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    The First Cut: Nan Vining

    Written by Dianne Emley

    Narrated by Lorna Raver

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    For two minutes she was dead.

    The assailant was vicious, the attack brutal-and it left her lifeless . . . until her pulse fluttered and she jolted awake. Now, a year later, detective Nan Vining is still questioning her strength, her safety, even her sanity: Can she ever again be the cop-and mother-she was before? And will her attacker someday return to finish the job, before she can track him down herself?

    Shaky but determined, Vining rejoins the Pasadena PD, only to confront a murder case that strikes close to home: A slain policewoman has been discovered beneath the Colorado Street Bridge, her body bruised, her throat slit. Even as Vining struggles to recover her standing within the department, she can't help but feel profoundly drawn to the murdered officer, Frankie Lynde-and she is deeply troubled by the baffling otherworldly visions that haunt her waking hours. Are these mere fever dreams? Or could they be, as Vining's daughter insists, messages from beyond the grave?

    Digging deeper into Lynde's past, Vining discovers clues that set her on the twisted trail of a killer as ruthless as he is depraved-a predator whose methods and madness recall those of her own attacker. Amid a rising tide of danger, she pushes herself to bold new limits, desperate to avenge the murder of a fellow police officer . . . and to reclaim the life she lost a year ago.

    Packed with suspense and action, this pulse-pounding novel will hold you breathless from the first cut to the last.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 29, 2006
    ISBN9781415934517
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    The First Cut: Nan Vining
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    Dianne Emley

    Dianne Emley is a L.A.Times and Amazon bestselling author who has received critical acclaim for her Detective Nan Vining thrillers and Iris Thorne mysteries. Her books have been published in over 20 countries and seven languages. Her short fiction has been published in anthologies including Literary Pasadena. A Los Angeles native, Dianne lives in the California countryside with her husband. About Dianne's books, Tess Gerritsen says: "Emley masterfully twists, turns, and shocks."

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    • 5/5
      Well written
    • 4/5
      Intense, powerful and suspenseful are some of the words to describe Dianne Emley's book The First Cut. It's the first book in a series featuring Detective Nan Vining. The mystery in this book is not who the killer is but when and how the detectives figure it out. The reader is told who the murderer is about half way into the book and it's interesting to see how the police come up with the killer. The book had well define characters and a story that was well written and fast reading. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series.
    • 4/5
      Do not read a Dianne Emley mystery alone at night. This one scared the heck out of me, especially because I know the locations of which she speaks. Yikes!

      Petrea Burchard
      Camelot & Vine
    • 4/5
      This is the first time I have ever read this author as well and I really enjoyed this book. At first I didn't think I would like it but then I got right into it.
    • 4/5
      A lovely suspense story. Read the book in one night. It was fun to read and I would read it again.
    • 4/5
      The assailant was vicious, the attack brutal - and it left her lifeless - until her pulse fluttered and she jolted awake. Now, a year later, detective Nan Vining is still questioning her strength, her safety, even her sanity: Can she ever again be the cop - and mother - she was before? And will her attacker someday return to finish the job, before she can track him down herself? Shaky but determined, Vining rejoins the Pasadena PD, only to confront a murder case that strikes close to home. A slain policewoman, Frankie Lynde, has been discovered beneath the Colorado Street Bridge, her body bruised, her throat slit. Digging deeper into Lynde's past, Vining discovers clues that set her on the twisted trail of a killer as ruthless as he is depraved - a predator whose methods and madness recall those of her own attacker.
    • 3/5
      I bought this book because Tess Gerritsen says it's great. Pathetic, I know. Thankfully this is a good thriller, I couldn't stop reading. The only thing that bothers me is the way they start to suspect the killer. It is so unlikely you wouldn't believe it. Anyway, I'm definitely going to read the sequel.