The Shadow Tracer, Meg Gardiner
The Shadow Tracer, Meg Gardiner
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The Shadow Tracer
A Thriller

Author: Meg Gardiner

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/15/2025

Synopsis

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2 Sarah Keller is a skip tracer, tracking criminals who have gone on the lam. She’s also a single mother to five-year-old Zoe, living quietly in small-town Oklahoma—until an accident sends Zoe to the ER, and their life changes in a heartbeat. Medical tests reveal a desperate secret Sarah has been hiding for years: Zoe is not her daughter, but rather a girl once rescued from a nightmare of murder, vengeance, and harrowing family ties she can’t possibly remember. Sarah does. And someone wants to make sure she never forgets. Now Sarah must abandon her carefully constructed life and take Zoe on the run. Using her knowledge as a skip tracer to stay off the grid, she must remain one step ahead of her pursuers if she is to stay alive, save Zoe, and bury the past once and for all. “Gardiner will keep you up half the night with nonstop action and nary a pause for breath.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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 Gardiner’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 Brooke on December 09, 2017

3.5 stars Sarah Keller has been living in Oklahoma for the past five years with her daughter Zoe. Being a skip tracer, her job is to find people off the grid, which I found ironic, considering that's what she's been doing herself. All that flys out the window when Zoe is involved in a school bus acc......more

Goodreads review by Pamela Small on August 16, 2017

This book started off with a bang and quickly drew the reader in, but then.... 1) plot unraveled, becoming silly 2) events became absolutely nonsensical and implausible 2) characters were one dimensional and their motives remained unclear throughout the book 4) all resulting in an unsatisfying read......more

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on July 06, 2013

The Shadow Tracer is a rare stand alone thriller from author Meg Gardiner who is best known for her popular series, one which features Jo Beckett, a forensic psychologist, and the other, Evan Delany a journalist with a law degree. The protagonist in The Shadow Trace is skip tracer, Sarah Keller. Sinc......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 19, 2021

Very readable with unexpected twists coming thick and fast.......more

Goodreads review by Reading_with_juls on May 20, 2013

I read this book pre-publication by getting a galley from Towne Center. It's a plot driven thriller that definitely kept me turning the pages. However, there were things in it that were just not plausible. 1.) The whole FBI agent. What the heck? The writer had plenty of drama with the violent polyga......more

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