• Viva Durant and the Madness of Madame Bouchard

  • Viva Durant, Book 2
  • By: Ashli St. Armant
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,627 ratings)

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Viva Durant and the Madness of Madame Bouchard

By: Ashli St. Armant
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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Publisher's summary

Viva Durant, teen detective, is back in New Orleans to crack her latest case! This audio original features original music from the creator, Ashli St. Armant, and an engaging performance from Audible Hall of Fame narrator Bahni Turpin. 

Now that she’s returned to New Orleans for Thanksgiving break, Viva is charged with figuring out the truth behind a mysterious bout of illness traced back to a local creole restaurant called Madame Bouchard’s. Were customers poisoned on purpose, or was it a simple cooking mistake? And who could be behind the chaos? Viva only has a week to solve the culinary mystery, and to do so, she’ll have to contend with a longtime rivalry, rumors of voodoo magic, and Thanksgiving dinner with her extended family!

Listeners will love the continued detective adventures of Viva Durant and her stern-yet-spirited Gram! 

©2021 Ashli St. Armant (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.

About the Creator

Ashli St. Armant is a vocalist, actor, writer, and arts educator based in Southern California. She is the founder of Leaping Lizards Music, a music and theater education program for students, TK-12. She is a professionally trained vocalist and actor who attended the Orange County High School of the Arts and holds a degree in Child Development from Saddleback College. Alongside teaching, writing, and raising her two sons, Ashli tours with her band, Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards, a jazz band for young audiences. Together they have produced four albums featured by NPR and L.A. Times, and have performed at numerous venues, including Lincoln Center and Sprout Network (NBC). Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball is Ashli’s third audiobook in the Viva Durant series.

About the Performer

Bahni Turpin is a Los Angeles-based actress with many television and film credits in addition to being an award winning narrator. She is honored to have been awarded an Audie for Best Female Narrator, 2015, Audible Narrator of the Year, 2016, and American Library Association’s Voice of Choice for 2017. In 2018, Bahni won best female narration again, and was also inducted into the Audible Hall of Fame. She is a two-time Odyssey Award winner, and was also named as one of Audiophile's Golden Voices for 2019.

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Wonderful Family Fun

Our girls and we enjoy the Viva Durant series so much. Fun family listening on long car rides. This book was excellent and Bahni Turpin’s always wonderful performance! We can’t wait for the next novel, Ashli St. Armant!

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Great

This was a great second entry into the short, sweet mystery story. The characters are fun, and the puzzles have just enough to keep you interested. If love to see a TV or movie series made of this.

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Excellent Fun story for all ages

I love Bahni Turpin’s voice and she is a perfect match for the setting of the story.

The mystery was excellent and the writing cadence kept the action and interest non-stop. This story has more plot and character development than a lot of adult target series.

I like the Grandma/Granddaughter relationship in the story. Grandma is a tough ol’ lady with a sharp mind!

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Recommend a third book in the In this Series

Love the stories same with the first one the only problem I have is I don’t know what happened to Madame Bouchard husband at the end and I would love to see a 3 book in the series

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Must Read with Kids

My daughters absolutely love the two Viva stories! We anxiously await the next installment! Thanks for the African-American representation! The reader’s performance is outstanding!

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Voodoo Mystery!

This story was a treat. Colorful characters populate this young reader mystery. The narration is vibrant and effective.

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Great book! My granddaughter and I really enjoyed

Absolutely loved it! Can't wait for the next book, hopefully it's very soon! Thank you

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Really Great Listen

I really enjoyed this audiobook. I had previously listened to the first one, and as soon as I saw that there was a new one, I leaped at the chance to try it. The author does a really great job of leading the listener through the book, and there are a lot of twists and turns throughout the story. Another common thing that I find in Audiobooks is that the narrator is incredibly annoying, but this narrator is AMAZING! She does a really great job! You should totally read this!

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Almost as good as the first

Looking forward to more of these! I like how everything is progressing for our young emerging sleuth! Liked the musical interludes in this one.

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Mystery Must Have

This Viva Durant Series is both funny and very intriguing! That’s very hard to find in a book and this series hits it perfectly! Also the narrator does a great job changing voices, the music in the background for it just makes it all the worthwhile. But the other thing is the mystery that the author wrote in the books the way that the mystery transitions into different chapters and different parts in the story makes it an incredible and fun story to listen to! I completely recommend this story to all who seek it and look forward to more!

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