Nicole Foster Thriller #1: The Sound of Rain

Peter Langer: No treatment of how she recovered from gambling addiction. She changes too suddenly from a codependent sister to a healthy strong woman. At the end I cant see how she is going to get away with her plan. Her sister still has some moves left and the recording is not sufficient evidence.

United States on Nov 11, 2023

Diana Orozco: Didn't expect the twists but the ending was kinda lame. Kept me hooked though so overall I'd definitely recommend it!

United States on Oct 25, 2023

Katie Cooper: This book definitely lives up to Olson’s reputation of raw, deep, and shaking crime. There were multiple twists, most I didn’t expect. I opted for the audio version and it was very hard to turn off!

United States on Sep 24, 2023

Melanie Pozzobon: Such an amazing book, beginning to end I couldn't put it down. Loved it! Love this author. I couldn't have imagined the ending.

Canada on Jan 04, 2023

NATALIE NOONAN: I always read Olsen's true crime,but this was my first of a fictional topic and characters. I can not say that I enjoyed the beginning near as much as the build up to the ending. The way that he ended the first of this collection seems almost sloppy, like I can see what's coming. I will continue to read on and hope for the best, now that he has me rooting for the bad guys to fall.
I never give a full 5 stars unless I am blown away, but love the books that I give a 4 to.
This is why I rated it a 3.

Canada on Jun 15, 2022

Amazon Customer: This story had me gripped with a lot of twists but I felt it ended quite quickly. I will read the next book in the series but not sure if I would recommend this book.

United Kingdom on Aug 23, 2021

Helen Khan: For me, this was a mystery to the very end. Just like Nicole, the MC, I thought I had it all figured out who was the killer, then, the story took a major turn to show who really killed Kelsey Chase. Nicole Foster and her partner Danny are called to the crime scene when Kelsey disappears while shopping with her mother and brother at Target’s store. Danny, the lead investigator accuses a Alan Dixon, a young man with a previous felony, for Kelsey’s death. But Nicole is not convinced. She believes the wrong person got charged and the killer is still free. She wants justice for little Kelsey and for the wrongly accused man. Nicole leaves no stone unturned looking for the killer or killers. But she only does this after she is forced out from the police force.

Nicole is someone we want to win. She never knew her mother’s love, it all seemed to go towards her sister who has everything, beauty, money, a home and a brilliant made-it-in-the-world husband. The reader sees Nicole homeless, unemployed and moneyless due to her gambling addiction. And her and Danny bread-up which is for Nicole’s betterment because he’s a controlling narcissist. As a reader, I wanted Nicole to not...

Canada on May 22, 2021

AZ customer: I know of two people like Stacy. Both are women. Both were favored children. Both were allowed to get away with lying as children. Both learned how to manipulate others with words and were allowed to get away with it as children. Both are similar to Stacy as grown ups.

I am saying this in response to other reviewers who wrote that the characters in this two-book series are not realistic.
The characters in this book are realistic. My sister is like Stacy. She's not a murderer. She just treats other people in the same way that you see Stacy treating her sister in this novel.

As for the character of Nicole Foster. Her thoughts and reactions are those of someone who has had to deal with someone as messed up as Stacy all her life and has learned that for her own (Nicole's) sake, the only way to remain sane is to forgive Stacy, as much as she can.

I know that because it's the only way I've been able to handle the abuse a person like Stacy hands out. The forgiveness isn't for the benefit of the perpetrator (Stacy), it's for the benefit of the victim (Nicole).

Nicole hasn't yet dealt with all of what Stacy has done to her in their past, obviously. However...

United States on Dec 12, 2020

Michael Parker: It began well but, for me, eventually became too much of a slog. The main character, Nicole, was continuously examining herself and her raison d'etre, to the point where I couldn't give a fig about her inner emotions; I just wanted it to finish. In fact I ended up speed reading the book. The writing is good, and Greg Olsen is an accomplished writer, but I will not be reading any more of his work. I think it's worth four stars for fans of this writer.

United Kingdom on Sep 12, 2019

bdprog: I usually read non-fiction books, but enjoy a good high-tech fiction book, in fact going to go back to it. But I also enjoy good fiction, such as Stephen King. Now I finished reading 'The Sound of Rain' by Gregg Olsen and have to say the book kept my interest and the last third of the book I read all on a winter, snow covered day in Michigan. The title is perhaps from the fact that Nicole is an addict. She gambles, but she wins, oh she also loses. And it is the LOSSES that get her in trouble. Well, that is part of it. She loses her home, her dog, her car & her dignity. She has to rely on her younger sister Stacy for support. And as many of us, myself included that has one other sibling, there is rivalry. Stacy now has the upper hand, roles reversed. Nicole has lost her job as a detective at the Bellevue Police Department in Washington State. Her boyfriend, also a detective Danny has too lost his job, and it involves the missing girl Kelsey, which Danny has botched up the investigation of. Both lose their jobs & Danny goes to jail for his felonious part.

The investigation involves the neighborhood of a local Target's store. The surrounding neighborhood is a trailer...

United States on Dec 19, 2016