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  • Cold-Blooded

  • A True Story of Love, Lies, Greed, and Murder
  • By: Carlton Smith
  • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
  • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (121 ratings)
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Cold-Blooded

By: Carlton Smith
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
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Summary

From a New York Times - bestselling journalist: The story of the murder of a California attorney at the hands of the lethally cunning wife he never doubted.

A wealthy and well-connected legal ace and the proud owner of a champion show horse, Larry McNabney had every reason to love his life. But when he disappeared in September 2001, his wife, Elisa, claimed he joined a cult.

When Larry's body was found in a shallow grave three months later, Elisa was already gone. In a red convertible Jaguar, her brown hair dyed blond, Mrs. McNabney was speeding toward a new life in Florida - and a brand new identity.

Who was Elisa McNabney? Beautiful, seductive, and ruthless, she had thirty-eight aliases and a rap sheet a mile long. Carlton Smith, coauthor of the true crime classic The Search for the Green River Killer, reveals one shocking surprise after another in this harrowing tale of broken vows and deadly betrayal.

©2004 Carlton Smith (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

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Another story of stupidity and greed

Full of very unsympathetic characters especially the victim and main perpetrator… I don’t think i would have wanted to spend time with either.
Pleased to move on to another book.

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Too much irrelevant filler

Too much irrelevant filler. I didn't need to know the history of Reno amongst other waffle.

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Worth a listen.

Narrated well, kept interested by the various twists and turns. Good story.
think it is a true story also from over the pond

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Unbelievable but true

A story with twists and turns, sad on how many lives have been effected by a persons actions.

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Interesting but way too long

I almost gave up. The transcripts of the interrogations had me crawling up the walls. The story is interesting but doesn't warrant a book.

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Bit boring but not the worst.

Not the best narrator, extremely monotone, but fine. The story itself is not the most interesting. Lots of money fraud talk. A fine book, but a fairly boring listen for 80% of it.

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Reasonable story

The story was good. Lots of twists. Narrative was boring. Too much detail in chapters.

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Such a very sad story

Really sad, people just using, abusing each other, drugs, drink, lies, and even sadder to think it really happened. People often take beauty & looks before intelligence, truth & loyalty. Everywhere, every day. Made me feel for them all especially Larry. By the way, I enjoyed the history parts.

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Boring and long winded

Goes on and on about some lawyers.. boring … doesn’t get to the point .. probably does but I’m too bored to find out. Not for anyone who enjoys true crime.

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I didn't even manage 2 chapters.

I liked the narrator but the story is full of such unnecessary detail that I could not even finish two chapters. I would genuinely recommend this for people that struggle to fall asleep though as it would make a good background story.

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