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The Bluff

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The Bluff

By: Bonnie Traymore
Narrated by: Meghan Kelly
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Summary

Wife. Widow. Murderer?

What do you have to lose, Kate? That's what my future husband Ryan asked as we stood on the bluff, gazing out at Lake Michigan. Turns out, the answer is everything.

After a whirlwind romance, I left Manhattan for the quiet promise of Crest Lake. I thought my biggest challenges would be finding a job and adjusting to small-town life. I was wrong. My marriage unraveled. And a year ago, Ryan died in a car accident still shrouded in suspicion.

Now my once-idyllic lakefront home is in crisis. The bluff is crumbling. Property values are plummeting. Neighbors are at war over how to save their homes.

Then, on the night of a critical shoreline vote, my biggest rival turns up dead. And suddenly, all eyes are on me. I know what they're thinking.

But I have secrets of my own—and I'll do whatever it takes to keep them buried. Because in Crest Lake, nothing stays hidden for long. And the truth might destroy me long before the bluff does .

Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, Sarah Pekkanen, and Lisa Jewell.

"Traymore is a master of layered tension, and she left me guessing until the last page."—Noelle W. Ihli, #1 bestselling author of Gray After Dark

©2024 Bonnie Traymore (P)2026 Bonnie Traymore Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

"Gripping and full of surprises, THE BLUFF is a clever psychological suspense with layered characters and an atmospheric setting. Traymore masterfully ratchets up the tension little-by-little until the surprising, explosive end."—Tracey Devlyn, USA Today bestselling author

“Traymore is a master of layered tension, and she left me guessing until the last page.”— Noelle W.Ihli, #1 bestselling author of Gray After Dark
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As a free book this is a good enough story.
The narrator lets it down however. This narrator would be perfect for young children’s tales.
But for the way the story is written and the pace, the voice is all wrong. I was yelling at my phone at times.
Free books shouldn’t mean we have poor quality. The author would do so much better to have their stories narrated well.

Good flow with twists

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This story went nowhere, it’s the first time ever that I couldn’t even finish a book .

Sounds like it’s narrated by A.I

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The narrators voice was terrible. Therefore I couldn’t listen to the story. She had an annoying inflection at the end of each sentence.

Hideous

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is this AI? Terrible narration, couldn’t finish it, not even as a background book as the narration was too distracting

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