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The Ness Deception

Mysterious Scotland, Book 2

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The Ness Deception

By: Tormod Cockburn
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
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He’s in awe of its history. He thinks it's beautiful in the rain. But he’s not ready for what’s stirring below the surface of Loch Ness.

When you’re the editor of a successful investigative journal, you don’t dash around Scotland chasing after loch monsters. But Gill McArdle didn’t believe in unicorns either, and speaking honestly, he was fortunate to walk away from that one.

He’s a scientist, and not one of the wild-eyed optimists spending their days, scanning the loch for a creature. And here’s his problem. With every passing hour, evidence mounts that something is stirring. Far to the north, an unusual animal carcass is discovered in Caithness. In the west, the disappearance of a fishing boat remains unexplained. And as Gill follows the data, his investigations lead him, reluctantly, to the banks of Loch Ness. Still skeptical about the increasing sightings below Urquhart Castle, he reopens an old archaeological site in his search for answers. In a crushing realization, he is forced to admit that danger lurks in the Great Glen’s deepest waters.

©2022 Tormod Cockburn (P)2024 Tormod Cockburn Fiction Genre Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Modern Detectives Mystery Science Fiction Scotland Fantasy Suspense

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I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The thing that spoiled it for me was the Scottish narrator’s apparent inability to pronounce the word “loch”. He kept referring to the body of water under discussion as a “lock” which has an entirely different meaning and was quite confusing . It was a constant irritation throughout an otherwise enjoyable performance.

Great story!

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Really enjoyed the story but the one thing that made me cringe was the pronunciation of the word LOCH.
As the story centred a lot on Loch Ness the word was mentioned a lot.
With all the LOCK, LOCK, LOCK it was making my skin crawl.
Luckily the Moray Firth was only mentioned once as far as I can remember. Just remember the pronunciation for that body of water is Murray.

Pronunciation

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Love the narration and am enjoying the story lines in this series, a bit different to my usual listens. Looking forward to the next book.

Enjoyable listen

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Absolutely loved listening to this book! Can’t wait for the next installment! Great narrator and fabulous stories book 1 and 2!!

Loving the link to mystery and myths

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I loved the first volume of this series, and this pleased me too. Only criticism was the narrator. Excellent tone, good range of 'voice' but the mispronouncuation of loch as lok constabtly irritated. Looking forward to third volume.

Interesting

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