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Dead in the Water

Welcome Back to Scumble River, Book 1

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Dead in the Water

By: Denise Swanson
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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The first audiobook in a brand new series featuring New York Times best-selling author Denise Swanson's beloved Scumble River setting and characters, Dead in the Water is a gripping mystery that won't let you go until the end.

A twister, a kidnapping, and a murder - oh my! Scumble River may never be the same.

For school psychologist Skye Denison, there's certainly no place like home. When a violent tornado devastates her small hometown of Scumble River, she can't see how the community will ever recover - especially since town councilman Zeke Lyons appears to have perished in the twister.

But things get even worse for Skye when her police chief husband, Wally, disappears in the midst of investigating Zeke's death, and evidence arises pointing to foul play. Did Zeke really die in the storm, or was he murdered? And could Wally be next on the criminal's hit list?

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Tanya Eby is an excellent narrator. The story was easy and pleasant to listen too.

Pleasant and Very Enjoyable

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Loved the story as usual, if you haven’t read any previous books it’s still great & will leave you wanting more. Not crazy about the narration, bit robotic at times but you get used to it. I thoroughly recommend ‘Dead in the Water’

Back in Scumble River - yayyy!!

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great narration and fantastic yarn with suspense and trauma and good characters and relationships fast paced after introduction

Suspense

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if it was a debut, I’d say it’s good enough but one certainly expects more from a best selling author- rather slow and predictable

just ok

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Struggled to get into this story. Narrators voice was so annoying it detracted from the story. Tried 3 times to listen but gave up

Boring

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