school journalism students decide to try to solve a cold case from twenty years ago. Clarissa Campbell disappeared from a party in 1999. Despite an extensive search, no one knows what happened to her. She was a popular cheerl......more

For a YA book, this one is a decent read. It's about two girls, Cam and Blair, who are in a journalism class in high school, and they start a podcast called "Missing Clarissa" to look into a local girl who went missing in the 90s. They are hoping that putting fresh eyes on the topic and doing new in......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine

Missing Clarissa is a fast-paced YA thriller. For their journalism class, two high school students start a true crime podcast about Clarissa, a popular cheerleader who went missing in 1999. Cameron and Blair, mostly Cameron, believe that they can find the person responsible for Clarissa’s disappeara......more