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The Deadly Art of Deception

A Caribou King Mystery

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The Deadly Art of Deception

By: Linda Crowder
Narrated by: Michelle Babb
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Only two seasons matter in Coho Bay, Alaska - cruise ship and winter. Caribou King, owner of The Broken Antler Gallery, is hip-deep in tourists when her old college pal Taylor shows up asking for refuge, saying she has no place else to go. Cara is cautious; Taylor was the wife of one of Alaska's most renowned artists, Jonathan Snow, who was mauled to death by a bear the previous year. Why would his widow want to return to the location of her tragic loss? Something about Taylor's story just doesn't ring true.

Of course, she may not be the only liar in town. Taylor's former father-in-law accuses her of killing his son in front of a diner full of people, except he may have had a stronger motive. A handsome boat captain seems to fancy both Cara and Taylor and can't make up his mind between them, or between lying and telling the truth. And the local constable mistrusts everyone, but may have a reason to be mistrusted himself. Will Cara help her old friend Taylor, or will doing so get her into a heap of trouble? When a headless body is discovered in the bay, Cara wonders just who she can trust in this tiny town.

©2016 Cozy Cat Press (P)2017 Linda Crowder Cosy Detective Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Transportation Alaska Suspense

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I had little expectations and I was surprised by the story, the characters and the quality of narration. Takes time to slowly build up the story and engage the listener into the story, but it was worth it. If anybody is looking for a good mystery novella, then I recommend you to give it a listen.

I had little expectations and I was surprised

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I enjoy light hearted murder mysteries, whether its a murder that always seems to happen in quaint English towns and are solved by the local Vicar or on a Caribbean Island, so it was a delight to read something based in Alaska. It's a simple change but an important one in the way people live their lives.

The Deadly Art of Deception is exactly what it says it is, an enjoyable cozy murder mystery. I don't think you should go into it expecting to solve who did it given the unfolding of the tale, but you should be trying to work it out. So what you end up is a great page turning read ideal for a cold evening or a beach.

A fun page turner

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I enjoyed the narration of Michelle Babb, you can hear the suspense and mystery.

This book is set in a imagery of small town Alaska . Where it seems everyone are hiding secrets from everyone else.
Cara was born in Coho Bay Alaska. A recently widowed, friend returns After her husband died from a bear attack in unexplained circumstances. This book has suspense, twists and turns.

twists

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The narrator spoke a bit fast for me, but keep in mind that English is not my native language. Slowing the speed down was too slow, so I kept with it. And she spoke the words in a very clipped manner, with quick, short sounds. I just had to concentrate that little bit more. I do feel that sometimes a natural pause was required. And I do think that even if I had been a native English speaker it would still have been on the fast side. It was mostly the almost not pausing between sentences. She also should have more emotion in the voices, more anger in the angry moments, more sadness in the sad statements.

The main character, Cara, well… I didn’t much like her. I just couldn’t bond, not really. I didn’t find much common ground with her, but that isn’t always necessary. Still, it was a problem for me, personally, that she lacked that likeability factor. I didn’t really like Tay either.

The story was mostly enjoyable, although a bit slow to start. Drawn out a bit too much. Two and a half hours in and there’s still no current case. And frankly, it got a little boring. The chapters were too long making it hard to pause. I kind of lost interest and it needed something, some actual action. Cara couldn’t handle all the excitement - which excitement? Too much backstory. And every single meal was described in detail. Every. Single. Meal. That’s fine for once, twice, but this was just too much. But the most important to me was the lack of a mystery for the first half of the book. But after that, finally, there was a case. It still had too-slow moments, but there were some interesting twists and I liked that! In the end, it was all very clever! It was all wrapped up very nicely!

Some good things, some not-so-good

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Another great book by Linda Crowder with excellent narration by Michelle Babb who brings the characters to life, looking forward to more like this!

Carbon King

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This was such a fun listen, was expecting just a light read but got really involved with lots of twists and turns and understanding the character traits all in all a great listen.

This was my first exposure to this author but wont be the last. i really got into the family backstory.

The narration yet again so suited the story, no matter what Michelle puts her voice to she delivers.

I was given a free copy by the narrator but this did not in any way impact my review.

Really enjoyable - narration was brilliant

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This is the first book by this author I have listened to or read but it won't be the last because I really enjoyed it. It contained so many twists at the end that it was hard to keep up and I didn't see any of them coming. I liked the characters, especially Cara and her sister and there relationship. The mystery was good and as I said it kept you guessing not only over who the dead body belonged to but also over the earlier death, was it murder or accidental, not to mention who was responsible. I am off to start the next book.
Things are winding down now that tourist season is nearly over Which is why Cara is surprised to turn around and find her old college room mate stood before her. She hasn't seen Taylor in nearly a year, not since the death of her husband. So why is she back now? With her return tempers start to fly as some people question whether the death of her husband and local celebrity artist was really the accident it was claimed. One of the men that steps in to defend her is a man who has been flirting with Cara all summer. This is normal behaviour for her old friend and its not like he is the first head that gets turned by Taylor but what is strange is the fact that after spending the night with her he goes missing and a headless body is found by fisherman. Cara wants to believe her friend had nothing to do with it but she catches her in one lie to many. Scared a killer is running around town Cara starts to lock her door for the first time every but by locking the door is keeping a killer out or In? Not sure who to trust Cara starts to question alibis and motives but it is when she stumbles over the blood crime scene and another missing person that she really starts to fear for herself and pregnant sister.
Michelle Babb is a great choice for this series and is the main reason I gave this series a go in the first place. As I haven't listened to any books that she has read and not enjoyed them or came away disappointed , she gives her all to every single one.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Keeps you on your toes

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I thought it was a slow start, but I ended up enjoying the story. I like the narrator, I'm not a huge fan of many woman narrators, but I do enjoy Michelle Babb.

enjoyable

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I enjoyed this book, the main character acted fairly sensibly throughout and the different bits unwound as the story progressed. Although there wasn't a clear beginning/middle/end. The setting was good deapite the main character working in the busiest high-end art gallery I've ever heard of.

The secondary characters were good and I felt like most people's actions made sense. The ending was a bit too convoluted and contrived for my tastes but it wasn't necessarily bad just a bit different.

The narration was top notch and I felt like there was a good distinction between different voices.

Overall, I would recommend this book to murder mystery fans. (Note: I was given a free copy of this book, no strings attached.)

A good story with a convoluted ending.

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What did you like most about The Deadly Art of Deception?

The red herring the author throw in. She kept taken us to who the murderer might be. Each time she surprised me and I would think no way it couldn't be!
Michelle Babb gave the story suspense, mystery and made the characters more 3D. I read the book as well as listened to the audio and I found the audio is a lot better. In the book I would get confused in who was saying what but when I listened to it I knew who was talking. The narrator gave each character there distinct personality.

I didn't like the main character to begin with because I found that she let people treat her more of a doormat but after about 50% of the story she changed due to certain circumstance in the book. I really liked her more after she stood up for herself.
The book has mystery, hint of romance, suspense and humor. This is an audio book that I listened to in one sitting.
I would recommend this book and this narrator. Looking forward to book two!

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I was given this free review copy audio book and have voluntarily left this review.

Love this book!

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