I will give the book credit that I read it to the end... but only because I was hoping that there would be some unknown twist that actually made the book less predictable.

I enjoy reading psychological thrillers and unfortunately, this was way too easy to figure out the ending.

There were too many hints along the way that all pointed to the same character as the antagonist.

This book was a flop in my opinion...

With thanks to netgalley and the author

Sadly I didn't download this title in time.

So can't really give a review

I certainly wanted to like this book more than I did. I didn't enjoy the narrator and found the book to be rather slow and uninteresting.

Often sat in my car listening way longer than I should have! Very good and very creepy. Written very well and couldn’t figure out the ending no matter how long I guessed

I’m afraid I couldn’t manage to finish this book because the pacing was surprisingly slow for the genre, and the narrator was too flat to offer any additional inducement to continue.

Kaitlyn Ashe is happily working for a radio station when she begins receiving anonymous letters referring to “The Shadows.” Only she knows what that refers to and is unwilling to share this knowledge. As things escalate, she is in a quandary about how much information she will disclose to catch the letter writer to stop someone from getting hurt.

The story is interesting and provides the expected twists and turns. It ends up being somewhat predictable, still flows nicely. I enjoyed the writing and could relate to the characters. The narrator was very good. She did not try to fake voices for the characters, and I appreciated that immensely.


I received an ARC from CamCat Publishing, LLC through NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinion or rating of this book. I am voluntarily submitting this review and have no obligation to do so.

I liked the blurb of this book and it did interest me to discover more about the protagonist's job (as a DJ) and her background.
I found Kaitlyn rather irritating as she became such a victim mainly due to her own actions. I thought she was portrayed as unnecessarily stupid.
I was not overly keen on the narration which could have brought this book so much more to life. However, it was quite gripping and I did want to keep listening to it but I think I would have preferred to have read the book.

Not for me. DNF - several times. I have tried on various occasions to listen to this audiobook but I struggled with the narrator and had absolutely no interest in the story at all.

3.5 stars
I had high hopes for Dead Air and predominately this was a good audiobook. I liked the plot and the narration but I wasn't grabbed and drawn into the story. I would not discount listening to this again in the future to see if the plot engages me more. I believe that this may have been a case of right book, wrong time.

Take a Trip to the Shallows

I've had this book out for far too long, I thought that it sounded right up my alley and I don't know why it took me this long to get to it. I've never read anything by Bradley, but I'll likely check out more of his books in the future. Dead Air was the perfect combination of predictable and unpredictable. A few times I could tell what was going to happen and others I was confused and trying to make wild guesses.

When a suspense novel is written well - I'm dead set sure I know who the killer is for a long time, but end up being totally wrong. The author is able to confuse or misdirect me like a good magician can. In Dead Air - there were a times that I was sure I knew who the killer was and then as the story opened up a bit I changed my mind. Now, I ultimately was right, but honestly the twist that Bradley threw in was interesting and I genuinely didn't see it coming.

This book was really set on fire with the narration from Fulginiti. I thought that she absolutely crushed this and really brought Kaitlyn to life. A few times I thought this would have been better with a full cast or at least with 2 narrators, but as the story progressed I took that back and I was glad that Fulginiti was the sole narrator.

Overall, Dead Air was good and at times a bit predictable, but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of it in the least. The story within it was way better than the other reviews I peeked at before finishing the story give it. I thought that Bradley did a good job writing a suspenseful novel, giving a little bit away, and then still hammering home a good story.

Someone is stalking a radio presenter because of past events, events that she wants to keep hidden from everyone, and that she thinks no one should know about. Why? What happened?

This story is revealed well as the stalking goes up several levels, and tension is built. A fun and enjoyable read with plenty of tension, and a good ending which involved an interesting twist. This worked well as an audiobook, although not the most engaging of narrators.

Happy to recommend this book on balance. I would like to say thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for providing a copy of this book to me for an open and honest review. 3.5 Stars

This is a hard review for me. On one hand, I enjoyed the book and thought it was decently thought out. On the other hand, It wasn't that hard to figure out. The first little bit had the creepy stalker factor, where you get bits and pieces of what the people are thinking and little hints about who the person could be. It wasn't too long before you knew. Some of the happenings in the book seemed excessive for "what happened at The Shallows", it spiked real quick...

The "relationship" Kaitlyn and the older male detective had and how they came to a deeper understanding of each other as the story went on was the best part of the book. Though even that was a bit messy at one point. I really didn't care at all about any of the characters though and it made they story seem to drag a bit.

The audio narration was done well. There wasn't a lot of excitement in the vocals, but it seemed to go along with the book itself. I'd be interested to check out some of Bradley's other work to see if it matches this book or if it's a little better.

Thank you to CamCat Publishig and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

DNF - tried on various occasions but struggled with the narrator and had no interest in the story itself.

With thanks to CamCat Publishing, LLC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and NetGalley for the ARC.

Well read, suspenseful drama.

Full review to follow...

Have not had a chance to read this yet, but will keep it on my list for a rainy day! Appreciate being offered the reading copy!

Dead Air sounded like my kind of listen, but it just didn't work out for me at all. The premise has been done and done again, so I was hoping to find something to make it stand out against so many others like it. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything to make it memorable unless you count that it drags more than I cared for. It's also terribly predictable. I do read a lot of mysteries and thrillers, but the stalker/killer in this one is so obvious, I hardly think it would take any experience with the genre to figure it out. On a semi-positive note, the narrator does a fair job, at least she does okay with Kaitlyn, and she does have a distinctive purr that would work well for a DJ. However, the male voices, or the attempt at male voices, left something to be desired. Any one of those things may have been okay if the rest had been at least a little above average, but this just fell short all the way around for me.

The premise of this book is great. A radio dj trying to escape her past when it comes back to bite her. There was a lot of suspense and action, but there were a lot of times when I got really frustrated with Kaitlyn and Rodney. There were so many things that pointed to who the big baddie was and they both completely overlooked them. Sometimes I just wanted to smack them. I thought the narrator was ok, but not the best that I've heard.

Dead Air- personally I think The Shallows would have been a more fitting title however I could not get enough of it!
Thank you Net Galley for this audio book- made me anticipate the next time I’d be behind the wheel.
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Caitlin Ash is the evening talk show host for WXLP radio. Friday nights are dedication night- and for the past few months her worst nightmare. Why?
Because someone keeps requesting REO speed wagon- dedication from The Shallows.
Caitlin can’t believe anyone knows about the shallows. The one person who does is dead.
As her mystery dedicator escalates their stalking Caitlin past collides with her current life- which leaves a bloody path in its wake.
While to me Caitlin's stalker/ tormentor was beyond obvious - another plot twist left me slack jawed driving home one night!

This was a great audio book to listen too- although I will admit sometimes they narrator sounded a bit too robotic for me.
Hope to see more work from this author!

Thank you to Netgalley and CamCat Publishing for the advanced copy of this audiobook.
I liked the premise from the get-go. I really liked the main character being a radio DJ and loved how that was incorporated into the story and into the mystery. Otherwise, I didn't love this book.
Firstly - something that I hate 99% of the time - the cliché villain. The audiobook didn't help this, but I just hate when the antagonist is this exagerrated, dramatic, evil character. Obviously it has its purpose, but it was mostly just annoying.
To be clear, I have no problem with unrealistic books - most of my favourites are a little unrealistic - but there were bits in this that just grated on me. I think there's a big difference between an unrealistic element to advance the plot and using an unrealistic element without purpose and there were definitely a couple of times where I thought these parts could've either been changed or entirely removed.
I guessed the anatagonist's identity VERY early on. Once again, to be clear, I have no problem with predictable books, but in this one I felt it was a bit too blatant and as it became more and more obvious I just became more and more irritated with that character. It also bothered me a little that the main characters just weren't seeing it.
I also felt the characters were all a little two-dimensional; as mentioned, I liked the incorporation of the main character's occupation and the detail about Carol, but as far as depth goes that was kind of the full extent of it. It just felt a bit undercooked in that regard and unfortunately it meant that I didn't care much about the characters at all.
I actually really liked the writing style in this book. It was vivid but not dense and kept the story moving. I also thought the pacing was good and I finished it quickly.
I wouldn't not recommend this to anyone; maybe a thriller beginner might enjoy this more than I did - I just felt like the bulk of this mystery I'd read before.

Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for the advance copy of this audiobook!

I loved this book. The atmosphere and plot was everything I wanted it to be. I loved the storyline in the book. I loved the characters. It gave me all the feels I was looking for when I started reading this. I highly recommend this author. I loved the writing. I will be looking for other works in the future from this author.