The Missing Audiobook

" I almost gave this a 5 because I really enjoyed it. 1920's Louisiana and paddle steamers and all the rest you would expect. I loved the clearing and I think this was maybe even better. Have decided it deserved a 5. "

" A World War I soldier returns home to New Orleans. While working in security at a department store, a little girl is kidnapped. The story is about his quest to find her, joining her parents and brother on a river boat which travels up and down the Mississippi. In the process of searching for the girl and her abductors, he deals with his own issues of loss stemming from the death of his own child and the murders of his family when he was a boy. "

" Interesting character reactions to the main character who is not a revenful man. Reads like a mystery, but it isn't. "

" Couldn't get into this one. Not going to finish. "

" My family was ignored for three days while I read this engrossing book. I usually refuse to read books about abducted children, but this one was different. Set right after WW l the young protagonist, a veteran of the war who has reason to feel responsible for the occurence of the abduction,is on a quest to find the child. He gets a job on a riverboat and searches towns up and down the Mississippi, and his determined efforts resolve not only the problem with the child, but also redeem him from a long-standing personal issue that has troubled him from his youth. I love realistic books that end on a high note. Margaret "

" Excellent book, best book I've read in a long time!!!!! "

" Amazing story and beautifully written! "

" So excellent! Mystery, intrigue, ferryboats, music, a kidnapping, and rednecks. What more could one ask for!? "

" I flew through this book and really enjoyed it. It showed me an entire life style (traveling on a showboat up the Mississippi)and time period that I didn't know much about. "

" As always Gautreaux's writing is amazing. "

" This is a very well written novel, and I'm learning a whole lot about Mississippi riverboat life in the 1920s. "

" Looked interesting. Grabbed it at the library and THOROUGHLY enjoyed it! A lazy twisted odyssey aboard a showboat in 1920's New Orleans and up the Mississippi. The characters amazing. The writing superb. The end very satisfying. "

" Certainly an easy book to follow though difficult to engage with fully or even connect with any particular character. Nonetheless, the swift movement of the plot along with the strong desire to reach the end will carry you through to a satisfying conclusion. "

" good story, well written, first time i have read this author....paddleboats, rednecks, kidnapping, murder, and redemption all up and down the mighty miss....enjoyed the heck out of it.... "

" This book was unrealistic, predictable and BORING. The only good thing about it was the jacket cover which looks good on my night stand. "

" Slow moving story but fun. "

" This novel is set primarily on a riverboat on the Mississippi River. The setting is well developed, the characters are sympathetic and the plot was gripping. Who could ask for more? "

" At times it moved a little slow but overall a good read. "

" I liked this book at first I wasn't sure what it would be like but I did enjoy it over all. "

" Gautreaux manages to create a sympathetic and believable antihero who, while neither incapable nor stupid, sometimes stumbles over his own complacency, uncertainty, and feelings of impotence. I can relate. "

" Very interesting particularly if you enjoy Southern fiction. I highly recommend this book for some interesting turns of phrase, the fact that Prohibition is discussed as well as gambling, kidnapping and New Orleans. "

" The last quarter of this book was the best. It takes place following WWI in back country places like Louisiana and Kentucky. Boy! Those backwoods people sure are crazy!! It was kind of a slow, rambling sort of story. Not bad. "