Blind Bake

Maddie Baker Mysteries, Book 1

De: Denise Grover Swank

Narrado por: Shannon McManus, Chris Brinkley

When a young woman is at the wrong place at the wrong time, she becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation.

Maddie Baker just wants to make ends meet. She gave up her school librarian career to return to her hometown and take care of her elderly aunt. So when she starts making Uber runs to supplement her barista job, she never dreamt she’d not only drop a man off to his murder but be labeled a person of interest in his death.

Detective Noah Langley is looking for a fresh start in a city with a lower crime rate and a fraction of the population of Memphis. It’s just what he needs to recover from a nightmare that left him severely injured and his teenage mentee dead. The first murder since he’s arrived in Cockamamie is a chance to prove to his boss and himself he should be there.

Noah doesn’t have many leads, but the few he has all tie back to one person: Maddie Baker. She doesn’t seem the type, but the last time he presumed someone was innocent he nearly died. Has Noah lost his instincts? Because if he can’t trust his gut, it might be time to turn in his badge.

©2022 Denise Grover Swank (P)2024 DGS

Maddie Baker Mysteries!

Blind Bake (Maddie Baker Mystery, Book 1) is an entertaining listen. I'm a huge fan of Denise Grover Swank and was thrilled to get a chance to listen to this mystery. Told in dual pov Maddie & Noah's romance is winsomely weaved into the mystery plot. The writing style is compelling and captures your mind. Small Town romantic suspense, with an unexpected plot twist. Looking forward to listening to the next audio in the series.

Shannon McManus, Chris Brinkley dual narration was really good. Highly entertaining, bringing out the characters and their story. Both inflections were very easy to listen.

Wonderful story and fantastic narration!

The narration by Shannon McManus and Chriss Brinkley was awesome and seemed to add to the story for me.

This is the first Maddie Baker mystery. I had already read an ARC of the second book and knew that I really needed to go back and read the first. I really suggest reading them in order, because there was so much that happened in this first book.

Maddie has returned home to the small town she grew up in to take care of her aunt who has dementia. That town also happens to be where her mother was murdered. There is another murder and Maddie finds herself up to her eyeballs in the mess. A handsome detective, Noah, is trying to ferret out her involvement. He's soon impressed with her ability to take care of herself (she can flip guys), but also desperately feels the need to protect her and aunt. Can he possibly do that if Maddie is determined to try to solve both murders on her own?

This book was packed full of all sorts of happenings that hold the listener spellbound. It was a pretty long audiobook, but I sped it up and was so engrossed in the story details that it flew by in no time. It is well worth the time!

Thanks to Valentine Promo for the gifted copy. All thoughts are my own.

Please Ville USA

Great whodunit! Love the story line. Enjoyed getting to meet the two main characters. Didn't care for the narration for Maddie, not the sound of an educated female, even if she's southern. My only turn off. Can't wait for book two.

Hard to put down

I had a hard time putting it down. Good story. I like the different points of view.

Amazing!!

This story was so good that once I started with the audiobook I couldn't put it down!! The suspense, the mystery and the twist and turns in the story keep my attention throughout the whole story.

Maddie baker was such an amazing character, her personality was refreshing and her caring nature for others made her even more special so when she drop everything in her previous life to come and help take care of her aunt who has dementia, she never expected to be in the middle of a murder investigation as one of the suspects and be in the eye of detective Noah Langley.

Noah moves to Cockamamie, Tennessee to take things slow after a tragic accident change his life completely. His new job suppose to be easier but everything changes when a death body is discover and there is no clue of why and only a person keeps popping up as a main suspect Madelyn Baker, one woman that surprises him in every step of the way but also makes his blood run hot.

The undeniable chemistry between Maddie and Noah is strong and I hope that in the future they can connect and explore their feelings.

I can't wait for more of this series.