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  • THE EDGE OF WINTER

  • A Danny Carlisle Mystery
  • By: C.E. Nelson
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
  • 3.4 out of 5 stars (43 ratings)

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THE EDGE OF WINTER

By: C.E. Nelson
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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This title uses virtual voice narration

Virtual voice is computer-generated narration for audiobooks.

Publisher's summary

A frozen lake…Cold-Blooded Murder.

A powerful man is found dead in his fish house on a frozen Minnesota lake, murdered, stabbed to death. His employees, family, and the local sheriff, all seem happy to have him gone - all except his personal assistant. With his death she is now forced to do something she thought she would never have to do, reveal secrets that will destroy the careers and lives of many - including a man set on being the next governor of the state.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agent Danny Carlisle has been given the assignment, her first as a lead agent, and she and her partner soon find they have too many suspects and too little evidence. But someone is doing them a favor, narrowing down their list of suspects by killing them off. The snow and bodies in Duluth accumulate, and Carlisle's boss is pushing her to find who is doing the killing, someone who seems to know her every move.

“A great mystery read, indeed!” – Thomas La Roche

“Brisk mystery thriller” – Kindle Customer

Readers of John Sanford, Sue Grafton, Sandra Brown, Jeffrey Deaver and alike will enjoy this twisty thriller.

What listeners say about THE EDGE OF WINTER

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Pretty good but convoluted

Didn’t care for virtual voice. Flat and unaffected No difference or sounds from the different characters

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voice isn't ready quite yet

disliked the AI voice, doesn't distinguish between male and female. should listen to Nora Nagle for training,/learning. it was ok, but only because it was free to listen. the story was great!

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I liked the story be that voice not so much

I liked the story but that voice was awful no emotion in the story. Would have been better if read.

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good book ruined

we all have had that one teacher that talked in a monotone with no emotion. thats what virtual voice did to other wise decent book

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Avoid virtual voice

I very much dislike virtual voice. The inflections are way off. I don’t like it .

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Virtual voice

Virtual voice cadence was awful. It was distracting and made the story hard to listen to. I will avoid others with a virtual voice.

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Story line is good

The narration is extremely poor. It sounds like a machine. Rather use people with emotions

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good good storyline but AI narration leaves a lot to be desired

The storyline is good but the virtual voice narration is not. The lack of inflection and also the lack of recognition of word pronunciation is definitely off-putting.

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Voice narrator is distracting

For the most part, the AI narrator does a good job. However, there are times when the inflection and cadence are really far off and then it takes a few seconds to figure out what she is trying to say.

Just finished and I’m not a fan. Everyone’s voice sounds the same, no drama, no pregnant pause, just flat. Maybe this would work best for textbooks.

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Suspenseful Story

I liked the story. The automated voice is annoying when it does not pronounce words correctly. I am going to look for mire stories by this authir.

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