Marsala Maroon: A Private Investigator Comedy Mystery (Franki Amato Mysteries, Book 6)

De: Traci Andrighetti

Narrado por: Madeline Mrozek

An ax murder leaves Franki less than jazzed....

Jazz Fest is in full swing in The Big Easy, but PI Franki Amato is singing the blues. The owner of an historic Italian grocery and deli is murdered in a manner eerily reminiscent of the Axeman of New Orleans, a notorious serial killer who hasn’t struck in more than a century, and someone Franki knows has been arrested for the crime. Adding to her distress, Franki, her mom, and her meddling Sicilian nonna finally meet her fiancé’s family, but the tone of their encounter is decidedly downbeat. And just as her personal life strikes a sour note, the killer jazzes up his techniques. The pressure is on Franki to decipher an odd assortment of clues - an old gramophone record, a stolen trumpet, and a bottle of marsala wine. If she doesn’t, she could be the next one to get the ax.

Marsala Maroon is book six in the Franki Amato Mysteries, but it can be listened to as a stand-alone. If you like zany characters and laugh-out-loud humor with a splash of suspense, then you’ll drink up this fun series by USA Today best-selling author Traci Andrighetti. Cheers!

Franki Amato Mysteries:

• Limoncello Yellow (book 1)
• Prugnolino Purple (spring short story 1.5)
• Prosecco Pink (book 2)
• Rosolio Red (holiday short story 2.5)
• Amaretto Amber (book 3)
• Fragolino Fuchsia (Rome short story 3.5)
• Campari Crimson (book 4)
• Cannellino Caramel (holiday short story 4.5)
• Galliano Gold (book 5)
• Cremoncello Cream (Sicily short story 5.5)
• Marsala Maroon (book 6)
• Mirto Magenta (Sardinia short story 6.5)
• Valpolicella Violet (book 7, coming in the fall of 2021!)

©2020 Traci Andrighetti (P)2021 Traci Andrighetti

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Traci Andrighetti’s Franki Amato Mysteries have me tickled pink! Her smart, sassy heroine, wacky cast of characters, and vividly original settings had me glued to the page. I can’t wait to read more from this author!” (Gemma Halliday, New York Times best-selling author)

“Traci’s writing is sharp and funny; the world she paints leaps off the page and makes the reader laugh out loud.... A thoroughly enjoyable voice in fiction!” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times best-selling author)

Very entertaining

I found this book very entertaining and laugh out loud funny. Very well written mystery novel and I absolutely love the narrator. She was perfect for the part. Definitely want to listen to more from this author/narrator combo.

A New Orleans Story

A terrific novel that I listened to at every opportunity. The narrator was extremely professional but you could HEAR her having fun while reading Marsala Maroon. Excellent performance .

The Bloopers at the end!

I always get the new Frankie Amato books. They are funny and the cast of characters memorable. The narrator is awesome. This is the first audiobook that I have heard with bloopers at the end. Loved that.

Scranton accent.

I grew up an hour from Scranton (still in coal country). The accent isn’t even CLOSE to the “hobuttski/Deutch/coal region dialect. They got the accents closer on The Office and they didn’t even try to do the accent. Anyways, everything else was great I just found that funny. Try to do a specific accent, find out what it sounds like first.

Enjoyed this so much!

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair review and I am so glad I did! I can’t imagine how I have not started this series previously, but I will be going back and listening to those I’ve missed. The mystery was interesting, the characters developed, and the writing was often LOL funny. Returning characters were introduced in such a way that I didn’t feel like I was missing something as someone new to the series, but there wasn’t so much time spent on the reintroduction that I would have been annoyed if had already known them - a balance that many series’ authors miss. I loved the narrator, and can’t imagine anyone better at giving voice to these quirky characters. I rated 4, instead of 5, only because of a few brief slips of accent, but they were so small that that they had no impact on my enjoyment of the book and listening to the bloopers included at the end just made my smile last longer. Now, time to start listening to the earlier books…