Get a free audiobook
-
Hour of Need
- Scarlet Falls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Series: Scarlet Falls, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
People who bought this also bought...
-
Minutes to Kill
- Scarlet Falls, Book 2
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After corporate attorney Hannah Barrett tries - and fails - to stop a kidnapping in Vegas, she can’t shake the haunting image of the terrified young girl she couldn’t save. She tells herself that a visit to her hometown in Scarlet Falls could be a welcome distraction. But soon, Hannah realizes the kidnappers have all the info they need to track her every move. And when chilling e-mails about the victim appear in her inbox, it’s frighteningly clear what happened in Vegas has followed her home.
-
Seconds to Live
- Scarlet Falls, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett avoided his hometown of Scarlet Falls for years - too many bad memories. But when he receives the news that his father is dying, he rushes home only to discover he’s too late. Shaken, Mac retreats to his remote cabin seeking peace and solace. Instead, he crashes his jeep to narrowly avoid running over the naked body of a woman lying in the road. Even more disturbing, when he regains consciousness, the body is gone.
-
Secrets Never Die
- Morgan Dane Series, Book 5
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a retired sheriff’s deputy is shot to death in his home, his troubled teenage stepson, Evan, becomes the prime suspect. Even more incriminating, the boy disappeared from the scene of the crime. Desperate to find her son, Evan’s mother begs PI Lance Kruger for help. She knows her son is innocent. Kruger and defense attorney Morgan Dane want to believe that too, but the evidence against the boy is damning. Just as the trail goes cold, another deputy vanishes.
-
Save Your Breath
- Morgan Dane, Book 6
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When true-crime writer Olivia Cruz disappears with no signs of foul play, her new boyfriend, Lincoln Sharp, suspects the worst. He knows she didn’t leave willingly and turns to attorney Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger to find her before it’s too late. As they dig through Olivia’s life, they are shocked to discover a connection between her current book research on two cold murder cases and the suicide of one of Morgan’s prospective clients.
-
Midnight Betrayal
- Midnight, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Curator Dr. Louisa Hancock left behind Maine and her troubled past for Philadelphia and a job at a prominent museum. Just when it seems that Louisa’s new life is safe from her dark secrets, the body of a museum intern is found - the victim of a brutal and baffling murder. Louisa realizes this is no random crime. And when another intern goes missing, the abduction is linked to the only man who has ever tempted Louisa’s heart - Conor Sullivan, the owner of a Philly sports bar.
-
The Silence
- Columbia River, Book 2
- Written by: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist. In his home, investigators find pages of diatribes against law enforcement as well as ties to Mason’s fiancée, FBI special agent Ava McLane. The victim was her informant - and had strong reasons to be paranoid.
-
Minutes to Kill
- Scarlet Falls, Book 2
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After corporate attorney Hannah Barrett tries - and fails - to stop a kidnapping in Vegas, she can’t shake the haunting image of the terrified young girl she couldn’t save. She tells herself that a visit to her hometown in Scarlet Falls could be a welcome distraction. But soon, Hannah realizes the kidnappers have all the info they need to track her every move. And when chilling e-mails about the victim appear in her inbox, it’s frighteningly clear what happened in Vegas has followed her home.
-
Seconds to Live
- Scarlet Falls, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett avoided his hometown of Scarlet Falls for years - too many bad memories. But when he receives the news that his father is dying, he rushes home only to discover he’s too late. Shaken, Mac retreats to his remote cabin seeking peace and solace. Instead, he crashes his jeep to narrowly avoid running over the naked body of a woman lying in the road. Even more disturbing, when he regains consciousness, the body is gone.
-
Secrets Never Die
- Morgan Dane Series, Book 5
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a retired sheriff’s deputy is shot to death in his home, his troubled teenage stepson, Evan, becomes the prime suspect. Even more incriminating, the boy disappeared from the scene of the crime. Desperate to find her son, Evan’s mother begs PI Lance Kruger for help. She knows her son is innocent. Kruger and defense attorney Morgan Dane want to believe that too, but the evidence against the boy is damning. Just as the trail goes cold, another deputy vanishes.
-
Save Your Breath
- Morgan Dane, Book 6
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When true-crime writer Olivia Cruz disappears with no signs of foul play, her new boyfriend, Lincoln Sharp, suspects the worst. He knows she didn’t leave willingly and turns to attorney Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger to find her before it’s too late. As they dig through Olivia’s life, they are shocked to discover a connection between her current book research on two cold murder cases and the suicide of one of Morgan’s prospective clients.
-
Midnight Betrayal
- Midnight, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Curator Dr. Louisa Hancock left behind Maine and her troubled past for Philadelphia and a job at a prominent museum. Just when it seems that Louisa’s new life is safe from her dark secrets, the body of a museum intern is found - the victim of a brutal and baffling murder. Louisa realizes this is no random crime. And when another intern goes missing, the abduction is linked to the only man who has ever tempted Louisa’s heart - Conor Sullivan, the owner of a Philly sports bar.
-
The Silence
- Columbia River, Book 2
- Written by: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist. In his home, investigators find pages of diatribes against law enforcement as well as ties to Mason’s fiancée, FBI special agent Ava McLane. The victim was her informant - and had strong reasons to be paranoid.
-
What I've Done
- Morgan Dane, Book 4
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Haley Powell wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the night before. When she sees a man lying in the backyard, stabbed to death, she has only one terrified thought: What have I done? Agreeing to take the case as a favor to her PI friend Lincoln Sharp, Morgan must scale a mountain of damning circumstantial and forensic evidence to prove her client innocent.
-
Midnight Obsession
- Midnight, Book 4
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a mysterious package lands on Louisa Hancock's doorstep, the Philadelphia museum curator can hardly anticipate the nightmare that's about to envelop her. The package is addressed to her father - an expert in Viking culture - and inside is a ninth-century sword, a chilling thank-you note, and photos of two dead bodies in a tableau evoking a Nordic funeral. The gruesome images match a recent crime scene.
-
A Merciful Truth
- Mercy Kilpatrick, Book 2
- Written by: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Raised by a family of survivalists, FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick can take on any challenge - even the hostile reception to her homecoming. But she’s not the only one causing chaos in the rural community of Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. At first believed to be teenage pranks, a series of fires takes a deadly turn with the murder of two sheriff’s deputies. Now, along with Police Chief Truman Daly, Mercy is on the hunt for an arsonist turned killer.
-
A Merciful Death
- Mercy Kilpatrick, Book 1
- Written by: Kendra Elliot
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land - and off the grid - in rural Eagle's Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event.
-
Midnight Sacrifice
- Midnight, Book 2
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One by one, people are mysteriously disappearing from a small Maine town. Four months ago, a ruthless murderer killed two people and kidnapped three more, including Danny Sullivan’s sister, who barely escaped. Unfortunately so did the killer, vanishing without a trace into the vast wilderness. When the police fail to find his sister's captor, Danny returns to Maine to hunt him down.
-
See Her Die
- Bree Taggert, Book 2
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
New sheriff Bree Taggert is called to a shooting in a campground shuttered for the winter. But she arrives to find a perplexing crime. There is no shooter, no victim, and no blood. No one but Bree believes the sole witness, Alyssa, a homeless teenager who insists she saw her friend shot. Bree calls in former deputy Matt Flynn and his K-9 to track the killer and search for Alyssa’s friend. They discover the battered corpse of a missing university student under the ice in Grey Lake - but it’s not the victim they were looking for.
-
Midnight Exposure
- Midnight, Book 1
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Scott Schumaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When two hikers disappear from their hometown in Maine, everyone blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds mysterious handyman Reed Kimball - and a small town full of fatal secrets.
-
-
Great Listen
- By Anne-Marie Swanson on 2017-10-06
-
Bones Don't Lie
- Morgan Dane, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Private investigator Lance Kruger was just a boy when his father vanished twenty-three years ago. Since then he's lived under the weight of that disappearance - until his father's car is finally dredged up from the bottom of Grey Lake. It should be a time for closure, except for the skeleton found in the trunk. A missing person case gone cold has become one of murder, and Lance and attorney Morgan Dane must face the deadly past that's risen to the surface.
-
-
love it!
- By Snowboarder16 on 2019-11-25
-
Her Last Goodbye
- Morgan Dane, Book 2
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Young mother Chelsea Clark leaves the house for a girls’ night out...and vanishes. Her family knows she would never voluntarily leave her two small children. Her desperate husband - also the prime suspect - hires Morgan to find his wife and prove his innocence. As a single mother, Morgan sympathizes with Chelsea’s family and is determined to find her. She teams up with private investigator Lance Kruger.
-
-
Good 2nd book!
- By Wendy on 2018-07-25
-
Cross Her Heart
- Bree Taggert, Book 1
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For more than twenty-five years, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert has tucked away the nightmarish childhood memories of her parents’ murder-suicide…. Until her younger sister, Erin, is killed in a crime that echoes that tragic night: innocent witnesses and a stormy marriage that ended in gunfire. There’s just one chilling difference. Erin’s husband, Justin, has vanished.
-
Say You're Sorry
- Morgan Dane, Book 1
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the devastating loss of her husband in Iraq, Morgan Dane returns to Scarlet Falls, seeking the comfort of her hometown. Now, surrounded by family, she’s finally found peace and a promising career opportunity - until her babysitter is killed and her neighbor asks her to defend his son, Nick, who stands accused of the murder.
-
Drown Her Sorrows
- Bree Taggert, Book 3
- Written by: Melinda Leigh
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Sheriff Bree Taggert discovers the body of a young woman floating near the bank of the Scarlet River, a note in her abandoned car suggests suicide. The autopsy reveals a different story. Holly Thorpe was dead long before she dropped off the bridge and hit the water. As Bree and her investigator Matt Flynn delve into the case, secrets in Holly’s personal life complicate their efforts to solve the murder. Holly left behind a volatile marriage, an equally divisive relationship with her sister, and an employer whose intimate involvement with Holly was no secret.
Publisher's Summary
A 2015 Daphne du Maurier Award finalist from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.
While fighting in Afghanistan, Major Grant Barrett receives devastating news: his brother and sister-in-law have been murdered in Scarlet Falls, the sleepy suburb of Grant’s youth. Emotionally scarred from war, the career soldier returns home on emergency leave to temporarily care for his orphaned nephew and niece. But when someone tries to kidnap the kids and their teenage babysitter, Grant knows it’s not a random act…and neither were the murders.
Already devastated by her neighbors’ violent deaths, Ellie Ross is shattered by the attempted abduction of her teenage daughter so she desperately turns to Grant for help. As they navigate a deadly search for the truth, they struggle with growing feelings for each other and Grant’s impending return to Afghanistan.
But time is running out. The killer is growing bolder by the hour, and Ellie and Grant must find him before the children become his next victims.
Bestselling author Melinda Leigh delivers another gritty mystery simmering with spine-tingling passion in this first Scarlet Falls novel.
More from the same
What listeners say about Hour of Need
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- happycrazymommy
- 2015-04-17
Unoriginal
Despite the fact I wanted to find out "whodunit", skipping to the end would have been the only answer had I been reading the actual book. Since I was using the audio book I just let it keep running while I was painting a large room. The plot was ordinary, the characters were generic and the 'romance' was contrived. I found the love sequences so ridiculous, out of place and unnecessary that I did speed through them. Maybe it was the paint fumes, but I held on to the end for the mystery to be solved and was left with an ehhhh who cares feeling.
12 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- cajoje
- 2015-01-19
outstanding
What made the experience of listening to Hour of Need the most enjoyable?
It had a real nice flow and some nice twists.
What other book might you compare Hour of Need to and why?
I couldn't do that. Different in a nice original way.
What does Cris Dukehart bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I was able to tell who was talking without a problem.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, just very enjoyable.
Any additional comments?
Will read or listen to more.
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Gossy
- 2015-09-03
Enjoyed it
Liked it enough to get the 2nd book and I do not read mysteries. The performance was good too.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Yvonne Cherry
- 2016-02-28
More than an hour...
The story was very good,and I enjoyed the characters. The description of Grant Barrett gave me a very good idea of what he looked like, and I could picture him and Ellie working together side by side.
The story had some great twist and turns, and I liked how the story was all tied together in the end.
Hour of Need is the first book by Melinda Leigh I have read and the first narrated by Cris Dukehart. I thought the narrator was a little flat in the beginning of the book, but she seemed to improve as the story moved along.
Overall, I enjoyed Hour of Need, and would recommend this book.
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Barbara A. Peace
- 2017-08-02
Good book....bad narrator.
This book was a great read, but I don't enjoy the narrator. I've read another of Morgan Leigh's books and have the same criticism. Great read, but the inflection and tone of the narrator is not enjoyable.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Becky
- 2017-07-03
monatone reader
maybe just me but the reader seemed to monatone. like she was just reading a script a lot of book. plot was good but not impressed with audio.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Joanne Oh
- 2016-12-23
Narrator is the worst I've ever heard!
This was the most colorless, monotone, and at times, robotic reading I've been subjected to. Rather than enhancing the writing, it did the opposite. I should have heeded the reviewer whose advice was to read this book rather than to listen to it.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Luis
- 2016-04-18
great read
I've read a few of Leigh's books including the she can series and this story by far was my favorite. she has a knack for story telling. I will continue to read her books and would highly recommend anyone read her stories as well
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
- Lucinda Wuersig
- 2016-04-04
Good read!!!!!
Good read, will read the next in the series. Audio well done. Love the grandmother character.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 2016-03-06
Gripping story!
This grabbed me from the beginning, keeps you guessing! Has mystery, love, family, action, what else could you ask for!
1 person found this helpful