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Deadly Secrets

By: M. William Phelps
Narrated by: J. Charles
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Behind a veil of tranquility....

In the lovely town of Pleasant Valley in upstate New York, the maple trees were ablaze with fall's blood-red color. The air was crisp. And a woman named Susan Fassett left her weekly choir practice at a church - when a killer emerged from the shadows and mercilessly gunned her down.

....was a realm of sexual depravity where murder was the last sin.

Stunned, the police immediately suspected Susan Fassett's husband and surrounded his home. They couldn't have been more wrong. Susan Fassett had been living a secret life, lost in a world of dominance, lesbian sex, betrayal - and a depraved plan for murder. After detectives untangled a web of secrets and corruption hidden in plain sight, the town of Pleasant Valley would be rocked again when a shocking trial exposed the whole sordid truth.

©2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. (P)2009 M. William Phelps Criminology Murder Social Sciences True Crime Violence in Society Crime
Gripping True Crime • Chilling Account • Good Story • Engaging Storytelling
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A chilling account of a murder-for-threat plot, a master manipulator and the tragedy of both victims and criminals. One of the best!

Great Book!

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A strange and unusual story, yet involving seemingly ordinary women who were caught up in deadly plans of a man ready to murder. The book covers the story very well. I found some of the detailed questioning perhaps overdone, but still worth reading!

Strange TRUE CRIME

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M. William Phelps never disappoints. I could visualize not only the crime itself but the people behind the crime as well. Can’t wait to download another one. If you like true crime, stories, this one is a must.

True crime at its best

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Indifferent. Didn’t like any of the characters. They all did really stupid things and lived out the consequences

Kind of boring

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any book from M. William Phelps is a good listen, and if you travel a lot like I do, a Phelps book keeps you thinking.

the performance is great

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This was done unbiased and gave a better job telling the victims side and how the murder affected the family ,friends and community. I am glad it was not all about the murderer or the mastermind behind it was just some wannabe mobster. Pathetic as he was . Great job

victim side rather than killer 2 thumbs up

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A man named Ed is married to a woman who is being sold for sex and managed as a contract killer without her husband having a clue. Another man in town has been sharing his wife unknowingly for four years. The mastermind of these betrayals is in legal woes for various other treasons and betrayals as a city employee. His criminal mind spans many lives setting numerous people up for losses and trauma. This is in upstate N.Y. in a peaceful middle-class town of churchgoers. As the tale unravels it is one bizarre episode of social intercourse after another. This is a very detailed documentation and reporting of this unusual incident from every angle. Hard to believe but a true story. Never underestimate the criminal mind. Even "petty criminals" can be deadly.

Treason and Betrayal Can Happen Anywhere

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Hard to believe that this is a true story!
Reads exactly like the description
another family ruined by sex and power,

another gripping Phelps

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I am writing this review prematurely, as I have not yet finished the entire audiobook, but I just had to weigh in on the narration. It's AWFUL! I constantly have my hand on the volume control, adjusting to where I can hear the narrator's mumbling, which then becomes too loud because he starts to speak and enunciate clearly. Another reviewer said that the narrator swallows his words at the ends of sentences - that is an accurate description. This is the second time I've listened to this narrator read a book; I'll never make that mistake again. It's a shame, because so far, this is a great "page turner"!

Narration is Frustrating

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I enjoyed the book. It amazes me, the things people feel they have the right to do to others. Mr Phelps has a wonderful way of including the victims and their families in his books.

Good story, good narrator

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