Ransom River

Name: Ransom River
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Meg Gardiner
ISBN: 9798897569465

Author: Meg Gardiner

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 11 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/15/2025

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Legal

Synopsis

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2 JUDGE, JURY—AND EXECUTION. Rory Mackenzie vowed to never return to her hometown of Ransom River, California. But she comes back and does her civic duty. Now she’s juror number seven on a high-profile murder case. While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of the trial, Rory’s return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. And in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to an old case that was never solved, and that bringing the truth to light just might destroy her. You can’t go home again—and survive—in this mesmerizing crime novel by Meg Gardiner, "a top-tier mystery writer at the top of her game" (BookPage).

About Meg Gardiner

Meg Gardiner is the author of sixteen acclaimed, award-winning novels. Her thrillers have been bestsellers in the U.S. and internationally and have been translated into more than twenty languages. China Lake won an Edgar Award and UNSUB, the first in Gardinerâ€™s acclaimed UNSUB series, won a Barry Award. Her third UNSUB novel, The Dark Corners of the Night, has been bought by Amazon Studios for development as a television series. A former lawyer, three-time Jeopardy! champion, and two-time president of Mystery Writers of America, Gardiner lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on October 03, 2019

I really enjoy Meg Gardiner! I loved Into the Black Nowhere. So when I discovered that my library had Random River I just had to have it. Ransom River written by Meg Gardiner, read by Angela Dawe is a thrilling suspense story. This book goes back and forth between two time periods: the present and 2......more

Goodreads review by Amos on December 06, 2022

Smatterings of clunky dialog and melodrama aside, this was a light, enjoyable thriller headed by a hardscrabble female lead that I couldn't help but get behind. 3 Scrappy Stars......more

Goodreads review by Trish on January 05, 2017

Good and bad.. Ok, I really like Seth and Rory as adults but that bullying crap from Boone and Rissa was just ridiculous. We just keep going for ‘now to then.’ If the bullying hadn’t stopped when it did I don’t think I would have finished this book. The bullying didn’t have to take up so many pages s......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on July 25, 2017

I read Unsub, loved it and then wanted to read more from this writer. I did Shadow Tracer next. And loved it. Just. Finished Ransom River. The main characters are wonderful. Who wouldn't want a friend like Petra. And Rory and Seth are wonderfully developed. However this is another book that goes bac......more

Goodreads review by Sonia Cristina on September 02, 2021

Não gostei. Não gostei da Rory nem do enredo; nada me pareceu coerente. (view spoiler)[Que ridículo, atacar o Tribunal para raptar Rory. Falem-me cá de exageros. (hide spoiler)] No entanto, o final foi engraçadito, (view spoiler)[com a Rory a ficar com Seth e com a bebé Addie, filha da prima de Rory. (hide spoiler)]......more