Distress Signals, Catherine Ryan Howard
Distress Signals, Catherine Ryan Howard
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Distress Signals

Author: Catherine Ryan Howard

Narrator: Alan Smyth, Bronson Pinchot, Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/02/2017

Synopsis

The acclaimed debut thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Liar’s Girl and 56 DaysThe day Adam Dunne’s girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads “I’m sorry—S” sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her.Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate—and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before.To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground.

About Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard is an internationally bestselling crime writer from Cork, Ireland. Her work has been shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Crime Writers Association (UK) John Creasey/New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Awards, and the An Post Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year multiple times. Her novels had been included in the New York Times Best Thrillers of the Year, the Washington Post’s Best Mysteries and Thrillers of the Year, and the New York Public Library’s Best Books for Adults. Obsession, the TV adaptation of Catherine’s fifth novel, the number one bestseller 56 Days, will debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. She lives in Dublin.

About Alan Smyth

Alan Smyth, an audiobook narrator, has worked as a professional actor for more than fifteen years. He has toured extensively in Ireland and the United States and has worked with such companies as the BBC, Paramount Pictures, and Showtime Productions.

About Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot, Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, has won Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards, AudioFile Earphones Awards, Audible’s Book of the Year Award, and Audie Awards for several audiobooks, including Matterhorn, Wise Blood, Occupied City, and The Learners. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he is an Emmy- and People’s Choice-nominated veteran of movies, television, and Broadway and West End shows. His performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night was named the highlight of the entire two-year Kennedy Center Shakespeare Festival by the Washington Post. He attended the acting programs at Shakespeare & Company and Circle-in-the-Square, logged in well over 200 episodes of television, starred or costarred in a bouquet of films, plays, musicals, and Shakespeare on Broadway and in London, and developed a passion for Greek revival architecture.

About Suzanne Toren

Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea on February 27, 2017

So this first blipped on my radar back when non-US folks had access for this book, and I remember feeling so jealous and thinking “Ba-humbug! I needed this book yesterday you turds!” Thankfully the author is about as awesome as they come and heard my pleas, having a very early copy shipped my way. H......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on September 08, 2020

Days after Sarah fails to return home from a business trip, her boyfriend Adam receives her passport in the mail, along with the following note: “I’m Sorry-S” Although Sarah’s best friend, Rose, admits to Adam, that Sarah was planning on leaving him, he cannot believe that she would completely disappe......more

Goodreads review by Liz on May 10, 2016

Distress Signals is the perfect storm (yes I really did that) when it comes to psychological thrillers, of which I read an awful lot (sometimes a truly AWFUL lot) this genre being the one exploding everywhere for quite some time now – so to bring to that something that is entirely intelligent, brill......more

Goodreads review by Diana on July 05, 2017

As I was listening to Catherine Ryan Howard’s nerve-racking debut thriller, I kept wondering if the book was sold in cruise ship gift shops. If so — eek! Nothing like adding some paranoia to your vacation! Seriously though, DISTRESS SIGNALS was an amazing read. There are many layers to this complex......more

Goodreads review by Linda on August 08, 2016

What a terrific story! DISTRESS SIGNALS is a compelling murder mystery wrapped up in the cruise industry. After all, if you want to kill someone, what better place? Do the deed and throw the body overboard in the dark of night. By the time the passenger is reported missing, the ship is many miles aw......more

Quotes

“A highly confident and accomplished debut novel, impeccably sustained, with not a false note.” Irish Times (Dublin)

“This exceptionally well-crafted and compelling read is very highly recommended for both personal reading lists and community library general fiction collections.” Midwest Book Review

“An excellent debut thriller which may give cruising executives some sleepless nights.” Irish Independent (Dublin)

“[Howard] writes with complete command of language, plot, and the thriller genre.” Shelf Awareness

"[A] fast-paced debut thriller…Hold on, you’re in for a wild ride…The setting—on a Mediterranean cruise ship—will leave some vacationing listeners delightfully ill-at-ease.” BookPage

“[A] solid first novel…Life and death aboard a cruise ship prove very mysterious indeed.” Publishers Weekly

“Brimming with suspense and plot twists you’ll never see coming.” Pop Culture Nerd

“Clever and compulsive.” Irish Examiner (Ireland)

“Alan Smyth narrated Adam’s confusion, desperation, and determination brilliantly. Bronson Pinchot and Suzanne Toren narrate the dual story line that keeps you just as invested as the major story going on to the heartbreaking end. A superb listen.” Under the Boardwalk (audio review)

“This novel has become one of my favorite psychological thrillers to date…Catherine Ryan Howard went outside the box and really brought a unique and interesting setting to Distress Signals…I absolutely loved, loved, LOVED this book, I cannot recommend it highly enough!” Rose Reviews

Awards

  • Library Journal Audio-in-Advance Pick
  • Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award
  • Independent Press Award
  • Amazon.com Bestseller
  • USA Today bestseller
  • CWA New Blood Dagger
  • BookPage Top Pick
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