• The Silent Town

  • Tallman's Valley Detectives, Book 3
  • By: Anni Taylor
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
  • Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (832 ratings)

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The Silent Town

By: Anni Taylor
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Publisher's summary

Senior Detective Kate Wakeland senses dark undercurrents in her beloved small town, Tallman's Valley.

She's glimpsed a silent town lying beneath the valley – a place where the streets and landscapes are the same, but where daylight never reaches. But as Kate begins to investigate the silent town, a shocking multiple shooting occurs on the mountain that bookends the valley, Witness Mountain.

Kate is forced to suspend all else and focus on the case at hand. How did a frail, elderly man manage to shoot his family? Did he have the help of his grandson, a teenage boy who can't account for his whereabouts that morning?

The height of a devastating fire season hinders Kate at every turn. Through the smoky veil hanging in the valley, Kate begins to suspect a connection between the Witness Mountain shootings and the silent town.

But the dangers are far greater than Kate ever imagined. There are people who will kill to conceal what they know and what they've done.

©2021 Anni Taylor (P)2021 Podium Audio

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I LOVED this book

Dignified writing with no swearing that I can recall, all done in good taste. Great character development.
Caroline Lee is just phenomenal as always.

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excellent as always

love it, as always her books are great and the stories always have a unexpected twist.

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Does not disappoint!

The book started out a little bit slow but it turned out to be a great listen. there are a lot of plot twists that kept me wanting to listen. I found it hard to put down. Some of the things were easy to figure out, while other things were tricky! The narration was pretty good for how many voices that were done. The American accent was a little rough but kind of funny. Overall, this was a good story.

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Excellent & Riveting

Read the entire series. I couldn't stop listening. Keeps you guessing to the end.

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Wonderful series, great listening!

I thourally listening to this series. I would highly recommend listening to all books.

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Great series

Just finished the 3rd book this series! Loved them all! Great narration and story! Can’t wait to see what more May come.

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Another wonderful book

A hard book to put down . It was like the other ones excited since started

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Different but interesting

First time with this author & narrator. Story was interesting and had some surprises too. Will definitely look into more of this author.

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So... Damn.... GOOD!!!!

So worth the listen. This book had my heart racing because I didn't know what was coming next. Such a good listen.

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I’m becoming a jaded reader, but this book rejuvenated my interest

I’ve listened to so many books over the years , some extraordinary. But am becoming more picky because I can’t be bothered wasting my time with authors who just copy ideas and don’t get creative, crafting something really special.
I had read Anni’s first two books in this series and found them interesting with great character development.
I really enjoyed this book. There was good suspense, Interesting characters and the storyline was really interesting, kept me engaged throughout.
I’ve read a few reviews critical of Caroline Lee’s narration particularly in relation to American accents. Whilst she may not be as polished as some in some of these accents, I find her general narration so relaxing and easy to listen to, and sometimes search for books she narrates purely because I love her voice. So I can readily overlook her sometimes cringy US accents because they don’t dominate and don’t ruin the story for me. I’m glad I picked this book.

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