The Music of the Deep

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Hall

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Fleeing an abusive marriage and tormented by her past, Alexandra Turner finds solace in a small coastal town on Puget Sound and a job with a local marine biologist studying orcas.

After befriending a group of locals, Alex learns that she has moved to a place that has a reputation of being the "most haunted town in Washington." Such superstitions would be easy to dismiss...if Alex wasn’t already on edge.

Haunted by shreds of memories of her days with her husband, Alex can’t keep from looking over her shoulder. As unexplained sounds and scents accumulate and unnerving forces seem to take hold, Alex is beginning to believe that she’s not escaping her ghosts, after all. In fact, she might finally be inviting them in.

©2018 Elizabeth Hall (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Grabs your attention, suspenseful, endearing story

Riveting story that has many twists. I highly recommend this read!! Suspenseful and endearing. Loved this read!

An Escape from domestic abuse not a HORROR story!

I'm not sure which is better, the story this book tells or the stellar performance Emily Sutton-Smith gives with her narration.
This is a gripping tale of domestic abuse. A husband (Daniel) used to be the perfect guy. He wooed Alexandra and within a year they were married. A few arm squeezes and threatening looks later Alex becomes pregnant. Daniel is responsible for her miscarriage and insures there's enough damage that she will never be able to have a child. She knows it's past time to leave. But Daniel isn't done with Alex, he visits her at her mother's house and shows Alex that he owns a gun AND knows the trails her mother likes to walk on to go bird watching.
The statistics quoted in this book about women who are murdered or their family or friends by the abusive spouse is incredibly disturbing.
When she finally runs 1200 miles from Daniel she still cannot relax and believe she's safe. But she's surrounded by a community that cares for her and a family of orcas the teach her even more.
The publisher's summary mentions this being the most haunted town, but the paranormal is really a background prop bringing in tourists. This could have been left out all together and it would not change the story.
This is such a wonderfully well written book. It is captivating, horrifying and believable. It is told in both present time with flash backs that come together toward the end. The book has a good ending if not an explosive ending.
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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The Music of the Deep

Great reader, but in some instances, too much dialogue that doesn't seem to be important. Time lapses a bit confusing.

Loved it!

I had selected this book to listen to sometime ago and completely forgot about it. When I decided to listen to a book, this one was the one and I’m glad! I didn’t remember what it was about and just decided to listen. I’m so glad I did. I didn’t have expectations and it had a deeper impact on me while listening because of that. Definitely worth the listen.

Great story, interesting characters, & settings

the story kept me interested from start to finish. all the characters were interesting and having lived on Puget. Sound many years ago I enjoyed the visit back and seeing the Orca's in my mind's eye.