The Finalist

Name: The Finalist
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Joan Long
ISBN: 9781696610445

Author: Joan Long

Narrator: Petrea Burchard

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 11/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Five authors, each with their own secrets, are chosen to complete a deceased novelist's unfinished manuscript. For single mom Risa Marr, the competition is the opportunity of a lifetime. At stake is a million dollars and a contract to continue the famous novelist's bestselling thriller series.

Transported to the tropical paradise of Key Island, the finalists are cut off from the world and given seven days to draft their best ending for the book. But when one of them turns up dead, theories and accusations abound. Accident? Suicide? Or Murder? To what lengths will competitors go to win? And who, if anyone, will leave the island alive?

About Joan Long

Joan Long is a third-generation Floridian who received a degree in English/creative writing from Florida State University. Her graduate degree, in journalism and communications, was earned at The University of Florida. She enjoys writing mysteries and suspense with warm weather settings. Previously, she wrote for universities, public television, healthcare corporations, a magazine, and more. Joan's short story "The Extra Ingredient" is published in the Anthony Award-winning anthology Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Edible.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Crystal on December 17, 2021

When bestselling author Wyatt DeMay unexpectedly dies, his widow devises a plan to find a ghostwriter for his famous Colton Key series. Five finalists will be transported to her private island where they'll read Wyatt's unfinished manuscript and write an appropriate ending for the book. Whoever writ......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 23, 2022

The Finalist started out very promising and the first half of the book was very interesting. The second half of the book just kind of went on and on and nothing much happened, until its rather predictable conclusion. Still, I found it an okay read.......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on April 08, 2022

This book started out with a really cool premise! It sounded like a mix of Survivor the TV show and Verity by Colleen Hoover. I was immediately interested and drawn in. I am literally always down for a "stuck on an island" story. It's my jam. I loved the cover. It really sat the scene for a beachy tr......more

Goodreads review by Desiree on April 06, 2022

A good, fun, island take on the Agatha Christie classic And Then There Were None.......more

Goodreads review by Kay on January 01, 2022

Who doesn't love a plot like this? A famous--like famous of famous--author dies and his wife and editor put together a contest for talented, unknown authors to take over his series, his position. Whaaaaaat? Awesome! I absolutely needed to know what was going to happen . . . Well, of course, the cont......more