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Slow Burner
- Hush Collection
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A woman watches her marriage implode over text message and decides that ignorance is not bliss in this bitterly satisfying short mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of Lady in the Lake.
Liz Kelsey promised herself she’d never again spy on her feckless husband, Phil. But then she discovers a string of suggestive texts on his secret burner phone. Even worse, he’s flirting with the woman who shook their unstable marriage once before. But knowledge is power. What’s more dangerous - what Liz knows or what Phil doesn’t know?
Laura Lippman’s Slow Burner is part of Hush, a collection of six stories, ranging from political mysteries to psychological thrillers, in which deception can be a matter of life and death. Each piece can be read or listened to in one truly chilling sitting.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Admiralu
- 2020-07-30
Marriage in Greek Mythology
This was a short story about a married couple. Together for over twenty years, she is a teacher of Greek mythology and he is a money man. We learn that all is not well in the home, while she loves her husband, he is a control freak who chases other women. Most of the story is a background in the relationship, including several attempts at therapy. I'd have hit the divorce lawyer and kicked his ass to the curb with full alimony. She had other plans. I won't ruin the twist. It was rather interesting. Perfectly narrated on the audiobook by Amy McFadden. Lots of Greek mythology references.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Kay
- 2020-10-16
Kinda boring
This was a slow story. It wasn’t that exciting. I would’ve given 3 stars, but that’s pretty much my rating for books I like or even sometimes kinda like a little. There was no way this was worth 3 stars. I guess if you’ve got an hour to spare and want to complete the “Hush” series - it won’t be a complete waste of time...but damn near
2 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- escoocoo
- 2021-11-24
Totally awful!
I cannot even finish this story. It is banal and completely uninteresting to me. Could care less about these characters, only to say I find them entirely shallow and utterly boring! Maybe there is a good twist at the end, but I will never know because I have no intention of ever bothering to get there! Yuck. Yuck. Yuck 🤮.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Jason
- 2021-05-11
Really just not for me.
It's a lot of one sided social commentary. It was hard to get invested. The twist was pretty good. Ultimately I don't not think the way the two main characters interact with each other is real. Even for a tense unwanted relationship it seemed off.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Jordan
- 2021-04-13
Fun
A truly good short story. I liked the way the narrative was presented, via texts with some insight from the main character in between. It had a good build up and the twist was somewhat expected but also still good.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Janet Katz
- 2020-10-22
I love Laura Lippman
Great short story in true Lippmann style. That means it's good. Listen to her books too.
1 person found this helpful
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Soozey
- 2020-09-09
Pretty Good for a Short Story
Story kept me engaged from start to end; this is still difficult to do even with short stories. The story ended with an unexpected and smart twist; I just felt like the “wrap up” at the very end, was rushed and could have been told better ...but this didn’t ruin story for me. I enjoyed.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Jami
- 2023-01-31
Good Twist
Part of the free Hush collection, I enjoyed this one. Nice twist at the end where it was tied together.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- zelli9
- 2023-01-26
Wow unexpected ending...
She played him like a fiddle. 😂😂😂😂 I had no clue it was her. She set him up good!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Ing~
- 2023-01-18
Short & Sweet
I was completely surprised and enjoyed every minute. This short work packs a mean punch.