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Cold-Blooded

A True Story of Love, Lies, Greed, and Murder

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Cold-Blooded

By: Carlton Smith
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
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From a New York Times - bestselling journalist: The story of the murder of a California attorney at the hands of the lethally cunning wife he never doubted.

A wealthy and well-connected legal ace and the proud owner of a champion show horse, Larry McNabney had every reason to love his life. But when he disappeared in September 2001, his wife, Elisa, claimed he joined a cult.

When Larry's body was found in a shallow grave three months later, Elisa was already gone. In a red convertible Jaguar, her brown hair dyed blond, Mrs. McNabney was speeding toward a new life in Florida - and a brand new identity.

Who was Elisa McNabney? Beautiful, seductive, and ruthless, she had thirty-eight aliases and a rap sheet a mile long. Carlton Smith, coauthor of the true crime classic The Search for the Green River Killer, reveals one shocking surprise after another in this harrowing tale of broken vows and deadly betrayal.

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Took me a while to get mr sucked in but loved it! Couldn’t wait to pick up where I left off

Long but worth it

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This was an insight into the mind of a lair ,cheat and murder wanting everything she was thought she was entilted to. A story well told. Yet she turned out to be a coward. Leaving others to pick up the pieces. Narration fine

A different story

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there was a lot of information that could've been cut out, it takes a while to get into anything that seems relevent. A lot of people are introduced with no real need for it and the narrators voice is monotone until about half way through when even he seems to get more interested. It is a good story but it just took too much time to get to the point, I was thinking of giving up but I hate not finishing things.

Takes a while to get into it

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Highly recommend this sad story of three personalities in crisis.
A study not only of murder but of personalities that end up perpetuating themselves into tragedy.

Well told, well narrated, well researched
Easy listening
Very captivating
Any true crime enthusiast will “enjoy” this listen .
If you could in fact call it enjoyable listening!!!

Excellent Story

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I managed to get through just over 1 hour of this garbage. I can safely say that I've never given up on a book anywhere near this quickly, but seriously, the whole time all I could think was "WTF is this guy actually telling a story about?!"
Everything about this title is terrible - from the annoying monotone voice that performs it, to the confusing, boring and irrelevant details it describes. In the short time I had taken to listen to it, around 20 characters were introduced, and so many tangents minutely described that I couldn't make sense whatsoever of what on earth was actually going on.
A lot of people would say that it's not fair to judge a book so quickly. To this I say - try listening to this thing for more than an hour and then get back to me. The thought of actually trying to get through the whole title is nothing short of terrifying. The only good use for this audio book would be as s torture technique in maximum security prisons and military operations - I guarantee that any information being withheld would be handed over within minutes.
I really wish I had taken the other 1-star reviews on board more and never started listening to this. It is hands down the worst title I've ever encountered on Audible, or anywhere else for that matter. I know it was free, but that's an hour of my life I'll never get back. I'm really surprised that Audible accepts works of such low quality, as every other title I've listened to on here, including many free ones, has been great.

this is just terrible

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could not finish it. I found it very difficult to get into but to no avail.

difficult to get into

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