Audiobook Review: Untouchable by Jeffery Deaver

 

Untouchable by Jeffery Deaver

Publication Date: February 17th 2026 by Brilliance Audio

Pages: 137

Audio Book Length: 3hrs 17min

Narrator: Christina Traister

Source: Publisher

Rating: ★★★★

Links: Amazon | Audible | Goodreads

My Thoughts:

While working a case in Prescott, Illinois, FBI Agent Constant Marlowe spots an unsettling exchange between a college student, Kathleen, and a man who instantly sets off her instincts. When Constant steps in, she learns Kathleen is being stalked and threatened after writing a letter to the university about potential brain injuries among the school’s football players. Instead of taking her concerns seriously, the situation spiraled when a chauvinistic talk‑show host blasted her name on air and twisted the facts for outrage and ratings.

 

I was relieved Constant intervened, Kathleen was getting almost no support from campus officials or local police, and that radio host was a piece of work!

 

This short mystery isn’t as straightforward as it first appears and I enjoyed seeing it all play out in such a satisfying way!

 

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Christina Traister, and she was fantastic. Her calm, steady delivery suits Constant perfectly, and she shifts into the other characters’ voices with ease. A really strong performance that enhanced the story.

4 Stars

Book Description:

For Special Agent Constant Marlowe, a quiet college town hides a nest of malice and revenge in this twisty novella by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.

Special Agent Constant Marlowe is passing through the charming college town of Prescott, Illinois, when a chance encounter with a terrified student stops her in her tracks. Kathleen Delaine thought she was doing the right thing when she demanded an inquiry into traumatic brain injuries among the university’s football team. But after a manosphere shock jock picks up the story on his radio show and makes it personal, the online uproar bleeds into the real world. As Constant works to identify which of the host’s fanboys is threatening Kathleen, she discovers that behind the bullying campaign lies a vast and deadly conspiracy.

 

Review: South of Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver

 

South of Nowhere (Colter Shaw #5) by Jeffery Deaver

Publication Date: May 6th 2025 by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pages: 414

Source: Publisher

Rating: ★★★★½

Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Libro.fm | Audible | Goodreads

My Thoughts:

Colter Shaw is a “reward-seeker” traveling all over to find missing persons or things and then collects the reward money when successful. His unusual upbringing by a paranoid survivalist father prepared him for a multitude of dangerous situations, which makes him good at his job.

 

Colter gets called out, by his sister Dorian, to Northern California when a levee starts to wash out and threatens the small town of Hinowah. Dorian, a disaster specialist, was already close by when she heard what happened and offered to help since the town leaders didn’t seem equipped to handle a situation of this magnitude. Is the impending collapse the result of poor construction or something more sinister?

 

There’s also the mystery of a woman asking to find the location of the Shaw’s family compound and Colter finds some disturbing information while searching through his father’s papers.

 

South of Nowhere was a thrilling, action-packed story with several riveting subplots and I was hooked from the start! A few revelations took me by surprise.

 

Even though I’ve only read the prequel novella, Captivated in this series, I feel like you could read South of Nowhere as a standalone.  I did watch a few episodes of Tracker, which are based on these books. I’ll be adding the previous installments to my TBR since I enjoyed this one so much.

4.5 Stars

Book Description:

The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV (CBS's Tracker, starring Justin Hartley) as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight.

When a levee collapses in Hinowah, a small town in Northern California, Colter Shaw is brought on by his sister, Dorion, a disaster response specialist, to help locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive. 

But after a surprise attack along the river obstructs Colter's urgent search, the siblings are forced to consider a new Is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes, or is someone sabotaging it? Colter and Dorion must race against a ticking clock to uncover the truth and save the citizens before the village washes out completely, destroying everything and everyone in its path.