It was an easy listen, with good pacing, and a compelling romance and mystery. I really liked his character voices, and he definitely had a lot to keep track of with this huge cast. Harding's tendency to sound like a crime show voice over narrator really works for this story, drawing the listener in and keeping their focus. I wish there has been a middle ground for both, though, both were quite captivating and in the end are solved quite satisfactorily. I was a bit disappointed in the glacial pacing of the mystery, and felt like Keith and Connor's romantic relationship moved at a bit too fast a pace. The mystery is super slow moving, and sometimes got caught up with an enormous cast of characters, which got a bit confusing at time while listening to the story. I loved that Connor, seeing what Kevin goes through, is determined to help him any way he can, even if that means stepping in front of him and shielding him. The romance between Kevin and Connor is one of immediately hitting it off and falling for each other - in other words: 'insta-love'. But Connor has his own demons that he wrestles with nightly, including the fact that he's really gay. Connor Dougal is the new detective assigned to shadow Kevin. However, when his brother-in-law calls the week before Christmas, Kevin is convinced to go home to Southern California to try to find the missing boys and/or their abductor/killer. He doesn't have any control over them, and has met with limited success when trying to use them to help different police agencies. Kevin Quinn has psychic abilities he developed after a car accident that nearly took his life. OH and another thing, I was expecting Jeff Harding and this wasn't ot was J F Harding, so another reason to abandon it. I felt quite dirty after listening to it. Why did this book make me feel like a voyeur. IO wanted to know whaether or not he actually got to find any of these boys alive, but I have read other reviewers who obviously gritted their teeth and listened further than I did (chapter 15) and it would appear that no he didn't. I haven't checked but this sounded very strangely as though it was written by a woman, and that creeped me out even more. Now I honestly am not homophobic or any sort off phobic, but I really don't need to hear all these sexual encounters described in graphic detail. then it got a bit too graphic with the gay sex stuff.

it started off a bit off with the dead dog scenario, which always puts me off.then we went on to the creepy gay stuff with the vet. I thought this was going to be an interesting psychological listen.

The Long Way Home by Z.A. Maxfield