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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. Crime Thrillers Thriller & Suspense Short Stories
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Nice short thriller with twist. I love it. Author's writing was well written. Good to pick for a short thriller read. I recommend it

Good twist

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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.

short, expected twist but well written

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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

Superstar Samantha

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

Interesting whodunnit

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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.

Predictable yet thrilling

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