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Sleeping Dogs Lie

A Novella

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Sleeping Dogs Lie

Written by: Samantha Downing
Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King, Lindsey Dorcus
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From the internationally best-selling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It comes a twisted, entertaining novella about a dog walker swept into a criminal investigation when her client winds up dead.

Shelby works as a dog walker in northern California, and she’s just finished up her bi-weekly trip to the park with a husky named Pluto. When she brings him back to his house, she finds his owner - Todd Burke, a well-known local businessman and founder of an organic supplements company - lying on the bathroom floor, dead. A detective arrives on the scene. As she interviews Shelby, the body is inspected by a medical examiner, and more cops search Todd’s home, it becomes clear that the victim’s life was less picture-perfect than his clean-cut persona might lead you to believe.

©2020 Samantha Downing (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.
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Suspenseful

Really enjoyed the story. I had guessed the motive in the beginning but nevertheless, loved the structure of the story and the plot twist was surprising. Overall, a really good short novella.

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Okay

The story is simple and interesting. A man is found dead by his dog walker and she reports it to the police. His wife and neighbour are the likely suspects but later the police find his wife dead at her condo.

The story is fast paced and is a good listen. But the ending was not satisfying because the murderer was not caught. Which means that more murders are likely to happen. Overall, it is a good read but I prefer books in which the crime is completely solved.

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Sleeping dogs lie

Awesome storyline,narration,thrill etc. I loved each and every minute of it.Loved it overall excellent.

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Superstar Samantha

I don’t know how she manages to bring it every time! But she BRINGS IT. Couldn’t not have been more engrossed in a short story. Crazier storyline than many books manage to pull

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Predictable yet thrilling

There were momentary moments of thrill and suspense. The plot is predictable at times, but feels unsatisfying when you know the ending. Narration is its strongest point.

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Interesting

Ending was kind of predictable, but a well told story. The final suspense was good.

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Short Crisp and good

A good thriller that doesn't linger around and is to the point and precise. Good punch

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Good. An inventive story line

Inventive if a bit far fetched. but well written and performed and most important, not long drawn out.

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Interesting whodunnit

Nice little mystery. I really loved it-only the end was a bit of a downer. The first person narration was brilliant.

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short, expected twist but well written

it's an extremely short story. so, you know it will be over before you know. Also, if you are an old timer such as myself, you will figure out the twist like a minute into the story. That's okay though. the writing is good. uncomplicated. extremely well edited and good voice cast. a good, quick read.

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