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  • Height of Deception

  • Nora Abbott, Book 1
  • By: Shannon Baker
  • Narrated by: Susan Marlowe
  • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Height of Deception

By: Shannon Baker
Narrated by: Susan Marlowe
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Summary

Shannon Baker delivers a gripping new thriller set in the desert Southwest. When Nora Abbott’s husband is found dead, she must clear her name while uncovering a murderous secret - a contemporary Western thriller for fans of C.J. Box and Anne Hillerman.

In the remote mountains of Arizona, Native American history is being torn apart by corporate greed and corruption. Nora Abbott is caught in the middle, struggling to keep her small business alive.

But when Nora’s womanizing husband is murdered in cold blood, local law enforcement suspect that she killed him. As allies become enemies and friends become suspects, Nora takes it upon herself to find who killed her husband - and why.

But in this unforgiving terrain, the price of truth may be too steep.

Height of Deception is perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Mary Burton, Lisa Regan, the Jeff Carson David Wolf series, Stuart Woods, the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series, Anne Hillerman Navajo mysteries, Rich Curtin, BJ Bourg, Lisa Gray, JA Jance, Nick Drake books, Nick Petrie Peter Ash novels, and Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mystery series.

©2019 Severn River Publishing (P)2020 Severn River Publishing

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  • 17-11-20

Reader needs a speech therapist

The story was alright but predictable, characters were interesting. I would have hoped that there is someone who listens to the audio before it is published. There was a few mispronounced words which I can ignore, but the most annoying was the reader did not pronounce the "d" in couldn't, wouldn't, didn't, or any similar contraction. I know this is a small issue, but after a while, it was like water torture.

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  • alascat
  • 10-02-23

Needs a new narrator

I have listed to the Kate Fox series by this same author, which I thoroughly enjoyed. This book needs a new author, I will not be finishing it nor will I getting any other books with this narrator. Giving all 1 stars because I can’t just review the narrator

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  • A. Boothe
  • 31-12-22

D and T-glottalization

Narrator had an annoying habit of not pronouncing T and D sounds. Story needed dragged on.

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  • susan
  • 08-10-22

Great storyline!

Narration was very clear however dropping the D’s in the word pronunciations was very annoying after a while.

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  • KELLY
  • 02-08-22

Kind of Slow

Keep in mind for me this was a really slow & predictable story. I forced myself to finish the book and I will not be getting anymore of this series.

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  • Ellen Oceanside
  • 03-07-20
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Good

A good plot about Nora, what she wanted to achieve and the obstacles and people who didn’t. Good research done on the Hopi.culture.
Given audio for my voluntary review and found the narration added to the story, well done.