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The Vanishing Point

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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Five-year-old Jimmy Higgins is brazenly snatched from the middle of a busy airport; but this is no ordinary kidnapping. Jimmy’s mother is Scarlett, a reality TV star who, dying of cancer, entrusted the boy to her friend Stephanie Harker. Now Stephanie, reaching into the past to discover the motive behind the abduction, soon encounters a shocking tale of murder and conspiracy, and is faced by the most difficult choice of her life.

©2012 Val McDermid (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Fiction Crime Disappearance Exciting Abduction Suspense

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Oh dear what a disappointment. This book started so well, then became quite tedious. Followed by a pretty silly ending. I’m a great fan of VM, but sorry Val this wasn’t your best.

Not VM Best

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Another brilliant book by this talented author! I was instantly pulled into the story, feeling the characters emotions. The twists in the plot grab you and pull you even deeper, I felt like I was there in the book!! Bloody brilliant!!

Amazing unseen twists!

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I really enjoyed this, listened in just a few long sessions, but really, the ending .... what a shame.

Shame about the ending

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Enjoyed the story throughout the narrator was very good I will be looking for other books by the same author.

The Big Time

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What a twist in this book, very well written and addictive story line. I could not put this book down. x

Absolutely brilliant

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This story has had bad reviews, but if you have had and experienced the situations in this book you will know it is very well written with an insight into the different human nature's and feelings of the various characters. To enjoy this book, you should have an empathy for the main characters, Scarlet and Stephanie. The story of their lives being told by Stephanie to an FBI agent after Jimmy is taken, takes you through love, tragedy and obsession. The hunt to find Jimmy and who took him makes up the ending of a very good tale.

Cleverly written and Narrated

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Loved this from start to finish.
My favourite Val book so far.
Great story with twists and turns all through.

Absolutely brilliant!

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I found it really hard to believe the characters would act the way they did. Especially the ending which felt lazy and I'll thought out.

Just not credible.

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I heard Val read the first chapter at a book festival and had to get the download to see what happened. I thought this was vintage McDermid with well drawn characters, a really good plot, and little gore. Thus when the 'little' gore did come, it was a real shock. I heard that bit as I was eating my brekkers!.

It did lean heavily on the story of a a reality TV 'star' and paralleled a situation that the reader will be aware of in real life.I thought that was a weakness.

The reader made many gaffs; she needed to do more preparation before she it aloud! Bert who? for example. I felt that she was sometimes just reading the words and her mind was somewhere else.

Still enjoyed it though.

Vintage McDermid

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I always enjoy her books as the story lines are different. they do not follow a formula.

Story line

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