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  • The Pryce of Conceit

  • An Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery
  • By: Kari Bovée
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The Pryce of Conceit

By: Kari Bovée
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Publisher's summary

Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose?

1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. And with her recently deceased husband’s will demanding she leave her celebrity behind and refurbish her namesake hotel in Colorado, the distressed actress is forced to board a westbound train. But she’s barely arrived at the haunted, broken-down lodge when the town beauty shows up dead in one of the rooms… and Arabella is named the prime suspect.

Already feeling the sting of the community’s disapproval, she grits her teeth and works with a mischievous cryptic ghost to help prove her innocence. But with blood-stained evidence, handsome sheriffs, and libelous journalists turning her investigation into a dangerous drama, this determined thespian fears she’s missed her cue for survival.

Can she shine the spotlight on a killer before more than her reputation dies a horrible death?

The Pryce of Conceit is the suspenseful first book in The Pryce of Murder historical cozy mystery series. If you like driven heroines, atmospheric settings, and dashes of humor, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s lighthearted twists and turns.

Join Arabella in The Pryce of Conceit to put the guilty party at center stage today!

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I enjoyed the storyline. However, I almost gve up after chapter one. I hate the virtual voice narration!
There is no distinction between characters. Ther is no emotion from the voice. Also, I noticed many mispronounced words such as “bugler” for burglar; “plums” for plumes”. Unfortunately there many more. Granted, these are examples from another book narrated by virtual voice. Please. go back to humans. Narration is key to njoying an audio book.

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I can read, so what’s the point of an AI narrator?

We don’t listen to audiobooks for a monotonous narration that is missing voice distinction between characters. The same voice for every character is just reading the book out loud and lacks a voice actor skill in narrating a book.

I did not finish listening to this free audiobook using virtual narration. I have limited insight to the story outside my initial interest was piqued, but then not held with the narrator choice.

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